Σάραπις

English (LSJ)

[Σᾰ], ιδος, ὁ, later also Σέρᾱπις, dat.sg. Σαράπι and

   A 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 POxy.1803.8, Call.Epigr.38.3, D.S.1.25, Plu.2.362a; freq. in Inscrr., OGI16 (Halic., iii B.C.), al., SIG664.25 (Delos, ii B.C.), al., CIG4042 (Ancyra), al., and Papyri, UPZ32.38 (ii B.C.), etc.:—hence Σᾰρᾱπιεῖον, τό, temple of Sarapis, SIG663.14 (Delos, iii/ii B.C.), PCair.Zen.34.13 (iii B.C.), UPZ122.6 (ii B.C.), Plb.4.39.6; contr. Σᾰρᾱπεῖον or Σερᾱπεῖον, τό, CIG4401, Plu.Alex.76, D.C.66.24; Σαράπιον or Σερ-, Str.17.1.10, CIG2715b.4 (Caria):—Σᾰρᾱπιεῖα, τά, festival at Tanagra, IG7.540:—Σᾰρᾱπιασταί, οἱ, guild of worshippers of Sarapis, ib.22.1292, SIG1114 (Rhodes, ii B.C.).    II a plant, PMag.Osl.1.363. [Inscrr. and Papyri show Σαρ- almost without exception in iii and iiB.C.; Σερ- becomes common in the Roman period.]