Seres

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See also: seres and sereš

English[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Seres

  1. A surname.

Icelandic[edit]

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Proper noun[edit]

Seres f

  1. Ceres (dwarf planet)

See also[edit]

Solar System in Icelandic · Sólkerfið (layout · text)
Star Sólin
IAU planets and
notable dwarf planets 		Merkúr Venus Jörðin Mars Seres Júpíter Satúrnus Úranus Neptúnus Plútó Eris
Notable
moons 		— — Tunglið Fóbos
Deimos 		— Íó
Evrópa
Ganýmedes
Kallistó 		Mímas
Enkeladus
Teþis
Díóne
Rea
Títan
Japetus
Míranda
Aríel
Úmbríel
Títanía
Óberon 		Tríton Karon Dysnómía

Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Ancient Greek Σῆρες (Sêres, “the Chinese; China, the land of the Chinese”), plural of Σήρ (Sḗr), possibly from Old Chinese 絲 (*slɯ, “silk”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Sērēs m pl (genitive Sērum); third declension (singular Sēr)

  1. (usually in the plural) The northern Chinese people reached via the overland Silk Road to Chang'an (Xi'an), unknown at the time to be related to the Sinae reached via the maritime Silk Road to Panyu (Guangzhou).

Declension[edit]

Third-declension noun, plural only.

Case Plural
Nominative Sērēs
Genitive Sērum
Dative Sēribus
Accusative Sērēs
Ablative Sēribus
Vocative Sērēs

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Descendants[edit]

  • Portuguese: Seres
  • Spanish: Seres

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  • “Seres”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Seres in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
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