Σάραπις

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Σέρᾱπῐς (Sérāpis), Σορᾱπῐς (Sorāpis)

Etymology

From Egyptian wsjr-ḥp, from wsjr (“Osiris”) + ḥp (“Apis”). Equivalent to a combination of Ὄσιρις (Ósiris) and Ἆπις (Âpis).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sá.raː.pis/ → /ˈsa.ra.pis/ → /ˈsa.ra.pis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sá.raː.pis/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.ra.pis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.ra.pis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.ra.pis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈsa.ra.pis/

Proper noun

Σᾰ́ρᾱπῐς • (Sárāpis) m (genitive Σᾰρᾱ́πῐδος); third declension

1. Serapis

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Σᾰ́ρᾱπῐς; τοῦ Σᾰρᾱ́πῐδος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Σᾰ́ρᾱπῐς ho Sárāpis
Genitive	τοῦ Σᾰρᾱ́πῐδος toû Sarā́pidos
Dative	τῷ Σᾰρᾱ́πῐδῐ tôi Sarā́pidi
Accusative	τὸν Σᾰρᾱ́πῐδᾰ tòn Sarā́pida
Vocative	Σᾰ́ρᾱπῐς Sárāpis
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Derived terms

• Σᾰρᾱπιεῖον (Sarāpieîon)

References

• “Σάραπις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press