ῥύσις. [244] 21. Flow. Lat. fluxus.
ῥυσός. [92] 10. Wrinkled. Lat. rugosus.
ῥώθωνες. [144] 22, 23, [146] 11, [220] 25. Nostrils. Lat. nares. In [146] 11 διὰ τῶν ῥωθώνων συνηχούμενα = nasal.
Σαπφικός. [258] 7. Of Sappho. Lat. Sapphicus.
σαφήνεια. [160] 22. Clearness, lucidity. Lat. perspicuitas. Fr. clarté, netteté. The adjective σαφής occurs in [210] 4.
σελίς. [186] 2. Page. Lat. pagina libri.
σεμνότης. [84] 2, [110] 19, [164] 20, [166] 12, [170] 2, [172] 11, [236] 8. Gravity, majesty. Lat. granditas, dignitas, gravitas. Fr. majesté. So σεμνολογία [120] 23, [174] 17; σεμνός [68] 5, [80] 12, [84] 8, etc. It is not easy to find a good equivalent for σεμνός, as ‘dignified’ comes nearer to ἀξιωματικός; ‘impressive’ (or the like) to μεγαλοπρεπής; ‘lofty,’ ‘elevated,’ or ‘sublime,’ to ὑψηλός. ‘Solemn,’ ‘majestic,’ ‘august,’ or ‘stately’ will sometimes serve.
σημαίνειν. [74] 3, [134] 25. To betoken, to express. Lat. significare.
σιγμός. [138] 10. A hissing. Lat. sibilus. Fr. sifflement.
σιωπή. [218] 16, [220] 2, [230] 4. Silence, interval, pause. Lat. silentium, intermissio. Modern metrists who confine their attention to syllables are apt to neglect the interrelations of silence and sound. Dionysius would, on the contrary, have recognized that the pauses denoted by punctuation are the key to the metre in such lines as “Thy rankest fault; all of them; and require” (Tempest v. 1).