Sēplā^sĭa

ae, f.
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.
Lewis & Short
A Latin Dictionary, 1879
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