What is the Latin word for cuttle?

The usual Latin words for “cuttle” are sēpia, lōlīgō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

English → Latin

“cuttle” in Latin

sēpiaa cuttlefish; the secretion of a cuttlefish used as ink lōlīgōa squid; a cuttlefish

The English word cuttle itself goes back to Latin culter, through cultellus.

Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864

cuttle

sepia (Linn.). Two species were known to the ancients, namely, the sepia (*sepia officinalis, Linn.), and the loligo (*sepia loligo, Linn.), Vid: Plin., 9, 28, 44, and 29, 45.

FIG., A slanderer; Vid. CYCLE, Vid. CIRCLE, ORB.

Quick answer

What is the Latin word for cuttle?: The usual Latin words for “cuttle” are sēpia, lōlīgō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.

Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.