noun · femininefifth declension
seriēs
seriēs f (genitive seriēī)
Classical[ˈsɛ.ri.eːs]Ecclesiastical[ˈsɛː.ri.es]
Meaning
- a row
- a succession
- a series
- a chain
Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms
Series · Ordo
Series (from serere, εἴρειν) means a row, as an outward, mechanical, accidental association of things, which, according to their nature, are of the like sort; whereas ordo (from ἀριθμός, ῥυθμός) an inward, ideal, necessary association of things, which, according to their destination, belong to one another. Series is a mathematical; ordo, a moral notion. (vi. 330.)
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | seriēs | seriēs |
| genitive | seriēī | seriērum |
| dative | seriēī | seriēbus |
| accusative | seriem | seriēs |
| ablative | seriē | seriēbus |
| vocative | seriēs | seriēs |
sĕrĭes (no
I. gen. or dat.), em, ē, f. 2. sero, a row, succession, series; a chain of things fastened or holding together (syn. ordo).
I. In gen.
A. Lit. (mostly post - class.; not in Cic.); with gen.:
series vinculorum, Curt. 3, 1, 17: structurae dentium, Plin. 7, 16, 15, § 70: sparsa ramorum, id. 11, 37, 69, § 182: longe porrecta viarum, Stat. S. 3, 3, 102: juvenum (in dancing), Tib. 1, 3, 63: omnis nepotum A Belo series, Sil. 1, 88: custodiarum, Suet. Calig. 27: prolixa series capillorum, App. M. 2, p. 118, 36.—Absol.: ferreae laminae serie inter se conexae, Curt. 4, 9, 3; 7, 3, 21.— B. Trop., a series, chain, connection, train, sequence, course, etc. (class., but for the most part only in the sing.).
(a). With gen.:
continuatio seriesque rerum, Cic. N. D. 1, 4, 9: fatum est ordo seriesque causarum, id. Div. 1, 55, 125: fatum est sempiterna quaedam series rerum et catena, etc., Gell. 6, 2, 1: rerum sententiarumque, Cic. Leg. 1, 19, 52: tanta series artis est, id. Part. Or. 39, 137: in complexu loquendi serieque, Quint. 1, 5, 3: disputationum, Cic. de Or. 2, 16, 68: fati, Ov. M. 15, 152: immensa laborum, id. H. 9, 5: malorum, id. M. 4, 563: longissima rerum, Verg. A. 1, 641: fabularum, App. M. 1, p. 114, 19.—Of time (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): innumerabilis annorum, Hor. C. 3, 30, 5: temporis, Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 54: per longam saeculorum seriem, Tac. H. 1, 2: in tantā saeculorum serie, Just. 44, 2, 7: per tam longam seriem annorum, Col. 3, 10, 6; 4, 19, 1: cum omnis temporum series ex historiis colligatur, Lact. 4, 5, 8; 4, 10, 3.—Plur.: simulantes fictas litium, series, Vell. 2, 118: litium, Suet. Vesp. 10.— (b). Absol., Quint. 5, 14, 32:
cetera series deinde sequitur, majora nectens, ut haec: Si homo est, animal est, etc., Cic. Ac. 2, 7, 21: quae bene composita erunt, memoriam serie sua ducent, Quint. 11, 2, 39: haec erit aeternae series ab origine Romae, Aus. Epigr. 140, 2.—Of the connection of words: tantum series juncturaque pollet, Hor. A. P. 242.—II. In partic., an unbroken line of descent, lineage (poet. and in post-Aug. prose):
ab Jove tertius Ajax. Nec tamen haec series in causā prosit, Ov. M. 13, 29: digne vir hac serie, id. P. 3, 2, 109: serie fulcite genus, Prop. 4 (5), 11, 69. Val. Max. 2, 7, 5.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
seriēs —, acc. em, abl. ē, no plur, f.
1 SER-, a row, succession, series, chain : laminae serie inter se conexae, Cu.: vinculorum, Cu.—Fig., a series, chain, connection, train, sequence, succession, order, course : cetera series deinde sequitur: tantum series iuncturaque pollet, connection , H.: rerum: causarum: disputationum: immensa laborum, O. —Poet., of time, succession : innumerabilis Annorum, H.: temporis, O.— A line of descent, lineage : Digne vir hac serie, O.: serie fulcite genus, Pr.
Origins
From serō (“to bind”) + -iēs.
Descendants
- Catalansèrie
- Englishseries
- Frenchsérie
- Romanianseriefrom French série
- GermanSerie
- Italianserie
- Portuguesesérie
- Spanishserie
- Albaniansërë
- Asturianserie
In English words that came into English from seriēs
- seriesseriēs
- serialseriālis
- seriatimseriēs
- uniseriateūniseriātus
- seriateseriātus