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|Definition=σιμή, σιμόν,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[snub-nosed]], [[flat-nosed]], of the Ethiopians and their gods, Xenoph.16; of the Scythians, Hdt.4.23, cf.Ar.''Ec.''617 (Comp.), 705, Theoc.3.8; represented as giving an arch, pert look, σιμός, ἐπίχαρις κληθείς [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 474d; Arist. says that all children are [[σιμοί]], ''Pr.''963b15; of dolphins, Arion 1.7; of dogs, X.''Cyn.''4.1; of the hippopotamus, Hdt.2.71, Arist.''HA''502a11; of the ponies of the Sigynnae, Hdt.5.9; of bees and goats, Theoc.7.80, 8.50.<br><span class="bld">2</span> of the nose, [[snub]], [[flat]], opp. [[γρυπός]], Pl.''Tht.''209c; <b class="b3">τὸ σ. τῆς ῥινός</b>, = [[σιμότης]], X.''Smp.''5.6, cf. Arist. ''Pol.''1309b24.—As this kind of nose gives a [[pert]] expression, we find σιμὰ γελῶν ''AP''5.176 (Mel.); <b class="b3">σιμὰ σεσηρὼς μυχθίζεις</b> ib.178 (Id.); cf. [[σιμόω]] ''1''.<br><span class="bld">II</span> metaph., [[bent upwards]], like the slope of a hillside: hence, [[up-hill]], opp. κατάντης, χωρίον Ar.''Lys.''288, ubi v. Sch.; <b class="b3">πρὸς τὸ σ. διώκειν</b> pursue [[up-hill]], X.''HG''4.3.23; πρὸς τὸ σ. ἀνατρέχειν Dionys.Com.4, cf.Arist.''Pr.''870a30; <b class="b3">σ. [ὁδός]</b> X.''Cyn.''6.5; <b class="b3">ὑπερβάλλειν τὰ σ.</b> ib.5.16; [[σίμαι]] (sic cod.) the [[ends]] of the lyre, [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]]; also, [[parts of the cornice]], Id., cf. Vitr.3.5.12.<br><span class="bld">2</span> generally, [[hollow]], [[concave]], opp. <b class="b3">κυρτός, ἡ γαστὴρ τῶν ἀδείπνων σ.</b> [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''8.4.21; <b class="b3">τὰ σ. τοῦ ἥπατος</b> the [[bottom]] of the liver, Poll.2.213, Gal.11.93; <b class="b3">χεὶρ σ.</b> Ath.14.630a; of splints, <b class="b3">νάρθηκες σ.</b> Hp.''Off.''12, acc. to Gal.18(2).833 [[rounded and]] [[tapering off towards the end]], so as gradually to diminish the pressure; also, of a kind of bandage, Hp.''Off.''7.<br><span class="bld">III</span> σιμός· τυφλός, [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]]