Σάραπις: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[Σᾰ], ιδος, ὁ, later also [[Σέραπις]], dat.sg. [[Σαράπι]] and<br><span class="bld">A</span> Σεράπι ''Milet.''1(7).283, 205b:—[[Sarapis]] or [[Serapis]], an Egyptian god, [[Osiris-Apis]] (introduced from [[Sinope]] under Ptol. I acc. to Tac.''H.''4.83-84), Men.in ''[[Oxyrhynchus Papyri|POxy.]]''1803.8, Call.''Epigr.''38.3, D.S.1.25, Plu.2.362a; freq. in Inscrr., ''OGI''16 (Halic., iii B.C.), al., ''SIG''664.25 (Delos, ii B.C.), al., ''CIG''4042 (Ancyra), al., and Papyri, ''UPZ''32.38 (ii B.C.), etc.:—hence [[Σαραπιεῖον|Σᾰρᾱπιεῖον]], τό, [[Serapeum]], [[temple of Sarapis]], ''SIG''663.14 (Delos, iii/ii B.C.), ''PCair.Zen.''34.13 (iii B.C.), ''UPZ''122.6 (ii B.C.), Plb.4.39.6; contr. [[Σαραπεῖον|Σᾰρᾱπεῖον]] or [[Σεραπεῖον|Σερᾱπεῖον]], τό, ''CIG''4401, Plu.''Alex.''76, D.C.66.24; [[Σαράπιον]] or [[Σεράπιον]], Str.17.1.10, ''CIG''2715b.4 (Caria):—[[Σαραπιεῖα|Σᾰρᾱπιεῖα]], τά, [[festival]] at [[Tanagra]], ''IG''7.540:—[[Σαραπιασταί|Σᾰρᾱπιασταί]], οἱ, [[guild]] of [[worshipper]]s of [[Sarapis]], ib.22.1292, ''SIG''1114 (Rhodes, ii B.C.).<br><span class="bld">II</span> a plant, ''PMag.Osl.''1.363. [Inscrr. and Papyri show <b class="b3">Σαρ-</b> almost without exception in iii and iiB.C.; <b class="b3">Σερ-</b> becomes common in the Roman period.]