sertum

sertum, i, v. 2. sero, I. B.

sertum, ī, n., gew. Plur. serta, ōrum, n., u. serta, ae, f. (1. sero), das Blumengewinde, die Girlande, die Fruchtschnur (στέμμα), sertis redimiri, Cic.: spicea serta (Plur.), Ährengirlande, Ov.: demissae in pocula sertae, Prop.: serta Campanica u. bl. serta, eine Pflanze = melilotos, Cato; auch sertula Campana gen., Plin.

1 sertum v. essartum, sartustectus

2 sertum [CL only pl.] 1 garland, wreath. b embroidered decoration resembling a garland or wreath. ~ta mystica, archana, smeaþancollice wriþan oþþe cnottan GlP 129; floribus ex variis contexit serta poesis Neckam DS VII 357; 1314 tumbario pro sertys regis Johannis liij s. iiij d. Comp. Worc. I 41; juvenis ‥ pulcher et ornatus ~tis floreis Latin Stories 132; hoc ~tum, A. garland ‥ hoc certum, a garlant WW.  b item lego Emme filie mee ‥ tria flammeola, et tres braccas de serico, et tria certa, et unum mantellum furratum cum cuniculis FormMan 17; 1464 item j banqwer pro sedili de panno laneo rubio, cum ~tis et stellis glauci coloris insertis Ac. Durh. 639. 2 crown, garland as reward: a (for victor); b (for virgin or martyr); c (fig.). a †ceteris [l. ~tis] laureis coronati Bart. Angl. XVII 89 (v. coronare 1a).  b c720 virginalis castimoniae floribus velud liliarum ~tis coronato (Eangyth) Ep. Bonif. 14; martirii mercatur serta cruenta Aldh. CE 9. 12 (= Id. VirgV 1444); propter incorrupta et jugiter stellantia immarcescibilis pudicitiae ~ta [gl.: i. corona] Id. VirgP 30; purpureas martyrum coronas, candida virginum ~ta, et aureas in ‥ doctoribus torques Ad. Scot Serm. 311A.  c parili posthac donabere serto Frith. 850; quoddam [diadema] ‥ illi quasi ~tum glorie confert G. Hoyland Serm. 113A. 3 crown, as symbol of royal authority; b (~tum spineum, cf. Marc. xv 17 etc.); c (fig.). barones ‥ ~tum quoddam eidem loco diadematis imponentes Wykes 60.  b videre Dominum post flagella ‥ et ~tum spineum impositum capiti J. Furness Walth. 63.  c contra ~tum et dignitatem domini principis Rec. Caern. 181 (= Ib. 183). 4 (astr., ~a Ariadnae) Corona Borealis. expertae tantas Phedre fraudes Adriadne / amplo circuitu lucida serta micant Neckam DS I 361.

sertum, (11) ī, n. Aus. Idyll. 6, 88 ; ordin^t serta, ōrum, n. (sero 2), guirlandes, tresses, couronnes : Cic. Tusc. 3, 43 ; Cat. 2, 10 ; Virg. En. 1, 417.