sericum

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Latin

Etymology

Substantive neuter noun from sēricus. Confer 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: sarillo
  • Portuguese: 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