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 • (sḗpion) 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 sḗpion	τὼ σηπῐ́ω tṑ sēpíō	τᾰ̀ σήπῐᾰ tà sḗpia
Genitive	τοῦ σηπῐ́ου toû sēpíou	τοῖν σηπῐ́οιν toîn sēpíoin	τῶν σηπῐ́ων tôn sēpíōn
Dative	τῷ σηπῐ́ῳ tôi sēpíōi	τοῖν σηπῐ́οιν toîn sēpíoin	τοῖς σηπῐ́οις toîs sēpíois
Accusative	τὸ σήπῐον tò sḗpion	τὼ σηπῐ́ω tṑ sēpíō	τᾰ̀ σήπῐᾰ tà sḗpia
Vocative	σήπῐον sḗpion	σηπῐ́ω sēpíō	σήπῐᾰ sḗpia
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