σιμός
πρέπει γὰρ τοὺς παῖδας ὥσπερ τῆς οὐσίας οὕτω καὶ τῆς φιλίας τῆς πατρικῆς κληρονομεῖν → it is right that children inherit their fathers' friendships just as they would their possessions
English (LSJ)
ή, όν,
A 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 Pl.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.HA502a11; of the ponies of the Sigynnae, Hdt.5.9; of bees and goats, Theoc.7.80, 8.50. 2 of the nose, snub, flat, opp. γρυπός, Pl.Tht.209c; τὸ σ. τῆς ῥινός,= σιμότης, X.Smp.5.6, cf. Arist. Pol.1309b24.—As this kind of nose gives a pert expression, we find σιμὰ γελῶν AP5.176 (Mel.); σιμὰ σεσηρὼς μυχθίζεις ib.178 (Id.); cf. σιμόω 1. II metaph., bent upwards, like the slope of a hillside: hence, up-hill, opp. κατάντης, χωρίον Ar.Lys.288, ubi v. Sch.; πρὸς τὸ σ. διώκειν pursue up-hill, X.HG4.3.23; πρὸς τὸ σ. ἀνατρέχειν Dionys.Com.4, cf.Arist.Pr.870a30; σ. [ὁδός] X.Cyn.6.5; ὑπερβάλλειν τὰ σ. ib.5.16; σίμαι (sic cod.) the ends of the lyre, Hsch.; also, parts of the cornice, Id., cf. Vitr.3.5.12. 2 generally, hollow, concave, opp. κυρτός, ἡ γαστὴρ τῶν ἀδείπνων σ. X.Cyr.8.4.21; τὰ σ. τοῦ ἥπατος the bottom of the liver, Poll.2.213, Gal.11.93; χεὶρ σ. Ath.14.630a; of splints, νάρθηκες σ. 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. III σιμός· τυφλός, Hsch.
