serenitas

sĕrēnĭtas, ātis, f. [serenus], clearness, serenity.

• I Lit., of the weather, clear, fair, or serene weather; with gen.: cum sit tum serenitas, tum perturbatio caeli, * Cic. Div. 2, 45, 94: diei solisque, Auct. B. Hisp. 29, 4: auctumni, Plin. 18, 35, 80, § 353.— Absol.: tranquilla serenitas (opp. foeda tempestas), Liv. 2, 62, 2; 2, 26, 11: serenitatem praesagire, Plin. 18, 35, 87, § 362; 10, 67, 86, § 188.—Plur.: (vinea) imbribus magis quam serenitatibus offenditur, Col. 3, 1, 10.—
• II Trop.
• • • 1 Fairness, serenity of fortune, of disposition, etc. (rare; perh. not ante-Aug.): praesentis fortunae, Liv. 42, 62, 4: minor es, quam ut serenitatem meam obducas, Sen. Ira, 3, 25, 4: quantam tempestatem subitā serenitate discussit (principis ortus), Curt. 10, 9, 5.—
    • 2 Serenitas, a title of the Roman emperors, = Serene Highness, Veg. Mil. 3 epil.; Inscr. Grut. 286, 2.

serēnitās, ātis, f. (serenus), I) die Heiterkeit, das heitere Wetter, caeli, Cic. u. Sen.: diei solisque, Auct. b. Afr.: serenitas reddita, Liv.: Plur. serenitates (Ggstz. imbres), Colum. 3, 1, 10. – bildl., ser. fortunae, Liv.: oris et vultus, Gell.: mea, Gemütsruhe, Sen. – II) ein Titel des Kaisers, Durchlaucht, Erlaucht, serenitas tua od. tua serenitas, Capit. Opil. Macrin. 15, 4. Veget. mil. 3, 26 extr.: ser. nostra, Cod. Iust. 8, 17, 1. § 1.

serenitas [CL] 1 clear sky, (period of) bright, fair, or dry weather (also fig., cf. et. 2c infra). b clarity, brightness. c (as title indicating deference, usu. w. possessive adj., gen., or sim.) sereneness, excellency. ad habitacula ‥ propter imbrem ‥ reversus ‥ expectans ~atem V. Cuthb. I 6; in ~ate navigantes prospere portum salutis tenuerunt Ib. II 4; 800 nauta tristia et laeta tempestati et ~ati comparat Alcuin Ep. 204; 849 (11c) quia modo prospera et laeta nobis temporum ~ates adrident CS 455 (1); archiepiscopo ‥ in Adriatico ponto naufraganti invocata ‥ Editha ‥ ~atem reduxit Gosc. Edith 279; jugis ibi manet inviolata ~as Alex. Cant. Dicta 113; cum ‥ celi ~atem et transfretandi exspectaret facultatem Canon. G. Sempr. f. 80v; terra Egypti ‥ celi ~ate speciali privilegio mirabiliter ‥ dotata S. Sim. Itin. 42.  b sic michi ‥ ineffabilis ~as lucis refulsit Gosc. Transl. Mild. 30; Britannia Hiberniam aeris tam ~ate quam subtilitate longe precellit Gir. TH I 3; quarum ‥ pulchrior est ~as, id est splendor aeris Bern. Comm. Aen. 8; nam delictorum densitas, / ne penetret serenitas, / obstat soli lucifero J. Howd. Cyth. 13. 5.  c 798 quicquid inde nostra sentit ~as, sermone commatico tibi patefacere non negamus Ep. Alcuin. 144; proinde novit ~as tua (Lit. Papae) G. Hen. II I 332; multa ~atis regie commendatione Canon. G. Sempr. f. 99; 1219 noverit ~as vestra Pat 205; 1341 ~atis vestre literas reverenter recepimus (Lit. Regis) Avesb. f. 98; 1438 bajulum ‥ ad sue ~atis presenciam destinamus Bekynton I 68. 2 (of sea) calm(ness). b (fig., w. ref. to appearance or mental state) calm, tranquillity, peace. c (of human affairs) peace, absence of unrest or strife. quiescentibus ventis, ~as maris vos laeta prosequetur Bede HE III 15; tanta ~as maris secuta est ut ‥ remigio uterentur (Samthanna 23) VSH II 259.  b pura ‥ ~as mentis Bede Hom. I 22. 105A; vultus adhibuit ~atem Osb. Clar. V. Ed. Conf. 19; cum tranquillitate omnia agit, ut virginalis in ea verecundie non violetur ~as G. Hoyland Serm. 186D; cum itaque mentis tranquille ~atem tot adversa prepediant et perturbent Gir. Ep. 4 p. 186; ~as [ME: schirnesse] cordis est solius Dei amor AncrR 152; consciencie ~as et spei stabilitas certa consequitur centuplum spiritualis gaudii Spec. Incl. 4. 1.  c 802 tempore ~atis et pacis, quo militaris laboris cingulo soluto totus pacifica quiete populus concurrere festinat ad vestrae jussionis dictum Alcuin Ep. 257; arridente regni ~ate W. Malm. GR I 75.

sĕrēnĭtās, (13) ātis, f. (serenus), ¶ 1 sérénité : cæli Cic. Div. 2, 94, du ciel ¶ 2 [fig.] calme : Liv. 42, 62, 4 ; Sen. Ira 3, 25, 4 ¶ 3 grandeur sérénissime, Sérénité [titre honorifique] : Décad.

serenitas , atis. f.
晴天。順事。心安。

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sĕrēnĭtas, serenitātis, f.: (tempo) sereno, buon tempo.

serēnitās ātis, f

• serenus, clearness, serenity, fair weather: tranquilla, L.: caeli.—Fig., favorableness, serenity: fortunae, L.