Sereno, nas, pe. pro. serenâre. Virgil. To make faire and cleare.Domum serenare largo igne.Stat.To make the house lightsome with a great sire.Afflatibus viuis ora serenat.Stat.He taketh a cheerefull and mery countenaunce.Spem serenare fronte.Virg.To looke cheerefullye that men may thinke he is in good hope.Tristia fronte serenare. Sil. Vitam serenare. Lucr. Serenâtus Phœbus. Sil. Phœbus appeased.
Serenum, ni, n. g. Sub stant. Virg.Serenitie: faire weather.
Serenus, p. pro. Adiect. Faire: cleare: without clonds or raine.Aestas terena.Virg.Cœlum serenom. Mart. Faire cleare weather.Color serenus. Plin A bright colour.Hyemes serenæ.Virg. Lumen serenum. Lucr. Lux serena & tranquilla ex turbido die.Liu.Nubes serenæ.Virg.Cleere clouds.Sydera serena. Lucr. Bright.Tempestas serena. Suet A faire season.Venti sereni.Ouid. Ver serenum. Virg. Animus serenus. Oui. A cheerefull and mery heart.Doctrina serena. Lucre. The doctrine of philosophie or wisedome.Frons tranquilla & serena, per translationem. Cice. A pleasant and mery countenaunce.Vultus plenus grauitate serena.Ouid.Ore sereno annuere. Martial. Pectora serena Ouid.Vitam serenam degere. Lucr. To line a peaceable and quiet life. Vultu sereno fortis. Hor.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
sĕrēno, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [id.], to make clear, fair, or serene, to clear up (poet.; syn. tranquillo). I.Lit.: vultu, quo caelum tempestatesque serenat (Juppiter), Verg. A. 1, 255: axem, Sil. 12, 637: Olympum, id. 12, 665: glauca terga aquae, Claud. de Apono, 36: domum largo igne,
to ligth up
, Stat. Achill. 1, 120.—Absol.: luce serenanti, in bright, clear daylight, Cic. poët. Div. 1, 11, 18.—B.Impers.: cum serenat,
when it is clear
, Min. Fel. 32, 4.—II.Trop.: spem fronte serenat, Verg. A. 4, 477; for which: tristia fronte, Sil. 11, 368; cf.: nubila animi, Plin. 2, 6, 4, 13.