Sars
See also: SARS, sårs, and sars
English
Noun
Sars (uncountable)
- (medicine) Acronym of severe acute respiratory syndrome; also SARS.
- 2020 April 10, Stephen Buranyi, “The WHO v coronavirus: why it can't handle the pandemic”, in The Guardian:
- The WHO’s response to Sars was considered a huge success. Fewer than 1,000 people worldwide died of the disease, despite it reaching a total of 26 countries.
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Proper noun
Sars
- plural of Sar
Anagrams
- ASSR, RSAs
Latin
Etymology
From a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia; a root noun from the Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to flow”).
View of the river
The Sar in Padrón, near its mouth
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /sars/, [s̠ärs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /sars/, [särs]
Proper noun
Sars f sg (genitive Sartis); third declension
- A river of Gallaecia, Hispania Tarraconensis, now the Sar
Declension
Third-declension noun, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Sars |
| Genitive | Sartis |
| Dative | Sartī |
| Accusative | Sartem |
| Ablative | Sarte |
| Vocative | Sars |
References
- Curchin, Leonard A. (2008). "The toponyms of the Roman Galicia: New Study", Cuadernos de Estudios Gallegos, LV (121), pages 109-136.
- “Sars”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- Sars in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette