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σημεῖον

σημεῖον, σημεῖον, τό, sign, signal (noun)

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σημήϊά Noun: neuter accusative plural, Noun: neuter nominative plural, Noun: neuter vocative plural of σημεῖον

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σημεῖον, τό, Ion. σημήϊον, Dor. σᾱμήϊον IG 12(3).452 (Thera, iv B.C.), σᾱμεῖον IPE 12.352.25 (Chersonesus, ii B.C.), IG 5(1).1390.16 (Andania, i B.C.), σᾱμᾶον CIG 5168 (Cyrene):—= σῆμα in all senses, and more common in Prose, but never in Hom. or Hes.:
  • mark by which a thing is known, Hdt. 2.38; σημεῖα τῶν δεδικασμένων . ., σημεῖα πάντων ὧν ἔπραξαν Pl. R. 614c; sign of the future, τυραννίδος σ. A. Ag. 1355; σ. λαβεῖν ἔκ τινος E. Hipp. 514; trace, track, σημεῖα δʼ οὔτε θηρὸς οὔτε του κυνῶν . . ἐξεφαίνετο S. Ant. 257, cf. El. 886; τῆς καταβάσεως X. An. 6.2.2; of a cork on a buoy, Paus. 8.12.1.
        • b Dor., tomb, IG 12(3).452 (iv B.C.), CIG l.c.
      • 2 sign from the gods, omen, S. OC 94; τὰ ἀπὸ τῶν θεῶν σ. γενόμενα Antipho 5.81, cf. Pl. Phdr. 244c, Ap. 40b, X. Cyr. 1.6.1; wonder, portent, LXX Ex. 4.8, al.; σ. καὶ τέρατα Plb. 3.112.8, Ev.Matt. 24.24, Ev.Jo. 4.48, cf. IPE l.c., D.S. 17.114; φόβηθρα καὶ σ. ἀπʼ οὐρανοῦ Ev.Luc. 21.11; esp. of the constellations, regarded as signs, δύεται σημεῖα E. Rh. 529 (lyr.), cf. Ion 1157.
      • 3 sign or signal to do a thing, made by flags, ἀνέδεξε σημήϊον τοῖσι ἄλλοισι ἀνάγεσθαι he made signal for the rest to put to sea, Hdt. 7.128; signal for battle, τὰ σ. ἤρθη, κατεσπάσθη, Th. 1.49, 63, etc.; καθαιρεῖν τὸ σ. to take it down, strike the flag, as a sign of dissolving an assembly, And. 1.36; τὸ τῆς ἐκκλησίας σ. Ar. Th. 278; ὕστερος ἐλθεῖν τοῦ σ. Id. V. 690: generally, signal, σ. ὑποδηλῶσαί τινι ὅτι . . Id. Th. 1011; τὰ σ. αὐτοῖς ἤρθη Th. 4.42; τὸ σ. τοῦ πυρός, ὡς εἴρητο, ἀνέσχον ib. 111; signal to commence work, [ἡ] τοῦ σημείου ἄρσις Ath.Mitt. 35.403 (Pergam.); σημείῳ ἀβαστάκτῳ, σημείοις ἀβαστάκτοις with unremoved signal (s), of gymnasia, i.e. never closed, IGRom. 4.446 (ibid.), Abh.Berl.Akad. 1932(5).44 (ibid., ii A.D.).
      • 4 standard or flag, on the admiralʼs ship, Hdt. 8.92; on the generalʼs tent, X. Cyr. 8.5.13; ἔξω τῶν σ. out of the lines, ib. 8.3.19.
        • b body of troops under one standard or flag, PAmh. 2.39.2 (ii B.C.); cf. σημεία I.2.
      • 5 landmark, boundary, limit, ἔξω τῶν σ. τοῦ ὑμετέρου ἐμπορίου out of the limits of your commercial port, D. 35.28; of milestones, Plu. CG 7, Hdn. 2.13.9.
      • 6 device upon a shield, Hdt. 1.171, E. Ph. 1114; upon ships, figure-head, Ar. Ra. 933, Th. 6.31, E. IA 255 (lyr.).
      • 7 signet on ring, etc., Ar. Eq. 952, V. 585, Pl. Tht. 191d, al., X. HG 5.1.30, D. 42.2, PRev.Laws 26.5 (iii B.C.); figure, image, Διὸς κτησίου Anticl. 13; badge, τρίαιναν σ. θεοῦ A. Supp. 218: pl., written characters, γράψαι σημήϊα . . φωνῆς IG 14.1549 (Rome).
        • b pl. (Dor.) σαμεῖα, stripes, ib. 5(1).1390.16 (Andania, i B.C.); clavi· σημεῖα, Gloss.
      • 8 watchword, war-cry, Plb. 5.69.8; ἀπὸ σ. ἑνὸς ἐπιστρέφειν τὰς ναῦς Th. 2.90, cf. X. HG 6.2.28.
      • 9 birthmark or distinguishing feature, Wilcken Chr. 76.14 (ii A.D.), Sammelb. 15.27 (ii A.D.), etc.
    • II sign, token, indication of anything that is or is to be, S. OT 1059, E. Ph. 1332; σ. φαίνεις ἐσθλὸς . . γεγώς S. El. 24, cf. OT 710; τέχνης σ. τῆς ἐμῆς Id. Ant. 998; so later τὰ σ. τῶν καιρῶν Ev.Matt. 16.3, etc.
      • 2 in reasoning, a sign or proof, Ar. Nu. 369, Th. 1.6, 10, And. 2.25, etc.; τούτων ὑμῖν σημεῖα δείξω Aeschin. 2.103, cf. 3.46; τάδε τὰ σ. ὡς . . X. Ages. 1.5; σ. εἰ . . Pl. Grg. 520e; ὅτι ἀγαθὸς ἦν . ., τοῦτο μέγιστον σ. Id. Min. 321b; τὸ μὴ ἐκδυθῆναι οὐδὲν σ. ἐστι is no proof to the contrary, Antipho 2.2.5; also, instance, example, Hp. VM 20; σημεῖον δέ· to introduce an argument, D. 21.149, Isoc. 4.86,107, etc.
      • 3 in the Logic of Arist., a sign used as a probable argument in proof of a conclusion, opp. τεκμήριον (a demonstrative or certain proof), APr. 70a11, SE 167b9, Rh. 1357a33.
        • b in Stoic and Epicurean philos., sign as observable basis of inference to the unobserved or unobservable, Epicur. Ep. 2 p.43 U., Phld. Sign. 27, al., S.E. M. 8.142, al.; περὶ σημείων (dub. sens.), title of work by Zeno, Stoic. 1.14.
      • 4 Medic., symptom, Hp. Morb. 3.6, 15, Aret. SD 1.9, Gal. 1.313, 18(2).306.
        • b = Lat. lenticula, a kind of skin-eruption, Cels. 6.5.1.
      • 5 pl., shorthand symbols, Plu. Cat.Mi. 23, Gal. Libr.Propr. 1, POxy. 724.3 (ii A.D.), Lib. Or. 42.25.
      • 6 critical mark, Heph. Poëm. p.73C., D.L. 3.65.
    • III = στιγμή, mathematical point, Arist. APo. 76b5, Ph. 240b3, Euc. Def. 1, al.; also σ. (with or without χρόνου) point of time, instant, Arist. Cael. 283a11, Ph. 262b2sq.
      • 2 in Prosody and Music, unit of time, Aristid.Quint. 1.14, Longin. Proll. Heph. 5.

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