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Serapis

Serapis proper noun: a Graeco-Egyptian god devised during the 3rd century BC as a means to unify the Greeks and Egyptians in the realm of Ptolemy I.

Proper noun

Serapis

  1. A Graeco-Egyptian god devised during the 3rd century BC as a means to unify the Greeks and Egyptians in the realm of Ptolemy I.

Forms of Serapis

alternative formSarapis

Origin of Serapis

Borrowed from Latin Serāpis, from Ancient Greek Σάρᾱπις (Sárāpis), from Egyptian wsjr-ḥp, from wsjr (“Osiris”) + ḥp (“Apis”).

Words formed from Serapis

Questions about Serapis

What does Serapis mean?
Serapis means a Graeco-Egyptian god devised during the 3rd century BC as a means to unify the Greeks and Egyptians in the realm of Ptolemy I.
What part of speech is Serapis?
Serapis is a proper noun.

Words near Serapis in the dictionary

  1. seraphlike
  2. seraphs
  3. seraphsid
  4. seraphsids
  5. Serapic
  6. Serapis
  7. Serapism
  8. Serapist
  9. Serapists
  10. serasker
  11. seraskerate

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