Σάραπις
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Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Egyptian wsjr-ḥp, from wsjr (“Osiris”) + ḥp (“Apis”). Equivalent to a combination of Ὄσιρις (Ósiris) and Ἆπις (Âpis).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /sá.raː.pis/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈsa.ra.pis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈsa.ra.pis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈsa.ra.pis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈsa.ra.pis/
Proper noun
Σᾰ́ρᾱπῐς • (Sárāpis) m (genitive Σᾰρᾱ́πῐδος); third declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
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| Nominative | ὁ Σᾰ́ρᾱπῐς ho Sárāpis | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ Σᾰρᾱ́πῐδος toû Sarā́pidos | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ Σᾰρᾱ́πῐδῐ tôi Sarā́pidi | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν Σᾰρᾱ́πῐδᾰ tòn Sarā́pida | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Σᾰ́ρᾱπῐς Sárāpis | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- Σᾰρᾱπιεῖον (Sarāpieîon)
References
- “Σάραπις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press