Σάρᾱπις[Σᾰ],ιδος,ὁ , later alsoΣέρᾱπις, dat.sg.Σαράπιand
A.
Σεράπι
Milet. 1(7).283
, 205b :—SarapisorSerapis, 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., 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.:—henceΣᾰρᾱπιεῖον,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.
ΣᾰρᾱπεῖονorΣερᾱπεῖον,τό, CIG 4401 , Plu. Alex. 76 , D.C. 66.24 ;ΣαράπιονorΣερ-, Str. 17.1.10 , CIG 2715
b.
4 (Caria):—Σᾰρᾱπιεῖα,τά, festival at Tanagra, IG 7.540 :—Σᾰρᾱπιασταί,οἱ,guild of worshippers of Sarapis, ib. 22.1292 , SIG 1114 (Rhodes,ii B.C.).
II. a plant, PMag.Osl. 1.363 . [Inscrr. and Papyri showΣαρ-almost without exception in iii andiiB.C.;Σερ-becomes common in the Roman period.]