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|Definition=οἱ, αἱ, τά, indecl.<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[seven]], Il.6.421, etc.; as a [[mystical]] [[number]], [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Metaphysics|Metaph.]]''1093a13, etc.; <b class="b3">αἱ ἑπτὰ νῆσοι</b> the [[seven]] [[large]]st [[island]]s, Alex.268, cf. Arist.''Mir.''837a31; <b class="b3">τὰ ἑπτὰ θεάματα</b> the ''Seven'' Wonders, Str.17.1.33, cf.D.S.2.11, etc.; <b class="b3">οἱ ἑπτὰ σοφισταί</b> the ''Seven'' Sages, Isoc. 15.109, Aristid.2.311 J.; οἱ ἑπτὰ σοφοί Stob.3.1.172; <b class="b3">οἱ ἑπτα</b> alone, D.L. 1.40, Lib.''Ep.''286.3.<br><span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">οἱ ἑπτά</b>, [[board]] of [[magistrate]]s at [[Olbia]], ''SIG'' 495.2 (iii B.C.); <b class="b3">οἱ ἑπτὰ ἄνδρες</b> = Lat. [[septemviri epulones]], D.C.48.32. (I.-E. septḿ̥, cf. Skt. saptá, Lat. [[septem]] (fancifully connected with [[σέβομαι]], Ph.1.30, ''Theol.Ar.''43): [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]] has [[τεπτά]], i.e. ηεπτά.)