σής, ὁ,
genitive σεός (as if from σεύς, which is given as nominative by [[ 4th-5th c.AD: Choeroboscus Grammaticus “Scholia in Theodosii Canones” 1p.406H.); _plural_, _nominative_ σέες Moer. p.339 P.] Refs 4th c.AD+]; genitive σέων [[ 5th c.BC: Hermippus Comicus 94, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 730, 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.461 (not σεῶν, see 4th-5th c.AD: Choeroboscus Grammaticus [same place]); _accusative_ σέας 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Ind.” 1:] Refs 5th c.BC+] —the forms σητός, σῆτες, σητῶν, etc., were later, as in [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 540.5, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 557b3, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 9.11.11, 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 2.361 (and variant in 2.461), compare 2nd c.AD: Moeris Grammaticus ] Refs 4th c.BC+] [same place], etc.:—moth, [χρυσὸν] οὐ σ. οὐδὲ κὶς δάπτει [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Fragmenta.” 222, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus [same place], 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 13.1.54, NT.Matt.6.19, NT.Luke.12.33; attacking books, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista [prev. cited] ] NT+5th c.BC+]
__2 metaphorically, σῆτες ἀκανθοβάται or -λόγοι, of the Grammarians, bookworms, [[ Anthologia Graeca 11.322 (1st c.AD: Antiphanes Macedo Epigrammaticus), 347 (1st c.AD: Philippus Epigrammaticus). ] Refs 1st c.AD+]