σήρ

See also: Σήρ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Uncertain, but possibly ultimately from Old Chinese 絲 (*sə, “silk”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

σήρ • (sḗr) m (genitive σηρός); third declension

  1. silkworm
    • 110 CE – 180 CE, Pausanias Periegeta, Graeciae Descriptio 6.26.6
      ... ἔστιν ἐν τῇ γῇ ζωύφιόν σφισιν, ὃν σῆρα καλοῦσιν Ἕλληνες, ὑπὸ δὲ αὐτῶν Σηρῶν ἄλλο πού τι καὶ οὐ σὴρ ὀνομάζεται.
      ... éstin en tēî gēî zōúphión sphisin, hòn sêra kaloûsin Héllēnes, hupò dè autôn Sērôn állo poú ti kaì ou sḕr onomázetai.
      ... there is in their land a little animal which the Greeks call sêrs, though the Seres themselves give it another name.

Declension

Third declension of ὁ σήρ; τοῦ σηρός (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ σήρ
ho sḗr 		τὼ σῆρε
tṑ sêre 		οἱ σῆρες
hoi sêres
Genitive τοῦ σηρός
toû sērós 		τοῖν σηροῖν
toîn sēroîn 		τῶν σηρῶν
tôn sērôn
Dative τῷ σηρῐ́
tōî sērĭ́ 		τοῖν σηροῖν
toîn sēroîn 		τοῖς σηρσῐ́ / σηρσῐ́ν
toîs sērsĭ́(n)
Accusative τὸν σῆρᾰ
tòn sêră 		τὼ σῆρε
tṑ sêre 		τοὺς σῆρᾰς
toùs sêrăs
Vocative σήρ
sḗr 		σῆρε
sêre 		σῆρες
sêres
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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