Sars
English
editEtymology 1
editNoun
editSars (uncountable)
- (medicine) Acronym of severe acute respiratory syndrome; also SARS.
- 2020 April 10, Stephen Buranyi, “The WHO v coronavirus: why it can't handle the pandemic”, in The Guardian[1]:
- The WHO’s response to Sars was considered a huge success. Fewer than 1,000 people worldwide died of the disease, despite it reaching a total of 26 countries.
Etymology 2
editProper noun
editSars
Anagrams
editLatin
editEtymology
editFrom a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia; a root noun from the Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to flow”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /sars/, [s̠ärs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /sars/, [särs]
Proper noun
editSars f sg (genitive Sartis); third declension
- A river of Gallaecia, Hispania Tarraconensis, now the Sar
Declension
editThird-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Sars |
Genitive | Sartis |
Dative | Sartī |
Accusative | Sartem |
Ablative | Sarte |
Vocative | Sars |
Descendants
editReferences
edit- Curchin, Leonard A. (2008). "The toponyms of the Roman Galicia: New Study", Cuadernos de Estudios Gallegos, LV (121), pages 109-136.
- “Sars”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- Sars in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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