σής, ὁ,
genitive σεός (as if from σεύς, which is given as
nominative by [
Refs 4th c.AD+];
genitive σέων [
Refs 5th c.BC+] —the forms σητός, σῆτες, σητῶν, etc, were later, as in [
Refs 4th c.BC+] [same place], etc:—
moth, [χρυσὸν] οὐ σ. οὐδὲ κὶς δάπτει [
NT+5th c.BC+]
2)
metaphorically, σῆτες ἀκανθοβάται or -λόγοι, of the Grammarians,
bookworms, [
Refs 1st c.AD+]