Σάραπις

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms
  • Σέρᾱπῐς (Sérāpis), Σορᾱπῐς (Sorāpis)

Etymology

From Egyptian wsjr-ḥp, from wsjr (“Osiris”) + ḥp (“Apis”). Equivalent to a combination of Ὄσιρις (Ósiris) and Ἆπις (Âpis).

Pronunciation
 

Proper noun

Σᾰ́ρᾱπῐς • (Sárāpis) m (genitive Σᾰρᾱ́πῐδος); third declension

  1. Serapis

Inflection
Third declension of ὁ Σᾰ́ρᾱπῐς; τοῦ Σᾰρᾱ́πῐδος (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Σᾰ́ρᾱπῐς
ho Sárāpis
Genitive τοῦ Σᾰρᾱ́πῐδος
toû Sarā́pidos
Dative τῷ Σᾰρᾱ́πῐδῐ
tôi Sarā́pidi
Accusative τὸν Σᾰρᾱ́πῐδᾰ
tòn Sarā́pida
Vocative Σᾰ́ρᾱπῐς
Sárāpis
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.
  • Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Derived terms
  • Σᾰρᾱπιεῖον (Sarāpieîon)

References
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