ἑπτά: Difference between revisions

|Definition=οἱ, αἱ, τά, indecl. <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[seven]], <span class="bibl">Il.6.421</span>, etc.; as a mystical number, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Metaph.</span>1093a13</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">αἱ ἑ. νῆσοι</b> the [[seven]] largest islands, <span class="bibl">Alex.268</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mir.</span>837a31</span> ; <b class="b3">τὰ ἑ. θεάματα</b> the <span class="title">Seven</span> Wonders, <span class="bibl">Str.17.1.33</span>, cf.<span class="bibl">D.S.2.11</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">οἱ ἑ. σοφισταί</b> the <span class="title">Seven</span> Sages, <span class="bibl">Isoc. 15.109</span>, Aristid.2.311 J.; οἱ ἑ. σοφοί Stob.3.1.172 ; <b class="b3">οἱ ἑ</b>. alone, <span class="bibl">D.L. 1.40</span>, <span class="bibl">Lib.<span class="title">Ep.</span>286.3</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">οἱ ἑ</b>., board of magistrates at Olbia, <span class="title">SIG</span> 495.2 (iii B.C.) ; <b class="b3">οἱ ἑ. ἄνδρες</b>, = Lat. [[septemviri epulones]], <span class="bibl">D.C.48.32</span>. (I.-E. <b class="b2">sept[macutenull]</b>, cf. Skt. [[saptá]], Lat. [[septem]] (fancifully connected with [[σέβομαι]], <span class="bibl">Ph.1.30</span>, <span class="title">Theol.Ar.</span>43) : Hsch. has [[τεπτά]], i.e. [[ηεπτά]].) </span>