sepia

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

sēpĭa, ae, f., = σηπία,

the cuttle-fish , having a black, inky liquid, Cic. N. D. 2, 50, 127; Plin. 9, 29, 45, § 84; Plaut. Rud. 3, 2, 45; Col. 6, 17, 7.—This liquid was used for ink, Pers. 3, 13; hence, transf., ink : furva, Aus. Ep. 4, 76.

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