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|Definition=τό, Ion. σημήϊον, Dor. σᾱμήϊον <span class="title">IG</span>12(3).452 (Thera, iv B.C.), σᾱμεῖον <span class="title">IPE</span>12.352.25 (Chersonesus, ii B.C.), <span class="title">IG</span>5(1).1390.16 (Andania, i B.C.), σᾱμᾶον <span class="title">CIG</span>5168 (Cyrene):—= <b class="b3">σῆμα</b> in all senses, and more common in Prose, but never in Hom. or Hes.: <span class="sense"><p> <span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">mark</b> by which a thing is known, <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.38</span>; σημεῖα τῶν δεδικασμένων... σημεῖα πάντων ὧν ἔπραξαν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>614c</span>; <b class="b2">sign</b> of the future, <b class="b3">τυραννίδος σ</b>. <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1355</span>; σ. λαβεῖν ἔκ τινος <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hipp.</span>514</span>; <b class="b2">trace, track</b>, σημεῖα δ' οὔτε θηρὸς οὔτε του κυνῶν . . ἐξεφαίνετο <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>257</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">El.</span>886</span>; τῆς καταβάσεως <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>6.2.2</span>; of a cork on a buoy, <span class="bibl">Paus.8.12.1</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">b</span> Dor., <b class="b2">tomb</b>, IG12(3).452 (iv B.C.), <span class="title">CIG</span>l.c. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">sign from the gods, omen</b>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>94</span>; τὰ ἀπὸ τῶν θεῶν σ. γενόμενα <span class="bibl">Antipho 5.81</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span> 244c</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ap.</span>40b</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>1.6.1</span>; <b class="b2">wonder, portent</b>, <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Ex.</span>4.8</span>, al.; σ. καὶ τέρατα <span class="bibl">Plb.3.112.8</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Matt.</span>24.24</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Jo.</span>4.48</span>, cf. <span class="title">IPE</span>l.c., <span class="bibl">D.S.17.114</span>; φόβηθρα καὶ σ. ἀπ' οὐρανοῦ <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Luc.</span>21.11</span>; esp. of <b class="b2">the constellations</b>, regarded as <b class="b2">signs</b>, δύεται σημεῖα <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Rh.</span>529</span> (lyr.), cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ion</span> 1157</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">sign</b> or <b class="b2">signal</b> to do a thing, made by flags, <b class="b3">ἀνέδεξε σημήϊον τοῖσι ἄλλοισι ἀνάγεσθαι</b> he made <b class="b2">signal</b> for the rest to put to sea, <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.128</span>; <b class="b2">signal for battle</b>, <b class="b3">τὰ σ. ἤρθη, κατεσπάσθη</b>, <span class="bibl">Th.1.49</span>,<span class="bibl">63</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">καθαιρεῖν τὸ σ</b>. to take <b class="b2">it</b> down, strike the <b class="b2">flag</b>, as a <b class="b2">sign</b> of dissolving an assembly, <span class="bibl">And.1.36</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ τῆς ἐκκλησίας σ</b>. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Th.</span>278</span>; <b class="b3">ὕστερος ἐλθεῖν τοῦ σ</b>. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">V.</span>690</span>: generally, <b class="b2">signal</b>, σ. ὑποδηλῶσαί τινι ὅτι . . <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Th.</span>1011</span>; τὰ σ. αὐτοῖς ἤρθη <span class="bibl">Th.4.42</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ σ. τοῦ πυρός, ὡς εἴρητο, ἀνέσχον</b> ib.<span class="bibl">111</span>; <b class="b2">signal</b> to commence work, [ἡ] τοῦ σημείου ἄρσις <span class="title">Ath.Mitt.</span>35.403 (Pergam.); <b class="b3">σημείῳ ἀβαστάκτῳ, σημείοις ἀβαστάκτοις</b> with unremoved <b class="b2">signal</b> (<b class="b2">s</b>), of gymnasia, i.e. never closed, <span class="title">IGRom.</span>4.446 (ibid.), <span class="title">Abh.Berl.Akad.</span>1932(5).44(ibid., ii A.D.). </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b2">standard</b> or <b class="b2">flag</b>, on the admiral's ship, <span class="bibl">Hdt.8.92</span>; on the general's tent, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>8.5.13</span>; <b class="b3">ἔξω τῶν σ</b>. out of the <b class="b2">lines</b>, ib.<span class="bibl">8.3.19</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">b</span> <b class="b2">body of troops</b> under one standard or flag, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PAmh.