Σάραπις: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[<b class="b3">Σᾰ], ιδος, ὁ</b>, later also Σέρᾱπις, dat.sg. <b class="b3">Σαράπι</b> and <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> Σεράπι <span class="title">Milet.</span>1(7).283, 205b:—<span class="title">Sarapis</span> or <span class="title">Serapis</span>, an Egyptian god, <b class="b2">Osiris-Apis</b> (introduced from Sinope under Ptol. I acc. to Tac.<span class="title">H.</span>4.83-84), Men.in <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>1803.8</span>, <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Epigr.</span>38.3</span>, <span class="bibl">D.S.1.25</span>, Plu.2.362a; freq. in Inscrr., <span class="title">OGI</span>16 (Halic., iii B.C.), al., <span class="title">SIG</span>664.25 (Delos, ii B.C.), al., <span class="title">CIG</span>4042 (Ancyra), al., and Papyri, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">UPZ</span>32.38</span> (ii B.C.), etc.:—hence Σᾰρᾱπιεῖον, τό, [[temple of Sarapis]], <span class="title">SIG</span>663.14 (Delos, iii/ii B.C.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PCair.Zen.</span>34.13</span> (iii B.C.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">UPZ</span>122.6</span> (ii B.C.), <span class="bibl">Plb.4.39.6</span>; contr. Σᾰρᾱπεῖον or Σερᾱπεῖον, τό, <span class="title">CIG</span>4401, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Alex.</span>76</span>, <span class="bibl">D.C.66.24</span>; Σαράπιον or Σερ-, <span class="bibl">Str.17.1.10</span>, <span class="title">CIG</span>2715[[b]].4 (Caria):—Σᾰρᾱπιεῖα, τά, festival at Tanagra, <span class="title">IG</span>7.540:—Σᾰρᾱπιασταί, οἱ, [[guild of worshippers of Sarapis]], ib.22.1292, <span class="title">SIG</span>1114 (Rhodes, ii B.C.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> a plant, <span class="title">PMag.Osl.</span>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.]</span>