σήπιον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• σήπειον (sḗpeion), σηπίον (sēpíon)

Etymology

From σηπία (sēpía, “cuttlefish”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sɛ̌ː.pi.on/ → /ˈsi.pi.on/ → /ˈsi.pi.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sɛ̌ː.pi.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈse̝.pi.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.pi.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.pi.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈsi.pi.on/

Noun

σήπῐον • (sḗpĭon) n (genitive σηπῐ́ου); second declension

1. cuttlefish bone
2. pounce, kind of fine powder

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ σήπῐον; τοῦ σηπῐ́ου (Attic)

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 tôi 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
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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