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|Definition=ὁ, gen. [[σεός]] (as if fr. [[σεύς]], which is given as nom. by <span class="bibl">Choerob. <span class="title">in Theod.</span>1p.406H.</span>); pl., nom. [[σέες]] Moer.<span class="bibl">p.339</span> P.; gen. <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> σέων <span class="bibl">Hermipp. 94</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Lys.</span>730</span>, <span class="bibl">Ph.2.461</span> (not [[σεῶν]], v. Choerob. l. c.); acc. σέας <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Ind.</span>1</span>:—the forms [[σητός]], [[σῆτες]], [[σητῶν]], etc., were later, as in <span class="bibl">Men.540.5</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>557b3</span>, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">HP</span>9.11.11</span>, <span class="bibl">Ph.2.361</span> (and [[varia lectio|v.l.]] in <span class="bibl">2.461</span>), cf. Moer. l.c., etc.:—[[moth]], [χρυσὸν] οὐ σ. οὐδὲ κὶς δάπτει <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">Fr.</span>222</span>, cf. Ar. l. c., <span class="bibl">Str.13.1.54</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Matt.</span>6.19</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Luc.</span>12.33</span>; attacking books, Luc. l. c. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> metaph., <b class="b3">σῆτες ἀκανθοβάται</b> or <b class="b3">-λόγοι</b>, of the Grammarians, [[bookworms]], AP11.322 (Antiphan.), <span class="bibl">347</span> (Phil.).</span>