Σήρ

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

Noun

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

Coordinate terms

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

Derived terms

Descendants

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

References

  • 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