Seres

See also: seres

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Σῆρες (Sêres, “the Chinese; China, the land of the Chinese”), plural of Σήρ (Sḗr), possibly from Old Chinese 絲 (*[s]ə, “silk”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈseː.res/, [ˈseː.rɛs]

Proper noun

Sēres m pl (genitive Sērum); third declension (singular Sēr)

(usually in the plural) The northern Chinese people reached via the overland Silk Road to Chang'an (Xi'an), unknown at the time to be related to the Sinae reached via the maritime Silk Road to Panyu (Guangzhou).

Declension

Third declension.

Case	Plural
nominative	Sērēs
genitive	Sērum
dative	Sēribus
accusative	Sērēs
ablative	Sēribus
vocative	Sērēs

Derived terms

sēricus

Related terms

Sera, Sera Metropolis
Serica

Descendants

Portuguese: Seres
Spanish: Seres

See also

Sinae

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

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