Serapis

English

Alternative forms

• Sarapis

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.

Anagrams

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

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Σάρᾱπις (Sárāpis) (later Σέρᾱπις (Sérāpis)), from Ὄσιρις (Ósiris) and Ἆπις (Âpis).

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

• Wikipedia article on Serapis

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.