Σήρ

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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Related to σήρ (sḗr, silkworm) but otherwise uncertain. Possibly ultimately from Old Chinese (*sə, silk).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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Σήρ (Sḗrm (genitive Σηρός); third declension

  1. (historical, rare in the singular) Serican, one of the Seres, the people from whom silk was obtained, the North Chinese as known to the ancient Greeks and Romans.

Declension

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Coordinate terms

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  • Σῖναι (Sînai) (southern Chinese as known to the ancient Greeks and Romans)

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Latin: Sēres
    • English: Seres
    • Portuguese: Seres
    • Spanish: Seres

References

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  • Σήρ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Monchi-Zadeh, Daoud (1975) “Iranische Miszellen”, in Monumentum H. S. Nyberg (Acta Iranica; 5), Leiden: E.J. Brill, →ISBN, pages 69–72