1. σής · sēs — Beekes
The corpus record
σής
ses
moth, mite
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Where it lives
- On The Trierarchic Crown 1 · 7.43/10k
- Electra 4 · 5.29/10k
- Michaeas 1 · 4.39/10k
- Hecuba 3 · 4.19/10k
- On the Property of Aristophanes 1 · 3.22/10k
- Plataicus 1 · 3.14/10k
- Job 3 · 2.25/10k
- Critias 1 · 2.02/10k
- Oedipus at Colonus 2 · 1.93/10k
- Against Evergus And Mnesibulus 1 · 1.87/10k
- Proverbia 2 · 1.8/10k
- Suppliants 1 · 1.42/10k
Densest 12 of 26 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.
What it meant
2. σής · sēs — Chantraine
3. σῆς · sēs — Frisk
4. σής · sēs — LSJ
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.
metaph., σῆτες ἀκανθοβάται or -λόγοι, of the Grammarians, bookworms, AP 11.322 (Antiphan.), 347 (Phil.).
In the wild
- σοῖν · soin Aristophanes, Clouds (DIORISIS sentence 222)
- σᾶς · sas Aristophanes, Knights (DIORISIS sentence 926)
- σᾶ · sa Demosthenes, Against Evergus And Mnesibulus 20 (DIORISIS sentence 44)
- σᾶ · sa Demosthenes, On The Trierarchic Crown 10 (DIORISIS sentence 32)
- σᾶς · sas Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 5.1 (DIORISIS sentence 3672)
- σᾶς · sas Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 5.1 (DIORISIS sentence 3668)
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Where it came from
- Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. σής (scan p. 1376; entry #5488).
- Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. σής (scan p. 1019; entry #7198).
- Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. σής (scan p. 1670; entry #5123).
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