See also: seres and sereš

English Edit

Proper noun Edit

Seres

  1. A surname.

Icelandic Edit

 
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Proper noun Edit

Seres f

  1. 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 (*slɯ, silk).

Pronunciation Edit

Proper noun Edit

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

  1. (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

Derived terms Edit

Related terms Edit

Descendants Edit

  • Portuguese: Seres
  • Spanish: Seres

See also Edit

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