σημεῖον, τό,
Ionic dialect σημήϊον,
Doric dialect σᾱμήϊον [
Refs 4th c.BC+],
σᾱμεῖον [
Refs 2nd c.BC+],
σᾱμᾶον [
Refs] —= σῆμα in all senses, and more common in Prose, but never in [
Refs 8th c.BC+]:
mark by which a thing is known, [
Refs 5th c.BC+];
sign of the future, τυραννίδος σ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+];
trace, track, σημεῖα δ᾽ οὔτε θηρὸς οὔτε του κυνῶν. ἐξεφαίνετο [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; of a cork on a buoy, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
b)
Doric dialect,
tomb, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
2)
sign from the gods, omen, [
Refs 5th c.BC+];
wonder, portent, [
LXX+2nd c.BC+]; especially of
the constellations, regarded as
signs, δύεται σημεῖα [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
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, [
Refs 5th c.BC+];
signal for battle, τὰ σ. ἤρθη, κατεσπάσθη, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; καθαιρεῖν τὸ σ. to take
it down, strike the
flag, as a
sign of dissolving an assembly, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ τῆς ἐκκλησίας σ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὕστερος ἐλθεῖν τοῦ σ. [
Refs]: generally,
signal, σ. ὑποδηλῶσαί τινι ὅτι. [
Refs 5th c.BC+];
signal to commence work, [ἡ] τοῦ σημείου ἄρσις [
Refs]; σημείῳ ἀβαστάκτῳ, σημείοις ἀβαστάκτοις with unremoved
signal (
s), of gymnasia, i.e. never closed, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
4)
standard or
flag, on the admiral's ship, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; on the general's tent, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἔξω τῶν σ. out of the
lines, [
Refs]
4.b)
body of troops under one standard or flag, [
Refs 2nd c.BC+]
5) land
mark, boundary, limit, ἔξω τῶν σ. τοῦ ὑμετέρου ἐμπορίου out of the
limits of your commercial port, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; of milestones, [
Refs 1st c.AD+]
6)
device upon a shield, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; upon ships,
figure-head, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
7)
signet on ring, etc, [
Refs 5th c.BC+];
figure, image, Διὸς κτησίου [
Refs 3rd c.BC+];
badge, τρίαιναν σ. θεοῦ [
Refs 4th c.BC+]:
plural,
written characters, γράψαι σημήϊα. φωνῆς [
Refs]
7.b)
plural (
Doric dialect) σαμεῖα,
stripes, [
Refs 1st c.BC+];
clavi· σημεῖα, [
Refs]
8)
watchword, war-cry, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
9)
birthmark or
distinguishing feature, Wilcken [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II)
sign, token, indication of anything that is or is to be, [
NT+5th c.BC+]
II.2) in reasoning, a
sign or
proof, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὅτι ἀγαθὸς ἦν, τοῦτο μέγιστον σ. [
Refs]; τὸ μὴ ἐκδυθῆναι οὐδὲν σ. ἐστι is no
proof to the contrary, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; also,
instance, example, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; σημεῖον δέ· to introduce an argument, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.3) in the Logic of [
Refs 4th c.BC+],
a sign used as
a probable argument in proof of a conclusion, opposed to τεκμήριον (a demonstrative or certain proof), [
Refs]
II.3.b) in Stoic and Epicurean philosophical,
sign as observable basis of inference to the unobserved or unobservable, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; περὶ σημείων (uncertain meaning), title of work by Zeno, [
Refs]
II.4) in Medicine texts,
symptom, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.4.b) = Latin
lenticula, a kind of skin-eruption, [
Refs 1st c.AD+]
II.5)
plural,
shorthand symbols, [
Refs 1st c.AD+]
II.6)
critical mark, [
Refs 3rd c.AD+]
III) ={στιγμή},
mathematical point, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; also ς. (with or without χρόνου)
point of time,
instant, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
III.2) in Prosody and Music,
unit of time, [
Refs 3rd c.AD+]