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1. sīmo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [simus], to press flat, to flatten (only in the foll. passages): simavit taxim ad nares, Lucil. ap. Non. 169, 31: simataeque jacent pando sinuamine nares, Sulp. Luperc. ap. Anthol. Lat. 1, p. 516 Burm.: projecturas simaverunt, Vitr. 4, 2, 3.

2. Sĭmo, ōnis, m. [simus], a proper name, Plaut. Most.; id. Ps.; Ter. And.; Hor. A. P. 238; Plin. 11, 37, 59, § 158; cf. id. 9, 8, 7, § 23.

1. Sĭmon or Sĭmo, ōnis, m., = Συμεών (Heb. [??]).

      1. 1. A chief of the Jews, Tac. H. 5, 9; 5, 12.
      2. 2. Simon Petrus, Vulg. Matt. 5, 8 al.; Juvenc. 4, 584: Sĭmŏnem, id. 1, 423.
      3. 3. Simon Magus, or the sorcerer, Vulg. Act. 8, 18 sq.
      4. 4. An Athenian writer on horsemanship, Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 76 (Jan. Semonem).
      5. 5. A sculptor, Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 90 (scanned Sīmōn, Prud. Sym. 742).

2. Sĭmon, ōnis, m., = Σίμων, a famous statuary, Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 90.

† sīmus, a, um, adj., = σιμός, flat-nosed, snub-nosed (cf. silus).

    1. 1. Lit.: avibus, serpentibus, piscibus, foramina tantum ad olfactus sine naribus, et hinc cognomina Simorum, Plin. 11, 37, 59, § 158: pecus Nerei, i. e. dolphins, Liv. Andron. ap. Non. 335, 22 (Trag. Rel. p. 1 Rib.); cf.: rostrum delphini, Plin. 9, 8, 7, § 23: capellae, Verg. E. 10, 7: puer simā nare, Mart. 6, 39, 8; Cels. 8, 10, 7.
    2. 2. Trop., Verg. M. 107.