sera

sĕra, ae, f. [2. sero],

• a bar for fastening doors (not fixed to the door, but put on and taken off): sera, μοχλὸς θύρας, Gloss. (mostly poet.; not in Cic.; cf.: claustrum, obex): quā (serā) remotā fores panduntur, Varr. L. L. 7, § 108 Müll.: jam contigerat portam, Saturnia cujus Dempserat oppositas insidiosa seras, Ov. F. 1, 266: sera suā sponte delapsa cecidit, remissaeque subito fores admiserunt intrantem, Petr. 16, 2: seris transversis ita clathrare (vacerras), ne, etc., Col. 9, 1, 4.—Sing., Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 23 (581): clauditur et durā janua fulta serā, Tib. 1, 2, 6; 1, 8, 76: obducere seram, Prop. 4 (5), 5, 48: ponere seram, Ov. A. A. 2, 636; id. M. 14, 710: demere seram, id. F. 1, 280: excutere poste seram, id. Am. 1, 6, 24: carmine vincitur sera, id. ib. 2, 1, 28; Juv. 6, 347.— Plur., Ov. M. 8, 630; Sen. Ep. 90, 8; Petr. 16, 2.

1. sera, ae, f. (vermutlich zu altindisch sváru-h, langes Holzstück, Opferpfosten), der Vorleger, Vorstecker = μοχλός, I) jede Latte, serae transversae, die quer über eine Verzäunung genagelten Latten, Colum. 9, 1, 4. – II) vorzugsw. der Querbalken zum Verriegeln einer Tür, der Querriegel, der zum Verschließen der Tür angelegt und beim Öffnen wieder abgenommen wurde, clavis (Schlüssel) et sera, Sen.: sera firma, Tibull.: centum duris postibus addere seras, Ov.: excutere poste seram, Ov.: demere appositas seras, Ov.

2. sēra, ae, f., s. sērus.

1 sera v. cera

2 sera v. saeta

3 sera [CL], bar placed across a door or gate to secure it. b locking device (usu. consisting of one or more bars or bolts), lock (also fig.); c (specified as secured by key); d (dist. acc. sort or use). e (sub ~a or ~is) securely, under lock and key. f (fig.) type of security or protection. ~ae, id est vectes Alcuin Orth. 2346.  b castella ‥ quae et ipsa muris ‥ portis ac ~is erant instructa Bede HE I 1; ~am GlC P 259, ~a Lantfr. Swith. 27, s1357 serra (v. pessulus 1b); clausa fuit munimine serae / janua non modicae, nam pessulus intus ‥ / obice quadratus muniverat undique seram Wulf. Swith. II 590; pone seram linguae Vinsauf PN 520 (recte 525); 1370 in una cera empta vj d. Ac. Obed. Abingd. 17; 1428 pro novo trono ‥ catena ferrea, cum una bona cera precii decem solidorum ExchScot 452.  c sera jacet reserata solo sine clave Wulf. Swith. II 661; clavicula ‥ reperta, que ~e cubicularis scrinii apposita ‥ thesaurorum dedit inditium W. Malm. GR II 199; 1413 pro duabus ceris cum clavibus ostii campanilis MonExon 280b; s1233 in eadem barra erant due serre et due claves (Ch. Hen. III) Croyl. Cont. B 476; 1503 una teca de cupro cum cera et clave Invent. Ch. Ch. 133.  d domum ‥ quam ~a dependente ‥ obfirmaverat W. Cant. Mir. Thom. II 3; 1397 duas ceras equinas Pat 348 m. 11; c1427 iij d. pro una cera pendula Househ. Ac. 646; 1449 in una ~a pendente pro le colehouse Ac. Durh. 276; 1490 pro una ~a pendente cum una pessula et ij stapulis (MS Egerton 2358 f. 3) Building in Eng. 303; 1490 ~a truncata (Ib. f. 8) Ib..  e nisi sub ~is [AS: cæglocum] marite locatum sit, immunis a crimine habeatur (Cons. Cnuti) GAS 364; tomum in quo scripserat sub ~a reclusit R. Bocking Ric. Cic. I 69.  f a870 (10c) sermo sine serris scripturarum difficili servatur et cogitatio incalcabilis absque litterarum calculis CS 406; a quibus eas incommodis nulla poterat diligentia, nulla ‥ ~a tueri Gir. IK I 12; 1376 in filo canobi empt’ cum una ~a empt’ pro capite aqueductus Ac. Durh. 583.

1 sĕra, (12) æ, f. , barre pour fermer une porte : Varro L. 7, 18 || [par ext.] serrure, verrou : Ov. F. 1, 266 ; M. 14, 710 ; Petr. 16, 2.

2 sēra, æ, f. , le soir : Gloss.

3 sēră, (15) n. pl. pris adv^t , tardivement, tard : Virg. G. 4, 122.

sera , ae. f.
鎖。键。門閂。門鐶。

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sera (1) ae, f

• 1 SER-, a bar, cross-bar, bolt: Mille domos clausere serae, O.: obde seras, O.: demere seram, O.: carmine victa sera est, O.

sēra (2) adv.

• plurn. of serus, late: sera comans Narcissus, late in flowering, V.

SERA

SERA[JANUA]

Sera

A bolt or bar. See ianua.