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sēpĭa , ae, f., = σηπία,
I.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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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (5):
    • Plautus, Rudens, 3.2
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 9.84
    • Cicero, de Natura Deorum, 2.50
    • Persius, Saturae, 3
    • Columella, Res Rustica, 6.17.7
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