σήπιον in Ancient Greek

IPA: /sɛ̌ː.pi.on/, /ˈsi.pi.on/, /ˈsi.pi.on/, /sɛ̌ː.pi.on/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈse̝.pi.on/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈsi.pi.on/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈsi.pi.on/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈsi.pi.on/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan) [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: From σηπία (sēpía, “cuttlefish”). Head templates: {{grc-noun|σήπῐον|σηπῐ́ου|n|second}} σήπῐον • (sḗpĭon) n (genitive σηπῐ́ου); second declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|σήπῐον|ου}} Forms: σήπῐον [canonical], sḗpĭon [romanization], σηπῐ́ου [genitive], Attic declension-2 [table-tags], τὸ σήπῐον [nominative, singular], σηπῐ́ω [dual, nominative], τᾰ̀ σήπῐᾰ [nominative, plural], τοῦ σηπῐ́ου [genitive, singular], σηπῐ́οιν [dual, genitive], σηπῐ́ων [genitive, plural], τῷ σηπῐ́ῳ [dative, singular], σηπῐ́οιν [dative, dual], τοῖς σηπῐ́οις [dative, plural], τὸ σήπῐον [accusative, singular], σηπῐ́ω [accusative, dual], τᾰ̀ σήπῐᾰ [accusative, plural], σήπῐον [singular, vocative], σηπῐ́ω [dual, vocative], σήπῐᾰ [plural, vocative], σήπειον [alternative], σηπίον [alternative]

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        "cuttlefish bone"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsi.pi.on/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
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}

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      "ipa": "/ˈsi.pi.on/",
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"σήπιον" meaning in Ancient Greek

Noun