</span>2.39.2</span> (ii B.C.); cf. σημεία <span class="bibl">1.2</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">5</span> land<b class="b2">mark, boundary, limit</b>, <b class="b3">ἔξω τῶν σ. τοῦ ὑμετέρου ἐμπορίου</b> out of the <b class="b2">limits</b> of your commercial port, <span class="bibl">D.35.28</span>; of milestones, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">CG</span>7</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdn.2.13.9</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">6</span> <b class="b2">device</b> upon a shield, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.171</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ph.</span>1114</span>; upon ships, <b class="b2">figure-head</b>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>933</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.6.31</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IA</span>255</span> (lyr.). </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">7</span> <b class="b2">signet</b> on ring, etc., <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span>952</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">V.</span>585</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span>191d</span>, al., <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>5.1.30</span>, <span class="bibl">D.42.2</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PRev.Laws</span> 26.5</span> (iii B.C.); <b class="b2">figure, image</b>, Διὸς κτησίου <span class="bibl">Anticl.13</span>; <b class="b2">badge</b>, τρίαιναν σ. θεοῦ <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Supp.</span>218</span>: pl., <b class="b2">written characters</b>, γράψαι σημήϊα . . φωνῆς <span class="title">IG</span>14.1549 (Rome). </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">b</span> pl. (Dor.) <b class="b3">σαμεῖα</b>, <b class="b2">stripes</b>, ib.5(1).1390.16 (Andania, i B.C.); <b class="b2">clavi</b><b class="b3">· σημεῖα</b>, <span class="title">Gloss.</span> </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">8</span> <b class="b2">watchword, war-cry</b>, <span class="bibl">Plb.5.69.8</span>; ἀπὸ σ. ἑνὸς ἐπιστρέφειν τὰς ναῦς <span class="bibl">Th.2.90</span>, cf.<span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>6.2.28</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">9</span> <b class="b2">birthmark</b> or <b class="b2">distinguishing feature</b>, Wilcken <span class="title">Chr.</span>76.14 (ii A.D.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Sammelb.</span>15.27</span> (ii A.D.), etc. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">sign, token, indication</b> of anything that is or is to be, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>1059</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ph.</span>1332</span>; σ. φαίνεις ἐσθλὸς . . γεγώς <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>24</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">OT</span>710</span>; τέχνης σ. τῆς ἐμῆς <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ant.</span>998</span>; so later τὰ σ. τῶν καιρῶν <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Matt.</span>16.3</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">2</span> in reasoning, a <b class="b2">sign</b> or <b class="b2">proof</b>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>369</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.1.6</span>,<span class="bibl">10</span>, <span class="bibl">And. 2.25</span>, etc.; τούτων ὑμῖν σημεῖα δείξω <span class="bibl">Aeschin.2.103</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">3.46</span>; τάδε τὰ σ. ὡς . . <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Ages.</span>1.5</span>; σ. εἰ . . <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Grg.</span>520e</span>; <b class="b3">ὅτι ἀγαθὸς ἦν... τοῦτο μέγιστον σ</b>. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Min.</span>321b</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ μὴ ἐκδυθῆναι οὐδὲν σ. ἐστι</b> is no <b class="b2">proof</b> to the contrary, <span class="bibl">Antipho 2.2.5</span>; also, <b class="b2">instance, example</b>, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">VM</span> 20</span>; <b class="b3">σημεῖον δέ·</b> to introduce an argument, <span class="bibl">D.21.149</span>, <span class="bibl">Isoc.4.86</span>,107, etc. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">3</span> in the Logic of Arist., <b class="b2">a sign</b> used as <b class="b2">a probable argument</b> in proof of a conclusion, opp. <b class="b3">τεκμήριον</b> (a demonstrative or certain proof), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">APr.</span>70a11</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">SE</span>167b9</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Rh.</span>1357a33</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">b</span> in Stoic and Epicurean philos., <b class="b2">sign</b> as observable basis of inference to the unobserved or unobservable, <span class="bibl">Epicur.<span class="title">Ep.</span>2p.43U.</span>, <span class="bibl">Phld.<span class="title">Sign.</span>27</span>, al., <span class="bibl">S.E.<span class="title">M.</span>8.142</span>, al.; <b class="b3">περὶ σημείων</b> (dub. sens.), title of work by Zeno, <span class="title">Stoic.</span>1.14. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">4</span> Medic., <b class="b2">symptom</b>, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Morb.</span>3.6</span>, <span class="bibl">15</span>, <span class="bibl">Aret.<span class="title">SD</span>1.9</span>, Gal.1.313, 18(2).306. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">b</span> = Lat. <b class="b2">lenticula</b>, a kind of skin-eruption, <span class="bibl">Cels.6.5.1</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">5</span> pl., <b class="b2">shorthand symbols</b>, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Cat.Mi.</span>23</span>, <span class="bibl">Gal. <span class="title">Libr.Propr.</span>1</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>724.3</span> (ii A.D.), <span class="bibl">Lib.<span class="title">Or.</span>42.25</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">6</span> <b class="b2">critical mark</b>, Heph.<b class="b2">Poëm</b>.<span class="bibl">p.73C.</span>, <span class="bibl">D.L.3.65</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">III</span> = [[στιγμή]], <b class="b2">mathematical point</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">APo.</span>76b5</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ph.</span>240b3</span>, Euc.<span class="title">Def.</span>1, al.; also ς. (with or without <b class="b3">χρόνου</b>) <b class="b2">point</b> of time, <b class="b2">instant</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Cael.</span>283a11</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ph.</span>262b2</span>sq. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">2</span> in Prosody and Music, <b class="b2">unit of time</b>, <span class="bibl">Aristid.Quint.1.14</span>, Longin.<span class="title">Proll. Heph.</span>5.</span> | |Definition=τό, Ion. σημήϊον, Dor. σᾱμήϊον <span class="title">IG</span>12(3).452 (Thera, iv B.C.), σᾱμεῖον <span class="title">IPE</span>12.352.25 (Chersonesus, ii B.C.), <span class="title">IG</span>5(1).1390.16 (Andania, i B.C.), σᾱμᾶον <span class="title">CIG</span>5168 (Cyrene):—= <b class="b3">σῆμα</b> in all senses, and more common in Prose, but never in Hom. or Hes.: <span class="sense"><p> <span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">mark</b> by which a thing is known, <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.38</span>; σημεῖα τῶν δεδικασμένων... σημεῖα πάντων ὧν ἔπραξαν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>614c</span>; <b class="b2">sign</b> of the future, <b class="b3">τυραννίδος σ</b>. <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1355</span>; σ. λαβεῖν ἔκ τινος <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hipp.</span>514</span>; <b class="b2">trace, track</b>, σημεῖα δ' οὔτε θηρὸς οὔτε του κυνῶν . . ἐξεφαίνετο <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>257</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">El.</span>886</span>; τῆς καταβάσεως <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>6.2.2</span>; of a cork on a buoy, <span class="bibl">Paus.8.12.1</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">b</span> Dor., <b class="b2">tomb</b>, IG12(3).452 (iv B.C.), <span class="title">CIG</span>l.c. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">sign from the gods, omen</b>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>94</span>; τὰ ἀπὸ τῶν θεῶν σ. γενόμενα <span class="bibl">Antipho 5.81</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span> 244c</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ap.</span>40b</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>1.6.1</span>; <b class="b2">wonder, portent</b>, <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Ex.</span>4.8</span>, al.; σ. καὶ τέρατα <span class="bibl">Plb.3.112.8</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Matt.</span>24.24</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Jo.</span>4.48</span>, cf. <span class="title">IPE</span>l.c., <span class="bibl">D.S.17.114</span>; φόβηθρα καὶ σ. ἀπ' οὐρανοῦ <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Luc.</span>21.11</span>; esp. of <b class="b2">the constellations</b>, regarded as <b class="b2">signs</b>, δύεται σημεῖα <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Rh.</span>529</span> (lyr.), cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ion</span> 1157</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">sign</b> or <b class="b2">signal</b> to do a thing, made by flags, <b class="b3">ἀνέδεξε σημήϊον τοῖσι ἄλλοισι ἀνάγεσθαι</b> he made <b class="b2">signal</b> for the rest to put to sea, <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.128</span>; <b class="b2">signal for battle</b>, <b class="b3">τὰ σ. ἤρθη, κατεσπάσθη</b>, <span class="bibl">Th.1.49</span>,<span class="bibl">63</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">καθαιρεῖν τὸ σ</b>. to take <b class="b2">it</b> down, strike the <b class="b2">flag</b>, as a <b class="b2">sign</b> of dissolving an assembly, <span class="bibl">And.1.36</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ τῆς ἐκκλησίας σ</b>. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Th.</span>278</span>; <b class="b3">ὕστερος ἐλθεῖν τοῦ σ</b>. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">V.</span>690</span>: generally, <b class="b2">signal</b>, σ. ὑποδηλῶσαί τινι ὅτι . . <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Th.</span>1011</span>; τὰ σ. αὐτοῖς ἤρθη <span class="bibl">Th.4.42</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ σ. τοῦ πυρός, ὡς εἴρητο, ἀνέσχον</b> ib.<span class="bibl">111</span>; <b class="b2">signal</b> to commence work, [ἡ] τοῦ σημείου ἄρσις <span class="title">Ath.Mitt.</span>35.403 (Pergam.); <b class="b3">σημείῳ ἀβαστάκτῳ, σημείοις ἀβαστάκτοις</b> with unremoved <b class="b2">signal</b> (<b class="b2">s</b>), of gymnasia, i.e. never closed, <span class="title">IGRom.</span>4.446 (ibid.), <span class="title">Abh.Berl.Akad.</span>1932(5).44(ibid., ii A.D.). </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b2">standard</b> or <b class="b2">flag</b>, on the admiral's ship, <span class="bibl">Hdt.8.92</span>; on the general's tent, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>8.5.13</span>; <b class="b3">ἔξω τῶν σ</b>. out of the <b class="b2">lines</b>, ib.<span class="bibl">8.3.19</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">b</span> <b class="b2">body of troops</b> under one standard or flag, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PAmh.</span>2.39.2</span> (ii B.C.); cf. σημεία <span class="bibl">1.2</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">5</span> land<b class="b2">mark, boundary, limit</b>, <b class="b3">ἔξω τῶν σ. τοῦ ὑμετέρου ἐμπορίου</b> out of the <b class="b2">limits</b> of your commercial port, <span class="bibl">D.35.28</span>; of milestones, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">CG</span>7</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdn.2.13.9</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">6</span> <b class="b2">device</b> upon a shield, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.171</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ph.</span>1114</span>; upon ships, <b class="b2">figure-head</b>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>933</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.6.31</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IA</span>255</span> (lyr.). </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">7</span> <b class="b2">signet</b> on ring, etc., <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span>952</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">V.</span>585</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span>191d</span>, al., <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>5.1.30</span>, <span class="bibl">D.42.2</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PRev.Laws</span> 26.5</span> (iii B.C.); <b class="b2">figure, image</b>, Διὸς κτησίου <span class="bibl">Anticl.13</span>; <b class="b2">badge</b>, τρίαιναν σ. θεοῦ <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Supp.</span>218</span>: pl., <b class="b2">written characters</b>, γράψαι σημήϊα . . φωνῆς <span class="title">IG</span>14.1549 (Rome). </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">b</span> pl. (Dor.) <b class="b3">σαμεῖα</b>, <b class="b2">stripes</b>, ib.5(1).1390.16 (Andania, i B.C.); <b class="b2">clavi</b><b class="b3">· σημεῖα</b>, <span class="title">Gloss.</span> </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">8</span> <b class="b2">watchword, war-cry</b>, <span class="bibl">Plb.5.69.8</span>; ἀπὸ σ. ἑνὸς ἐπιστρέφειν τὰς ναῦς <span class="bibl">Th.2.90</span>, cf.<span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>6.2.28</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">9</span> <b class="b2">birthmark</b> or <b class="b2">distinguishing feature</b>, Wilcken <span class="title">Chr.</span>76.14 (ii A.D.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Sammelb.</span>15.27</span> (ii A.D.), etc. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">sign, token, indication</b> of anything that is or is to be, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>1059</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ph.</span>1332</span>; σ. φαίνεις ἐσθλὸς . . γεγώς <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>24</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">OT</span>710</span>; τέχνης σ. τῆς ἐμῆς <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ant.</span>998</span>; so later τὰ σ. τῶν καιρῶν <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Matt.</span>16.3</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">2</span> in reasoning, a <b class="b2">sign</b> or <b class="b2">proof</b>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>369</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.1.6</span>,<span class="bibl">10</span>, <span class="bibl">And. 2.25</span>, etc.; τούτων ὑμῖν σημεῖα δείξω <span class="bibl">Aeschin.2.103</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">3.46</span>; τάδε τὰ σ. ὡς . . <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Ages.