sericum

Substantive neuter noun from sēricus. Confer with sērica.

sēricum n (genitive sēricī); second declension

1. Chinese goods, but especially silk

Second declension.

• Galician: sarillo
• Portuguese: sarilho
• Spanish: sirgo

• sericum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• sericum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• sericum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• sericum in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• sericum in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin