σιμόν (simon)

σιμόν is an Ancient Greek form of Σῖμος, meaning “Simos — or Simon, of Magnesia, a lyric poet, to whom is ascribed the invention of that sportive and…”. It is the accusative singular masculine noun or adjective.

It can also be a form of σιμός, “snub-nosed, flat-nosed; snub, flat”. It is the accusative singular masculine noun or adjective.

Found 33 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Plutarch, De recta ratione audiendi 13·2: … υσι τὸν ἐρωτικόν, καὶ λευκοὺς μὲν θεῶν παῖδας ἀνακαλῶν μέλανας δʼ ἀνδρικούς, καὶ τὸν γρυπὸν βασιλικὸν καὶ τὸν σιμὸν ἐπίχαριν τὸν δʼ ὠχρὸν μελίχρουν ὑποκοριζόμενος ἀσπάζεται καὶ ἀγαπᾷ· δεινὸς γάρ ἐστιν ὁ ἔρως ὥσπερ κιττὸς αὑτὸ …

Aristophanes, Lysistrata 288: τὸ πρὸς πόλιν τὸ σιμόν, οἷ σπουδὴν ἔχω·

Aristotle, Politics 5.1306a: … ρχοντι μεσιδίῳ, ὃς ἐνίοτε γίνεται κύριος ἀμφοτέρων, ὅπερ συνέβη ἐν Λαρίσῃ ἐπὶ τῆς τῶν Ἀλευαδῶν ἀρχῆς τῶν περὶ Σῖμον, καὶ ἐν Ἀβύδῳ ἐπὶ τῶν ἑταιριῶν ὧν ἦν μία ἡ Ἰφιάδου.

All forms of Σῖμος (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.