Serapis

English

Alternative forms

Proper noun

Serapis

  1. A Graeco-Egyptian god devised during the 3rd century BC as a means to unify the Greeks and Egyptians in the realm of Ptolemy I.

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Σάρᾱπις (Sárāpis) (later Σέρᾱπις (Sérāpis)), from Ὄσιρις (Ósiris) and Ἆπις (Âpis).

Proper noun

Serāpis m (genitive Serāpidis); third declension

  1. Serapis, an Egyptian god.

Inflection

The genitive may also be formed as Serāpis.

Derived terms

  • Serāpēum
  • Serāpicus

See also

References

  • Serapis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Serapis in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Serapis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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