σήπιον
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- σήπειον (sḗpeion), σηπίον (sēpíon)
Etymology
From σηπία (sēpía, “cuttlefish”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /sɛ̌ː.pi.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈse̝.pi.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈsi.pi.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈsi.pi.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈsi.pi.on/
Noun
σήπῐον • (sḗpĭon) n (genitive σηπῐ́ου); second declension
- cuttlefish bone
- pounce, kind of fine powder
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ σήπῐον tò sḗpĭon |
τὼ σηπῐ́ω tṑ sēpĭ́ō |
τᾰ̀ σήπῐᾰ tằ sḗpĭă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ σηπῐ́ου toû sēpĭ́ou |
τοῖν σηπῐ́οιν toîn sēpĭ́oin |
τῶν σηπῐ́ων tôn sēpĭ́ōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ σηπῐ́ῳ tōî sēpĭ́ōi |
τοῖν σηπῐ́οιν toîn sēpĭ́oin |
τοῖς σηπῐ́οις toîs sēpĭ́ois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ σήπῐον tò sḗpĭon |
τὼ σηπῐ́ω tṑ sēpĭ́ō |
τᾰ̀ σήπῐᾰ tằ sḗpĭă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | σήπῐον sḗpĭon |
σηπῐ́ω sēpĭ́ō |
σήπῐᾰ sḗpĭă | ||||||||||
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Further reading
- “σήπιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- σήπιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette