"Σήρ" meaning in Ancient Greek

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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: Related to σήρ (sḗr, “silkworm”) but otherwise uncertain. Possibly ultimately from Old Chinese 絲 (*sə, “silk”). Etymology templates: {{uncertain|grc|nocap=1}} 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. (historical, rare in the singular) Serican, one of the Seres, the people from whom silk was obtained, the North Chinese as known to the ancient Greeks and Romans. Tags: historical, rare, singular Categories (topical): Demonyms Derived forms: Σηρῐκός (Sērikós) Coordinate_terms: Σῖναι (Sînai) [Chinese, Southern]

Inflected forms

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