σηπία
Sepia officinalis
#nm_0382📍 Ancient Greece
- Language
- Ancient Greek
- Transliteration
- sepia
- IPA
- /sɛː.pí.a/
Origin uncertain, probably Pre-Greek substrate (Beekes) ↳ The traditional connection with σήπω sḗpō (to make rotten), by way of the ink, is semantically possible but formally problematic ↳ Borrowed into Latin as sepia (cuttlefish, ink), whence the genus name
Source of sepia ink. Internal shell called 'cuttlebone'. Greek-origin name.
Lent to: Σουπιά