ἑπτά,οἱ,αἱ,τά,indecl.
A. seven,
Il. 6.421 , etc.; as a mystical number, Arist. Metaph. 1093a13 , etc.;αἱ ἑ. νῆσοιthesevenlargest islands, Alex. 268 , cf. Arist. Mir. 837a31 ;τὰ ἑ. θεάματαtheSevenWonders, Str. 17.1.33 , cf. D.S. 2.11 , etc.;οἱ ἑ. σοφισταίtheSevenSages, Isoc. 15.109 , Aristid. 2.311
J. ; οἱ ἑ. σοφοί
Stob. 3.1.172
;οἱ ἑ.alone, D.L. 1.40 , Lib. Ep. 286.3 .
2. οἱ ἑ.,board of magistrates at Olbia, SIG 495.2
(iii B.C.);οἱ ἑ. ἄνδρες, =Lat.septemviri epulones,
D.C. 48.32 . (I.- E.
sept[macutenull],cf. Skt.saptá,Lat.septem(fancifully connected withσέβομαι,
Ph. 1.30 , Theol.Ar. 43 ) : Hsch. hasτεπτά,i.e.ηεπτά.)