I. Lit., that comes or happens late, late-ripe, late, backward: “sementis (opp. festinata),” Plin. 18, 24, 56, § 204: “pira,” id. 15, 15, 17, § 58: “ficus,” id. 15, 18, 19, § 71; Pall. Mart. 10, 31: “flos,” Plin. 21, 10, 32, § 58: “pulli,” Col. 8, 5, 24: “hiemes (opp. tempestiva frigora),” Plin. 17, 2, 2, § 16: “aquae (opp. tempestivae),” id. 17, 2, 2, § 17: “situs,” id. 17, 11, 16, § 79: “loca (opp. praecocia),” id. 18, 24, 54, § 196: “imber serotinus,” the later rainy season, Vulg. Deut. 11, 14; id. Osee, 6, 3.—
sērōtĭnus , a, um, adj. 4. sero, econom. t. t. of the Aug. period, for the class. serus.