sericum

Latin

Etymology

Substantive neuter noun from sēricus. Compare with sērica.

Noun

sēricum n (genitive sēricī); second declension

  1. Chinese goods, but especially silk

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative sēricum sērica
genitive sēricī sēricōrum
dative sēricō sēricīs
accusative sēricum sērica
ablative sēricō sēricīs
vocative sēricum sērica

Descendants

  • Galician: sirgo; ⇒ sarillo
  • Portuguese: sirgo; ⇒ sarilho
  • Spanish: sirgo

References

  • “sericum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • "sericum", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • sericum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “sericum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “sericum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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