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sĕrum , i, n. (collat. form sĕrū , acc. to Charis. p. 23 P.) [prob. sibilated from ὀρός].
I. The watery part of curdled milk, whey, Plin. 11, 41, 96, § 239; 28, 9, 33, § 126; Col. 7, 12, 10; Verg. G. 3, 406; Tib. 2, 3, 16; Ov. F. 4, 770.—
II. Transf., like ὀρός, of the watery parts, serum, of other things; “of resin,Plin. 16, 12, 23, § 60: “seminis genitalis,Cat. 80, 8.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (4):
    • Vergil, Georgics, 3.406
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 16.60
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 7.12.10
    • Ovid, Fasti, 4
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