hence the name of the silk-worm); Seric, i.e. silken (neuter as noun, a silky fabric) Derivation: from Σήρ (an Indian tribe from whom silk was procured;
KJV Usage: silk.
TBESG:
σηρικός
silk
G:A
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)
Thayer:
1) made of silk 2) silk, i.e. the fabric, silken garments
σηρικός
sērikos
say-ree-kos'
From Σήρ Sēr (an Indian tribe from whom silk was procured; hence the name of the silkworm); Seric, that is, silken (neuter as noun, a silky fabric)