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serapis

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.91 in modern English

Syllables
ser-apis
IPA
9
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

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.

Etymology

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

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: Σάρᾱπις, wsjr-ḥp

Inflected Forms

Sarapis (alternative)

Derived Forms

Serapic

Frequently Paired Words

Serapeum

Questions

What does serapis mean?
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.
Where does serapis come from?
It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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