Serapis

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin Serāpis, from Ancient Greek Σάρᾱπις (Sárāpis), from Egyptian wsjr-ḥp, from wsjr (Osiris) + ḥp (Apis).

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Serapis

  1. A Graeco-Egyptian god devised during the 3rd century BC as a means to unify the Greeks and Egyptians in the realm of Ptolemy I.

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Latin

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek Σάρᾱπις (Sárāpis) (later Σέρᾱπις (Sérāpis)), from Egyptian wsjr-ḥp.

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Proper noun

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Serāpis m sg (genitive Serāpidis or Serāpis); third declension

  1. Serapis, an Egyptian god.

Declension

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Third-declension noun (imparisyllabic non-i-stem or i-stem; two different stems), singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Serāpis
Genitive Serāpidis
Serāpis
Dative Serāpidī
Serāpī
Accusative Serāpidem
Serāpem
Ablative Serāpide
Serāpe
Vocative Serāpis

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References

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  • Serapis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Serapis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Serapis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.