Translingual

Sepia officinalis

Proper noun

Sepia f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Sepiidae – many cuttlefishes, including many of the most common ones.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Spiralia - superphylum; Mollusca - phylum; Cephalopoda - class; Coleoidea - subclass; Decabrachia - superorder; Sepiida - order; Sepiina - suborder; Sepiidae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Sepia officinalis - type species; Sepia pharaonis; for other species see Sepia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

English

Noun

sepia ‎(plural sepias)

1. (archaic) The cuttlefish.
2. A dark brown pigment made from the secretions of the cuttlefish.
3. (colour) A dark, slightly reddish, brown colour.

   sepia colour:

4. A sepia-coloured drawing or photograph.

Translations

Adjective

sepia ‎(comparative more sepia, superlative most sepia)

1. (colour)  Of a dark reddish-brown colour.
   • 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 3, in The China Governess:

     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.

Translations

Related terms

• sepiolite

See also

• black and white
• color
• cuttlefish
• ink sac
• Appendix:Colors

Anagrams

• Aspie, aspie, paise

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

sepia f, m ‎(uncountable)

1. cuttlefish

Synonyms

• (cuttlefish): zeekat

Noun

sepia n ‎(uncountable)

1. the color sepia
2. a style of yellowish/brownish-and-black photography

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σηπία ‎(sēpía)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈseː.pi.a/

Noun

sēpia f ‎(genitive sēpiae); first declension

1. a cuttlefish
2. the secretion of a cuttlefish used as ink

Inflection

First declension.

Synonyms

• (cuttlefish): lōlīgō

Descendants

• English: sepia
• French: seiche
• Italian: seppia
• Romanian: sepia, sepie
• Russian: сепия ‎(sepija)
• Spanish: jibia, chipirón

References

• 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)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “sepia”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• sepia in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia
• sepia in William Smith., editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Spanish

Noun

sepia f ‎(plural sepias)

1. cuttlefish