serica

See also: Serica and sérica

English

Etymology

Borrowed from translingual Serica, from Latin sērica (“garments, silk”).

Noun

serica (plural sericas)

1. (taxonomy, uncommon) Any June beetle of the genus Serica.
   • 1967 September, R. W. Dawson, “New and Little Known Species of Serica (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae) X”, in Journal of the New York Entomological Society‎^[1], volume 75, Serica texana LeConte:

     Described in 1856, it took nearly a century to match his type with a single male from Lee County, Texas, previously recorded by the writer. Thus texana has been one of the rarest sericas in collections.

   • “Serica, small June beetles”, in foothillpest.com‎^[2], Foothill Sierra Pest Control, archived from the original on 1 October 2023:

     Sericas are often referred to as small June beetles. Sericas feed on plant roots.

Translations

scarab of the genus Serica

• Arabic: سَرِيكَة f (sarīka)

See also

• Serica (beetle) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• serica on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:serica on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɛ.ri.ka/
• Rhymes: -ɛrika
• Hyphenation: sè‧ri‧ca

Adjective

serica

1. feminine singular of serico

Anagrams

• Cerasi, Scirea, arcesi, ascrei, cerasi, escirà, recisa, riesca, riseca, sciare, scierà

Latin

Etymology

Substantive neuter noun from sēricus. Compare with sēricum.

Noun

sērica n pl (genitive sēricōrum); second declension

1. silk garments, silks

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), plural only.

	plural
nominative	sērica
genitive	sēricōrum
dative	sēricīs
accusative	sērica
ablative	sēricīs
vocative	sērica

Derived terms

• sēricārius
• sēricātus
• sēriceus
• subsēricus

Descendants

• Asturian: ⇒ xergón, sergón, sargón
• Albanian: sarkë
• Aromanian: saricã
• English: serge
• French: serge, sarge
  • Catalan: sarja
  • Portuguese: sarja
• Galician: xerga
• Irish: saraiste
• Italian: sargia
• Norman: sarge
• Old Occitan: sarga
• Portuguese: xerga, enxerga
• Romanian: sarică
• Spanish: jerga, sarga

Noun

sērica

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of sēricum

References

• “serica”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "serica", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “serica”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “serica”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “serica”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly