sericum

Latin

Etymology

Substantive neuter noun from sēricus. Compare with sērica.

Noun

sēricum n (genitive sēricī); second declension

1. Chinese goods, but especially silk

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	sēricum	sērica
Genitive	sēricī	sēricōrum
Dative	sēricō	sēricīs
Accusative	sēricum	sērica
Ablative	sēricō	sēricīs
Vocative	sēricum	sērica

Descendants

• Galician: sirgo; ⇒ sarillo
• Portuguese: sirgo; ⇒ sarilho
• Spanish: sirgo

References

• “sericum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• sericum 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)
• sericum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “sericum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “sericum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin