σιμός

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 are σιμοί, 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 a pert expression, we find σιμὰ γελῶν AP 5.176 (Mel.); σιμὰ σεσηρὼς μυχθίζεις ib.178 (Id.); cf. σιμόω 1.

II. metaph., bent upwards, like the slope of a hillside: hence, up-hill, opp. κατάντης, χωρίον Ar. Lys. 288, ubi v. Sch.; πρὸς τὸ ς. διώκειν pursue up-hill, X. HG 4.3.23; πρὸς τὸ ς. ἀνατρέχειν Dionys.Com. 4, cf.Arist. Pr. 870a30; ς. [ὁδός] X. Cyn. 6.5; ὑπερβάλλειν τὰ ς. ib.5.16; σίμαι (sic cod.) the ends of the lyre, Hsch.; also, parts of the cornice, Id., cf. Vitr. 3.5.12.

2. generally, hollow, concave, opp. κυρτός, ἡ γαστὴρ τῶν ἀδείπνων ς. X. Cyr. 8.4.21; τὰ ς. τοῦ ἥπατος the bottom of the liver, Poll. 2.213, Gal. 11.93; χεὶρ ς. Ath. 14.630a; of splints, νάρθηκες ς. Hp. Off. 12, acc. to Gal. 18(2).833 rounded and tapering off towards the end, so as gradually to diminish the pressure; also, of a kind of bandage, Hp. Off. 7.

III. σιμός· τυφλός, Hsch.