Seplasia

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Sēplā̆sĭa (ă, Aus. Epigr 123; ā, Marcell. Medic. 66), ae, f. (Sēplā̆sĭa, ōrum, n., Varr. ap. Non. 226, 16),

I a street in Capua , where unguents were sold : Seplasia platea Capuae, in quā unguentarii negotiari sunt soliti, Ascon. Cic. Pis. 11, 24, p. 10 Orell.; so Varr. ap. Non. 226, 18; Cic. Pis. 11, 24; id. Agr. 2, 34, 94; id. Sest. 8, 19; Plin. 16, 10, 18, § 40; 33, 13, 57, § 164: fraus Seplasiae, i. e. ointments adulterated in the Seplasia, id. 34, 11, 25, § 108; Val. Max. 9, 1, 1 ext. —In plur., Pompon. ap. Non. 226, 20.—Hence, *

A Sēplasĭum , ii, n. (sc. unguentum), Seplasian unguent , Petr. 76, 6.—

B sēplasĭārĭus , ii, m., a dealer in unguents , Lampr. Heliog. 30; Inscr. Orell. 4202; 4417.—

C sēplasĭārĭum , μυροπώλιον, Gloss. Lat. Gr.