Serica

See also: serica

Translingual

Etymology

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Proper noun

Serica f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Scarabaeidae – certain junebugs and May beetles.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota – subclass; Neoptera – infraclass; Holometabola – superorder; Coleoptera – order; Polyphaga - suborder; Scarabaeiformia - infraorder; Scarabaeoidea - superfamily; Scarabaeidae - family; Melolonthinae - subfamily; Sericini - tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Serica brunnea - type species

References

• Serica (beetle) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Serica on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Serica on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Serica, from Ancient Greek Σηρικά (Sēriká), from Σῆρες (Sêres, “Seres”) + -ική (-ikḗ), from σήρ (sḗr, “silkworm”), likely ultimately from Old Chinese 絲 (*sə, “silk”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛrɪkə/

Proper noun

Serica

1. (historical) An ancient empire in East Asia, North China reached overland as opposed to the Sinae, the South Chinese reached by sea.

Related terms

• Serian
• Seric
• Serican

 

Translations

Northern China as known to the ancient Greeks and Romans — see also China,‎ Cathay

• Greek:

  Ancient: Σηρικά f (Sēriká)

• Latin: Sērica f

Anagrams

• caries, ericas

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Σηρικά (Sēriká), from Σῆρες (Sêres, “Seres”) + -ική (-ikḗ), from σήρ (sḗr, “silkworm”), likely ultimately from Old Chinese 絲 (*sə, “silk”). Equivalent to Sērēs +‎ -ica.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈseː.ri.ka/, [ˈs̠eːrɪkä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈse.ri.ka/, [ˈsɛːrikä]

Proper noun

Sērica f sg (genitive Sēricae); first declension

1. (historical) Serica, Cathay (an ancient empire in East Asia), North China reached overland as opposed to Sinae, the South Chinese reached by sea.
2. (New Latin) China (a country in East Asia).

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Sērica
genitive	Sēricae
dative	Sēricae
accusative	Sēricam
ablative	Sēricā
vocative	Sērica

Synonyms

• Res Publica Popularis Sinarum (sometimes disputed); Res Publica Sinarum (chiefly historical); Taivania (uncommon, disputed)

Coordinate terms

• Sīnae, Sērēs

Derived terms

• Sericanus

 

Descendants

• English: Serica