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Serapis
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Se-ra′pis
,Noun.
[L., fr. Gr. [GREEK][GREEK][GREEK], [GREEK][GREEK][GREEK].]
(Myth.)
An Egyptian deity, at first a symbol of the Nile, and so of fertility; later, one of the divinities of the lower world. His worship was introduced into Greece and Rome.
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Serapis
Serapis
English
Alternative forms
Proper noun
Serapis
- 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.
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Σάρᾱπις (Sárāpis) (later Σέρᾱπις (Sérāpis)), from Ὄσιρις (Ósiris) and Ἆπις (Âpis).
Proper noun
Serāpis m (genitive Serāpidis); third declension
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
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “Serapis”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.