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