1. Σάρᾱπις · Sarapis
Sarapis, Serapis, Osiris-Apis, temple of Sarapis, guild of worshippers of Sarapis
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. Isid. 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 Σᾰρᾱπιεῖον, τό, 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. Σᾰρᾱπεῖον or Σερᾱπεῖον, τ
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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.]