sepia
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin sepia, from Ancient Greek σηπία (sēpía, “cuttlefish”), from σήψ (sḗps, “a kind of lizard, also a kind of serpent whose bite was alleged to cause putrefaction”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
sepia (plural sepias)
- (archaic) The cuttlefish.
- A dark brown pigment made from the secretions of the cuttlefish.
- A dark, slightly reddish, brown colour.
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sepia colour:
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- A sepia-coloured drawing or photograph.
Translations[edit]
cuttlefish
pigment
colour
Adjective[edit]
sepia (comparative more sepia, superlative most sepia)
- (colour) Of a dark reddish-brown colour.
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1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 3, in The China Governess[1]:
- Sepia Delft tiles surrounded the fireplace, their crudely drawn Biblical scenes in faded cyclamen blending with the pinkish pine, while above them, instead of a mantelshelf, there was an archway high enough to form a balcony with slender balusters and a tapestry-hung wall behind.
- 1985 — Lance Parkin, The Infinity Doctors, p 209
- Only now did he realise how few colours there had been at the end of the universe. The world had been sepia, drained of colour and light.
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Translations[edit]
colour
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Dutch[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
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Audio (file)
Noun[edit]
sepia f, m (uncountable)
Synonyms[edit]
- (cuttlefish): zeekat
Noun[edit]
sepia n (uncountable)
- the color sepia
- a style of yellowish/brownish-and-black photography
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek σηπία (sēpía), often suggested to be from Ancient Greek σήπειν (sḗpein, “to make rotten”), but (per Beekes) could instead possibly a Pre-Greek word.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
sēpia f (genitive sēpiae); first declension
- a cuttlefish
- the secretion of a cuttlefish used as ink
Inflection[edit]
Case | Singular | Plural |
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nominative | sēpia | sēpiae |
genitive | sēpiae | sēpiārum |
dative | sēpiae | sēpiīs |
accusative | sēpiam | sēpiās |
ablative | sēpiā | sēpiīs |
vocative | sēpia | sēpiae |
Synonyms[edit]
- (cuttlefish): lōlīgō
Descendants[edit]
- English: sepia
- French: seiche
- Galician: xiba
- Italian: seppia
- Romanian: sepia, sepie
- Russian: сепия (sepija)
- Spanish: jibia, chipirón
References[edit]
- sepia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- sepia in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- sepia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- sepia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- sepia in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia[2]
- sepia in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
Spanish[edit]
Noun[edit]
sepia f (plural sepias)
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