Σάραπις

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

Proper noun

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

  1. (Egyptian mythology) Serapis

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ Σᾰ́ρᾱπῐς; τοῦ Σᾰρᾱ́πῐδος (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ὁ Σᾰ́ρᾱπῐς
ho Sắrāpĭs
Genitive τοῦ Σᾰρᾱ́πῐδος
toû Sărā́pĭdos
Dative τῷ Σᾰρᾱ́πῐδῐ
tōî Sărā́pĭdĭ
Accusative τὸν Σᾰρᾱ́πῐδᾰ
tòn Sărā́pĭdă
Vocative Σᾰ́ρᾱπῐς
Sắrāpĭs
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 (Sărāpieîon)

Descendants

  • → Coptic: ⲥⲁⲣⲁⲡⲓⲥ (sarapis)

References

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