Seres

See also: seres and sereš

English

Etymology 1

From Latin Sērēs, from Ancient Greek Σῆρες (Sêres, “the North Chinese; North China”), from σήρ (sḗr, “silkworm”), possibly from Old Chinese 絲 (*sə, “silk”).

Proper noun

Seres

1. (historical or archaic, uncountable, collective) Synonym of Chinese or Northern Chinese, chiefly in the context of ancient Greco-Roman knowledge of China.

Coordinate terms

• Sinae (Southern Chinese as known to the ancient Greeks and Romans)

Related terms

• Serica
• Serican

 

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Seres

1. A surname.

Anagrams

• seers, reses, Esser

Icelandic

Proper noun

Seres f

1. Ceres (dwarf planet)

See also

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

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Σῆρες (Sêres, “the Chinese; China”), from σήρ (sḗr, “silkworm”), possibly from Old Chinese 絲 (*sə, “silk”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈseː.reːs/, [ˈs̠eːreːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈse.res/, [ˈsɛːres]

Proper noun

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

1. (rare in the singular, historical) The Seres, the northern Chinese reached by the overland Silk Road to Chang'an (Xi'an) as opposed to the Sinae reached by the maritime Silk Road to Panyu (Guangzhou), unknown in antiquity to be related to one another.
2. (rare in the singular, New Latin) Synonym of Sinae, the Chinese.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	Sēr	Sērēs
Genitive	Sēris	Sērum
Dative	Sērī	Sēribus
Accusative	Sērem	Sērēs
Ablative	Sēre	Sēribus
Vocative	Sēr	Sērēs

Coordinate terms

• Sīnae (southern Chinese as known to the ancient Greeks and Romans)

Derived terms

• Sēricus, sēricus

 

Related terms

• Sēra
• Sēra Mētropolis
• Sērica

 

Descendants

• English: Seres
• Portuguese: Seres
• Spanish: Seres

References

• “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.