Seres
English Edit
Proper noun Edit
Seres
- A surname.
Icelandic Edit
Proper noun Edit
Seres f
- Ceres (dwarf planet)
See also Edit
| Solar System in Icelandic · Sólkerfið (layout · text) | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Star | Sólin | |||||||||||||||||
| IAU planets and notable dwarf planets |
Merkúr | Venus | Jörðin | Mars | Seres | Júpíter | Satúrnus | Úranus | Neptúnus | Plútó | Eris | |||||||
| Notable moons |
— | — | Tunglið | Fóbos Deimos |
— | Íó Evrópa Ganýmedes Kallistó |
Mímas Enkeladus Teþis Díóne Rea Títan Japetus |
Míranda Aríel Úmbríel Títanía Óberon |
Tríton | Karon | Dysnómía | |||||||
Latin Edit
Etymology Edit
From Ancient Greek Σῆρες (Sêres, “the Chinese; China, the land of the Chinese”), plural of Σήρ (Sḗr), possibly from Old Chinese 絲 (*slɯ, “silk”).
Pronunciation Edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈseː.reːs/, [ˈs̠eːreːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈse.res/, [ˈsɛːres]
Proper noun Edit
Sērēs 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 Edit
Third-declension noun, plural only.
| Case | Plural |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Sērēs |
| Genitive | Sērum |
| Dative | Sēribus |
| Accusative | Sērēs |
| Ablative | Sēribus |
| Vocative | Sērēs |
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References Edit
- “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