Seres
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English
Etymology 1
From Latin Sērēs, from Ancient Greek Σῆρες (Sêres, “the North Chinese; North China”), from σήρ (sḗr, “silkworm”), possibly from Old Chinese 絲 (*sə, “silk”).
Proper noun
Seres
- (historical or archaic, uncountable, collective) Synonym of Chinese or Northern Chinese, chiefly in the context of ancient Greco-Roman knowledge of China.
Coordinate terms
- Sinae (Southern Chinese as known to the ancient Greeks and Romans)
Related terms
Etymology 2
Proper noun
Seres
- A surname.
Icelandic
Proper noun
Seres f
- Ceres (dwarf planet)
See also
| Solar System in Icelandic · Sólkerfið (layout · text) | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Star | Sólin | |||||||||||||||||
| IAU planets and notable dwarf planets |
Merkúr | Venus | Jörðin | Mars | Seres | Júpíter | Satúrnus | Úranus | Neptúnus | Plútó | Eris | |||||||
| Notable moons |
— | — | Tunglið | Fóbos Deimos |
— | Íó Evrópa Ganýmedes Kallistó |
Mímas Enkeladus Teþis Díóne Rea Títan Japetus |
Míranda Aríel Úmbríel Títanía Óberon |
Tríton | Karon | Dysnómía | |||||||
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Σῆρες (Sêres, “the Chinese; China”), from σήρ (sḗr, “silkworm”), possibly from Old Chinese 絲 (*sə, “silk”).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Sērēs m pl (genitive Sērum); third declension (singular Sēr)
- (rare in the singular, historical) The Seres, the northern Chinese reached by the overland Silk Road to Chang'an (Xi'an) as opposed to the Sinae reached by the maritime Silk Road to Panyu (Guangzhou), unknown in antiquity to be related to one another.
- (rare in the singular, New Latin) Synonym of Sinae, the Chinese.
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | Sēr | Sērēs |
| Genitive | Sēris | Sērum |
| Dative | Sērī | Sēribus |
| Accusative | Sērem | Sērēs |
| Ablative | Sēre | Sēribus |
| Vocative | Sēr | Sērēs |
Coordinate terms
- Sīnae (southern Chinese as known to the ancient Greeks and Romans)
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
References
- “Seres”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Seres in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.