Σήρ
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Ancient Greek[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Related to σήρ (sḗr, “silkworm”) but otherwise uncertain. Possibly ultimately from Old Chinese 絲 (*sə, “silk”).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /sɛ̌ːr/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /se̝r/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /sir/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /sir/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /sir/
Noun[edit]
Σήρ • (Sḗr) m (genitive Σηρός); third declension
- (historical, rare in the singular) Serican, one of the Seres, the people from whom silk was obtained, the North Chinese as known to the ancient Greeks and Romans.
- Ctes., Fr. 86
Declension[edit]
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ Σήρ ho Sḗr |
τὼ Σῆρε tṑ Sêre |
οἱ Σῆρες hoi Sêres | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ Σηρός toû Sērós |
τοῖν Σηροῖν toîn Sēroîn |
τῶν Σηρῶν tôn Sērôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ Σηρῐ́ tôi Sērí |
τοῖν Σηροῖν toîn Sēroîn |
τοῖς Σηρσῐ́ / Σηρσῐ́ν toîs Sērsí(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν Σῆρᾰ tòn Sêra |
τὼ Σῆρε tṑ Sêre |
τοὺς Σῆρᾰς toùs Sêras | ||||||||||
Vocative | Σήρ Sḗr |
Σῆρε Sêre |
Σῆρες Sêres | ||||||||||
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Coordinate terms[edit]
- Σῖναι (Sînai) (southern Chinese as known to the ancient Greeks and Romans)
Derived terms[edit]
- Σηρῐκός (Sērikós)
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- “Σήρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Monchi-Zadeh, Daoud (1975) “Iranische Miszellen”, in Monumentum H. S. Nyberg (Acta Iranica; 5), Leiden: E.J. Brill, →ISBN, pages 69–72
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