Lexical Definition

‎σηρικός‎ sērikós (say-ree-kos') silk ^G:A
from (an Indian tribe from whom silk was procured

silk.

• hence the name of the silk-worm)
• Seric, i.e. silken (neuter as noun, a silky fabric)

Abbott-Smith

* σιρικός (by assimilation of vowels, for σηρικός; v. 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: Re 18:12 (cf. FlJ, B.J., vii, 5, 4).†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

σηρικός, ή, όν,

(Σήρ) Seric, silken, ἐσθής [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; παραπετάσματα, σκευή, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; written σειρικός, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]:—as substantive, σηρικόν, τό, silken robe, silk, [NT+1st c.BC+]

__2 σηρικά, τά, jujubes, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__3 σηρικόν (perhaps συρικόν), τό, a red pigment,[Refs 5th c.BC+]; Syricum pigmentum, quod Syrii Phoenices in Rubri maris litoribus colligunt, [Refs 6th c.AD+]