Latin

Noun

sēricum n ‎(genitive sēricī); second declension

1. Chinese goods, but especially silk

Inflection

Second declension.

Descendants

• Portuguese: sarilho
• Spanish: sirgo

References

• sericum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• SERICUM in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “sericum”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• sericum in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• sericum in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin