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|Full diacritics=σημεία
|Medium diacritics=σημεία
|Low diacritics=σημεία
|Capitals=ΣΗΜΕΙΑ
|Transliteration A=sēmeía
|Transliteration B=sēmeia
|Transliteration C=simeia
|Beta Code=shmei/a
|Definition=ἡ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">military standard</b>, <span class="bibl">Plb.2.32.6</span>, <span class="bibl">LXX<span class="title">Is.</span>30.17</span>, <span class="title">Mon.Anc.</span> 15.23, 16.3. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> = Lat. <b class="b2">vexillum</b>, as a decoration, <span class="title">OGI</span>560.13 (Tlos, i A.D.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">a body of troops under one standard</b>, the Roman <b class="b2">manipulus</b>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">UPZ</span>14.23</span>, al. (ii B.C.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Sammelb.</span>1436.10</span> (ii B.C.), <span class="bibl">Plb.1.33.9</span>, <span class="bibl">3.113.3</span>, <span class="bibl">6.24.5</span>, etc.; cf. σημεῖον <span class="bibl">1.4b</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">image</b> of Emperor on standard, <span class="bibl">J.<span class="title">BJ</span>2.9.2</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> = [[σῆμα]] <span class="bibl">5</span> (on shield), Sch.<span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span> 963</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> = [[σημεῖον, διαξέσας σημείας]] (on stone) <span class="title">IG</span>7.3073.138 (Lebadea). (The spellings <b class="b3">σημεία</b> as in <span class="title">IG</span>l.c., <span class="bibl"><span class="title">UPZ</span>18.5</span> (ii B.C.), and good Mss. of Plb. (v. vol.<span class="bibl">4p</span>.xxi B.-W.), <span class="bibl">D.H.8.64</span>, <span class="bibl">9.13</span>, al., <span class="bibl">D.S.20.90</span>, and <b class="b3">σημέα</b> as in <span class="bibl"><span class="title">UPZ</span>14.23</span>, <span class="title">Sammelb.</span> l.c., <span class="title">Mon.Anc.</span> Il.cc., <span class="title">Abh.Berl.Akad.</span>1932 (5).41 (Pergam., ii A.D.), are prob. the only early spellings: <b class="b3">σημαία</b> which is found in <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Fab.</span>12</span> and as v.l. in Plb., <span class="bibl">D.H.8.65</span>, al., is prob. f.l. for [[σημέα]].)</span>
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|ptext=[[https://www.translatum.gr/images/pape/pape-02-0874.png Seite 874]] ἡ, = [[σημαία]], Polyb., zw. L.
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