mieux que Σέραπις, ιδος (ὁ) [ᾰᾱ] Sarapis, dieu égyptien, CALL. Ep. 38, 5 ; DS. 1, 25 ; PLUT. M. 362.

➳ Voc. Σάραπι, CALL. l. c. Dans les inscr. att. seul. Σάραπις (non Σέραπις), CIA. 3, 2, p. 371, Index ; la forme en ε commence à paraître seul. au temps de l’empire ; v. Meisterh. p. 12, 1.

ιδος, ὁ, later also Σέραπις, dat. sg. Σαράπι and 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., OGI 16 (Halic., iii BC), al., SIG 664.25 (Delos, ii BC), al., CIG 4042 (Ancyra), al., and Papyri, UPZ 32.38 (ii BC), etc.
II. a plant, PMagOsl. 1.363. [Inscrr. and Papyri show Σαρ- almost without exception in iii and ii BC ; Σερ- becomes common in the Roman period.]