Serapis

See also: Sérapis

English

Alternative forms

• Sarapis

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Serāpis, from Ancient Greek Σάρᾱπις (Sárāpis), from Egyptian wsjr-ḥp, from wsjr (“Osiris”) + ḥp (“Apis”).

Proper noun

Serapis

1. A Graeco-Egyptian god devised during the 3rd century BC as a means to unify the Greeks and Egyptians in the realm of Ptolemy I.

Derived terms

• Serapic

Related terms

• Serapeum

Translations

Graeco-Egyptian god

• Coptic: ⲥⲉⲣⲁⲡⲓⲥ (serapis)
• French: Sérapis (fr) m
• Latin: Serapis m

Anagrams

• Arispes, Parises, aspires, paresis, praises, spireas

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Σάρᾱπις (Sárāpis) (later Σέρᾱπις (Sérāpis)), from Egyptian wsjr-ḥp.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /seˈraː.pis/, [s̠ɛˈräːpɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /seˈra.pis/, [seˈräːpis]

Proper noun

Serāpis m sg (genitive Serāpidis or Serāpis); third declension

1. Serapis, an Egyptian god.

Declension

Third-declension noun (imparisyllabic non-i-stem or i-stem; two different stems), singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Serāpis
Genitive	Serāpidis Serāpis
Dative	Serāpidī Serāpī
Accusative	Serāpidem Serāpem
Ablative	Serāpide Serāpe
Vocative	Serāpis

Derived terms

• Serāpēum
• Serāpicus

See also

• Serapis on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^la

References

• “Serapis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Serapis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Serapis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.