seps, sēpis, comm., = σήψ.
I A venomous serpent , whose bite occasioned putrefaction , Luc. 9, 764 sq.; 9, 723.— Acc. sing. sepa, Plin. 29, 5, 32, § 102.— Acc. Plur. sepas, Plin. 23, 2, 29, § 61; Tert. Carm. adv. Marc. 1, 1 fin. ; Aus. Idyll. Grammat. 12, 14.—
II An insect , perh. the wood-louse , milleped , Plin. 20, 2, 6, § 12; 29, 6, 39, § 137.