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sarrācum (serrā-), i, n.

  1. I. A kind of wagon or cart (acc. to Quint. 8, 3, 21, belonging to vulgar lang.), Sisenn. ap. Non. 195, 29; Cic. Pis. Fragm. ap. Quint. l. l.; Vitr. 10, 1 fin.; Juv. 3, 255; Capitol. M. Aurel. 13; Amm. 31, 2, 18.
  2. II. Transf., the Wain, a constellation: frigida Bootae, Juv. 5, 23.

serra, ae, f. [perh. = sec-ra, seg-ra, from seco].

  1. I. A saw, the invention of Daedalus, Ov. M. 8, 246; Sen. Ep. 90, 8; Plin. 7, 56, 57, § 198; Hyg. Fab. 274: stridens, Lucr. 2, 410: stridor serrae, Cic. Tusc. 5, 40, 116; Varr. ap. Non. 223, 19; Vitr. 2, 7: arguta, Verg. G. 1, 143 et saep.
    Prov.: serram ducere cum aliquo de aliquā re, to quarrel with one about something, Varr. R. R. 3, 6, 1; so, too, quamdiu per hanc lineam serram reciprocabimus? Tert. Cor. Mil. 3.
    Trop., of the back of a thin person, Mart. 11, 100, 4.
  2. II. Transf.
    1. A. A kind of sawfish, Plin. 9, 2, 1, § 3; 32, 11, 53, § 145.
    2. B. A serrated order of battle: serra proeliari dicitur, cum assidue acceditur recediturque neque ullo consistitur tempore. Cato de re militari: Sive opus est cuneo, aut globo, aut forcipe aut turribus aut serrā uti adoriare, Fest. p. 344 Müll.; cf. Gell. 10, 9, 1; Veg. Mil. 3, 19 fin.
    3. C. A threshingwain, with serrated wheels, Hier. in Amos, 1; Vulg. lsa. 28, 27.
    4. D. Serra, in relig. lang., the name of the Tiber, acc. to Serv. Verg. A. 8, 63.

* serrābĭlis, e, adj. [serra], that may be sawn: serrabilia ac sectilia (ligna), Plin. 16, 43, 83, § 227.

serrācŭlum, i, n., a steering-oar, rudder: πηδάλιον, clavus navis, Gloss. Philox.; Dig. 9, 2, 29, § 2 dub. (others, servaculum or feraculum).

serrācum, v. sarracum.

serrāgo, ĭnis, f. [serra], sawdust, Cael. Aur. Acut. 1, 14; id. Tard. 4, 8 med.

Serrānus (also Sarānus, e. g. SEX. ATILIVS M. F. SARANVS, Inscr. Orell. 3110; hence, to be derived from Saranum, an Umbrian city), i, m., a surname (agnomen) of C. Atilius Regulus, who was summoned from the plough to the consulship, Plin. 18, 3, 4, § 20; Val. Max. 4, 4, 5; Verg. A. 6, 844; Claud. in Ruf. 1, 202; id. IV. Cons. Hon. 414.
Of other Atilii, Cic. Sest. 33, 72; id. Planc. 5, 12; id. Q. Fr. 3, 8, 5 al.

Serrapilli, ōrum, m., a people of Pannonia, on the Danube, Plin. 3, 25, 28, § 147.

serrātim, adv. [serra], in the manner of a saw, like a saw, Vitr. 6, 11: scissa folia, App. Herb. 2.

serrātōrĭus, a, um, adj. [serro], sawshaped, serrate; or belonging to sawing, sawing- (late Lat.): in modum serratoriae machinae conecti, Amm. 23, 4, 4.

serrātŭla, ae, f., the Italian name for betony, Plin. 25, 8, 46, § 84.

serrātūra, ae, f. [serro], a sawing, a sawing up: arboris, Pall. Febr. 17, 2.

serrātus, a, um, adj. [serra], sawshaped, serrated (post-Aug.): dentes, Plin. 11, 37, 61, § 160: folia herbae, id. 25, 8, 46, § 84; cf. ambitus (foliorum), id. 25, 6, 30, § 66: spinae, id. 9, 59, 85, § 182: compages (ossium capitis), id. 11, 37, 48, § 132: morsus (anseris), Petr. 136, 4.
As subst.: serrā-ti, ōrum (sc. nummi), silver coins notched on the edge, Tac. G. 5 fin.; cf. Eckh. Doctr. Num. 5, p. 94 sq.