- σηπία
- σηπίαGrammatical information: f.Meaning: `squid' (Hippon., Epich., Ar., Arist. a. o.).Other forms: Ion. -ίη.Derivatives: Diminutives σηπ-ί̄διον (Hp., com., Arist.), -ῑδάριον n. (Philyll.); also -ιάς f. `id' (Nic.); -ίον or -ειον n. `Os sepiae, bone of the cuttle-fish, pounce' (Arist.).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]Etymology: Formation and origin dark. In form agreeing to the abstracts in -ία, σηπία stands under the fish- and other animal names rather isolated (one would have expected rather -ίας, ev. -ιᾰ; but note ταινία). If to σήπομαι (e.g. Fraenkel Nom. ag. 2, 174 n. 1 [p. 175]), σηπία in Epich. (61 a. 84) must be either wrongly transmitted or be a Ionism. -- Lat. LW [loanword] sēpia. -- Prob. a Pre-Greek word (not in Furnée).Page in Frisk: 2,696
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.