Seriphus

Latin

Alternative forms

• Serīphos

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Σέριφος (Sériphos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /seˈriː.pʰus/, [s̠ɛˈriːpʰʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /seˈri.fus/, [seˈriːfus]

Proper noun

Serīphus f sg (genitive Serīphī); second declension

1. Serifos, one of the Cyclades

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Serīphus
Genitive	Serīphī
Dative	Serīphō
Accusative	Serīphum
Ablative	Serīphō
Vocative	Serīphe

Descendants

• Translingual: Seriphus

References

• “Seriphus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Seriphus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Seriphos”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly