serenitas

Latin

Etymology

From serēnus (“serene”) +‎ -tās.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /seˈreː.ni.taːs/, [s̠ɛˈreːnɪt̪äːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /seˈre.ni.tas/, [seˈrɛːnit̪äs]

Noun

serēnitās f (genitive serēnitātis); third declension

1. serenity, peacefulness

   Synonyms: otium, tranquillitas, pax, quies

   Antonyms: seditio, tumultus, turba, inquies, concursus

2. fine weather
3. (figuratively) favourable conditions

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	serēnitās	serēnitātēs
Genitive	serēnitātis	serēnitātum
Dative	serēnitātī	serēnitātibus
Accusative	serēnitātem	serēnitātēs
Ablative	serēnitāte	serēnitātibus
Vocative	serēnitās	serēnitātēs

Related terms

• serēnē
• serēnifer
• serēnificus
• serēnō
• serēnum
• serēnus

Descendants

• Aromanian: sirinãtati
• Catalan: serenitat
• English: serenity
• French: sérénité
• Galician: serenidade
• Italian: serenità
• Occitan: serenitat
• Portuguese: serenidade
• Romanian: seninătate
• Spanish: serenidad

References

• “serenitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “serenitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• serenitas in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• serenitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.