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1 ἄκοπος
ἄκοπ-ος, ον,A unwearied, Pl.Lg. 789d. Adv.-πως, διαπονεῖν Hp.Vict.3.70
: [comp] Comp., ἡγούμενος -ωτέρως ἔσεσθαι τοῖς στρατιώταις prob. in Hell.Oxy.17.2.II [voice] Act., not wearying, ; of a horse, easy, X.Eq.1.6 ([comp] Comp.);τοῖς τετράποσιν ἄκοπον τὸ ἑστάναι Arist.PA 689b17
.2 removing weariness, refreshing, Hp.Aph. 2.48, Acut.66, Pl.Phdr. 227a, Agathin. ap. Orib. 10.7.21 ([comp] Comp.):— ἄκοπον (sc. φάρμακον), τό, application (of various kinds) for relief of pain, etc., Dsc.1.1, Gal.13.1005, Luc.Alex.22, etc., cf. Antyll. ap. Orib.10.29; in Asclep. ap. Gal.13.343 also ἄκοπος, ἡ.3 = ἀνάγυρος, Dsc.3.150, Sch.Nic.Th.71.III (from κόπτω) not worm-eaten, Arist.Pr. 909a19. Adv.-πως, ἔχειν Thphr.CP4.16.2
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2 σής
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).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.Page in Frisk: 2,698Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό) > σής
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3 σής
σής (since Pind., Fgm. 209 [OxfT=222 Sch./M.] Διὸς παῖς ὁ χρυσός. κεῖνον οὐ σὴς οὐδὲ κὶς δάπτει ‘gold is the child of Zeus: neither moth nor rust can consume it’; LXX), σητός (so Aristot., HA 5, 32; Menand. et al.; LXX; Philo, Abr. 11.—The class. gen. is σεός s. Kühner-Bl. I 510f), ὁ the moth, whose larvae eat clothing (Menand., Fgm.538, 5 Kö.=540, 5 Kock; Lucian, Ep. Sat. 1, 21 ἱμάτια ὑπὸ σητῶν διαβρωθέντα) Mt 6:19f; Lk 12:33. Being eaten by moths as a symbol of feebleness and destruction 1 Cl 39:5 (Job 4:19); B 6:2 (Is 50:9).—Worms, specific. wood-worms, seem to be meant (cp. Philo, Somn. 1, 77), since the σής is damaging sticks Hs 8, 1, 6f; 8, 4, 5; 8, 6, 4.—DELG. M-M. TW. -
4 βρῶμα
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