σιρικός (by assimilation of vowels, for σηρικός; see Mayser, 150; WH,
Notes, 151), -ή, -όν (οἱ Σῆρες, a people of India from whom the ancients got the first silk),
silk, silken; as subst, τὸ σ,
silken fabric, silk: Rev.18:12 (cf. FlJ, B.J, vii, 5, 4). (
AS)