σέες

σέω

imperf ind act 2nd sg (epic ionic)

σής

moth: masc nom /voc pl (epic ionic)

Grammatical information: m.

Meaning: `moth, mite' (Pi a. o.).

Other forms: Gen. pl. σέων (Ar. Lys. 730 a. o.), acc. σέας (Luc. Ind. 1), nom. σέες, gen. sg. σεός (gramm.); later σητός, σῆτες, σητῶν (Arist. etc.)

Compounds: σητό-βρωτος `eaten away by moths' (LXX, NT).

Derivatives: σητάω `to eat away, to gnaw', in σητώμενα βιβρωσκόμενα (Suid.).

Origin: XX [etym. unknown]

Etymology: The younger forms σητός etc. like θής, θητός a. o.; older σέων (to which σέας, σέες) after the type σαφής, - έων; σεός with acc. after the monosyllables. -- Several doubtful attempts at explanation: to ψῆν (Prellwitz with ?); from *τι̯ης or *τϜη[ι̯]ς to Lat. tinea or σίνομαι etc. (lit. in Bq, WP. 1, 702 and W.-Hofmann s. tinea and tābēs). The similarity with Hebr. sās `moth', Acc. sāsu a.o. (Lewy Fremdw. 16f., Scheftelowitz BB 28, 289), Arm. c'ec' `mite' (Vegt NTS 9, 334) may be accidental; s. E. Masson Recherches 93f.

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σής, ὁ, gen. σεός (as if fr. σεύς, which is given as nom. by Choerob. in Theod.1p.406H.); pl., nom. σέες Moer.p.339 P.; gen.

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σέων Hermipp. 94

, Ar.Lys. 730, Ph.2.461 (not σεῶν, v. Choerob. l. c.); acc.

σέας Luc.Ind.1

:—the forms σητός, σῆτες, σητῶν, etc., were later, as in Men.540.5, Arist.HA 557b3, Thphr.HP9.11.11, Ph.2.361 (and v.l. in 2.461), cf. Moer. l.c., etc.:— moth, [

χρυσὸν] οὐ σ. οὐδὲ κὶς δάπτει Pi.Fr. 222

, cf. Ar. l. c., Str.13.1.54, Ev.Matt.6.19, Ev.Luc.12.33; attacking books, Luc. l. c.

2 metaph., σῆτες ἀκανθοβάται or - λόγοι, of the Grammarians, bookworms, AP11.322 (Antiphan.), 347 (Phil.).