σηπία
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- σηπίη (sēpíē) – Ionic
Etymology
A connection with σήπω (sḗpō, “to rot”) is semantically possible but formally problematic. However, it may be more likely that the word is of Pre-Greek origin.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /sɛː.pí.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /se̝ˈpi.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /siˈpi.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /siˈpi.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /siˈpi.a/
Noun
σηπίᾱ • (sēpíā) f (genitive σηπίᾱς); first declension
- cuttlefish
Inflection
First declension of ἡ σηπίᾱ; τῆς σηπίᾱς (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ σηπίᾱ hē sēpíā | τὼ σηπίᾱ tṑ sēpíā | αἱ σηπίαι hai sēpíai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς σηπίᾱς tês sēpíās | τοῖν σηπίαιν toîn sēpíain | τῶν σηπιῶν tôn sēpiôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ σηπίᾳ têi sēpíāi | τοῖν σηπίαιν toîn sēpíain | ταῖς σηπίαις taîs sēpíais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν σηπίᾱν tḕn sēpíān | τὼ σηπίᾱ tṑ sēpíā | τᾱ̀ς σηπίᾱς tā̀s sēpíās | ||||||||||
Vocative | σηπίᾱ sēpíā | σηπίᾱ sēpíā | σηπίαι sēpíai | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- σηπιάς (sēpiás)
- σηπιδάριον (sēpidárion)
- σηπίδιον (sēpídion)
- σήπιον (sḗpion)
Descendants
- Greek: σουπιά (soupiá)
- Latin: sepia
Further reading
- “σηπία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- σηπία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN