"σήρ" meaning in Ancient Greek

See σήρ in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /sɛ̌ːr/, /sir/, /sir/, /sɛ̌ːr/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /se̝r/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /sir/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /sir/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /sir/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: Uncertain, but possibly ultimately from Old Chinese 絲 (*sə, “silk”). Etymology templates: {{uncertain|grc}} Uncertain, {{der|grc|och|絲|t=silk|tr=*sə}} Old Chinese 絲 (*sə, “silk”) Head templates: {{grc-noun|σηρός|m|third}} σήρ • (sḗr) m (genitive σηρός); third declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|σήρ|σηρός}} Forms: sḗr [romanization], σηρός [genitive], Attic declension-3 [table-tags], ὁ σήρ [nominative, singular], τὼ σῆρε [dual, nominative], οἱ σῆρες [nominative, plural], τοῦ σηρός [genitive, singular], τοῖν σηροῖν [dual, genitive], τῶν σηρῶν [genitive, plural], τῷ σηρῐ́ [dative, singular], τοῖν σηροῖν [dative, dual], τοῖς σηρσῐ́ [dative, plural], σηρσῐ́ν [dative, plural], toîs sērsí [dative, plural], toîs sērsín [dative, plural], τὸν σῆρᾰ [accusative, singular], τὼ σῆρε [accusative, dual], τοὺς σῆρᾰς [accusative, plural], σήρ [singular, vocative], σῆρε [dual, vocative], σῆρες [plural, vocative]
  1. silkworm Derived forms: σηρῐκός (sērikós)
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          "text": "... ἔστιν ἐν τῇ γῇ ζωύφιόν σφισιν, ὃν σῆρα καλοῦσιν Ἕλληνες, ὑπὸ δὲ αὐτῶν Σηρῶν ἄλλο πού τι καὶ οὐ σὴρ ὀνομάζεται.\n... éstin en têi gêi zōúphión sphisin, hòn sêra kaloûsin Héllēnes, hupò dè autôn Sērôn állo poú ti kaì ou sḕr onomázetai.",
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    },
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      "ipa": "/sir/"
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    {
      "ipa": "/sir/"
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    },
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