σῑμός,ή,όν,
A. snub-nosed, flat-nosed, of the Ethiopians and their gods, Xenoph. 16 ; of the Scythians, Hdt. 4.23 , cf. Ar. Ec. 617 ( Comp. ), 705 , Theoc. 3.8 ; represented as giving an arch, pert look, σιμός, ἐπίχαρις κληθείς
Pl. R. 474d
; Arist. says that all children areσιμοί, Pr. 963b15 ; of dolphins, Arion 1.7 ; of dogs, X. Cyn. 4.1 ; of the hippopotamus, Hdt. 2.71 , Arist. HA 502a11 ; of the ponies of the Sigynnae, Hdt. 5.9 ; of bees and goats, Theoc. 7.80 , 8.50 .
2. of the nose,snub, flat, opp.γρυπός, Pl. Tht. 209c ;τὸ ς. τῆς ῥινός,=σιμότης, X. Smp. 5.6 , cf. Arist. Pol. 1309b24 .—As this kind of nose gives apertexpression, we find σιμὰ γελῶν
AP 5.176
( Mel. );σιμὰ σεσηρὼς μυχθίζειςib. 178 (Id.); cf. σιμόω
1
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II. metaph.,bent upwards,likethe slope of a hillside: hence,up-hill, opp. κατάντης, χωρίον
Ar. Lys. 288
, ubiv.Sch.;πρὸς τὸ ς. διώκεινpursueup-hill, X. HG 4.3.23 ; πρὸς τὸ ς. ἀνατρέχειν