ἑπτά: Difference between revisions

|Full diacritics=ἑπτά

|Definition=οἱ, αἱ, τά, indecl. <span class="sense"><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 ἑπτὰ νῆσοι</b> the [[seven]] [[large]]st [[island]]s, <span class="bibl">Alex.268</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mir.</span>837a31</span>; <b class="b3">τὰ ἑπτὰ 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 ἑπτὰ σοφισταί</b> the <span class="title">Seven</span> Sages, <span class="bibl">Isoc. 15.109</span>, Aristid.2.311 J.; οἱ ἑπτὰ σοφοί Stob.3.1.172; <b class="b3">οἱ ἑπτα</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"><span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">οἱ ἑπτά</b>, [[board]] of [[magistrate]]s at Olbia, <span class="title">SIG</span> 495.2 (iii B.C.); <b class="b3">οἱ ἑπτὰ ἄνδρες</b> = Lat. [[septemviri epulones]], <span class="bibl">D.C.48.32</span>. (I.-E. <b class="b2">septḿ̥</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>