Σηπιάς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From σηπία (sēpía, “cuttlefish”) +‎ -ᾰ́ς (-ás).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /sɛː.pi.ás/ → /si.piˈas/ → /si.piˈas/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sɛː.pi.ás/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /se̝.piˈas/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /si.piˈas/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /si.piˈas/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /si.piˈas/

Proper noun

Σηπῐᾰ́ς • (Sēpiás) f (genitive Σηπῐᾰ́δος); third declension

1. Sepias, Magnesia, Greece

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ Σηπῐᾰ́ς; τῆς Σηπῐᾰ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Σηπῐᾰ́ς hē Sēpiás
Genitive	τῆς Σηπῐᾰ́δος tês Sēpiádos
Dative	τῇ Σηπῐᾰ́δῐ têi Sēpiádi
Accusative	τὴν Σηπῐᾰ́δᾰ tḕn Sēpiáda
Vocative	Σηπῐᾰ́ς Sēpiás
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Descendants

• → Latin: Sēpiās