</span>1.5</span>; σ. εἰ . . <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Grg.</span>520e</span>; <b class="b3">ὅτι ἀγαθὸς ἦν... τοῦτο μέγιστον σ</b>. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Min.</span>321b</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ μὴ ἐκδυθῆναι οὐδὲν σ. ἐστι</b> is no <b class="b2">proof</b> to the contrary, <span class="bibl">Antipho 2.2.5</span>; also, <b class="b2">instance, example</b>, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">VM</span> 20</span>; <b class="b3">σημεῖον δέ·</b> to introduce an argument, <span class="bibl">D.21.149</span>, <span class="bibl">Isoc.4.86</span>,107, etc. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">3</span> in the Logic of Arist., <b class="b2">a sign</b> used as <b class="b2">a probable argument</b> in proof of a conclusion, opp. <b class="b3">τεκμήριον</b> (a demonstrative or certain proof), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">APr.</span>70a11</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">SE</span>167b9</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Rh.</span>1357a33</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">b</span> in Stoic and Epicurean philos., <b class="b2">sign</b> as observable basis of inference to the unobserved or unobservable, <span class="bibl">Epicur.<span class="title">Ep.</span>2p.43U.</span>, <span class="bibl">Phld.<span class="title">Sign.</span>27</span>, al., <span class="bibl">S.E.<span class="title">M.</span>8.142</span>, al.; <b class="b3">περὶ σημείων</b> (dub. sens.), title of work by Zeno, <span class="title">Stoic.</span>1.14. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">4</span> Medic., <b class="b2">symptom</b>, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Morb.</span>3.6</span>, <span class="bibl">15</span>, <span class="bibl">Aret.<span class="title">SD</span>1.9</span>, Gal.1.313, 18(2).306. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">b</span> = Lat. <b class="b2">lenticula</b>, a kind of skin-eruption, <span class="bibl">Cels.6.5.1</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">5</span> pl., <b class="b2">shorthand symbols</b>, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Cat.Mi.</span>23</span>, <span class="bibl">Gal. <span class="title">Libr.Propr.</span>1</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>724.3</span> (ii A.D.), <span class="bibl">Lib.<span class="title">Or.</span>42.25</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">6</span> <b class="b2">critical mark</b>, Heph.<b class="b2">Poëm</b>.<span class="bibl">p.73C.</span>, <span class="bibl">D.L.3.65</span>. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">III</span> = [[στιγμή]], <b class="b2">mathematical point</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">APo.</span>76b5</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ph.</span>240b3</span>, Euc.<span class="title">Def.</span>1, al.; also ς. (with or without <b class="b3">χρόνου</b>) <b class="b2">point</b> of time, <b class="b2">instant</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Cael.</span>283a11</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ph.</span>262b2</span>sq. </span><span class="sense"> <span class="bld">2</span> in Prosody and Music, <b class="b2">unit of time</b>, <span class="bibl">Aristid.Quint.1.14</span>, Longin.<span class="title">Proll. Heph.</span>5.</span> | ||
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τό, Ion. σημήϊον, Dor. σᾱμήϊον IG12(3).452 (Thera, iv B.C.), σᾱμεῖον IPE12.352.25 (Chersonesus, ii B.C.), IG5(1).1390.16 (Andania, i B.C.), σᾱμᾶον CIG5168 (Cyrene):—= σῆμα in all senses, and more common in Prose, but never in Hom. or Hes.:
A 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 δ' 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, IG12(3).452 (iv B.C.), CIGl.c. 2 sign from the gods, omen, S.OC94; 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. IPEl.c., D.S.17.114; φόβηθρα καὶ σ. ἀπ' 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 admiral's ship, Hdt.8.92; on the general's 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 1.2. 5 landmark, boundary, limit, ἔξω τῶν σ. τοῦ ὑμετέρου ἐμπορίου out of the limits of your commercial port, D.35.28; of milestones, Plu.CG7, 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.IA255 (lyr.). 7 signet on ring, etc., Ar.Eq.952, V.585, Pl.Tht.191d, al., X.HG5.1.30, 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 IG14.1549 (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.HG6.2.28. 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.OT1059, E.Ph.1332; σ. φαίνεις ἐσθλὸς . . γεγώς S.El.24, cf. OT710; 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, SE167b9, Rh.1357a33. b in Stoic and Epicurean philos., sign as observable basis of inference to the unobserved or unobservable, Epicur.Ep.2p.43U., 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.SD1.9, 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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[Seite 874] τό, ion. σημήϊον, = σῆμα in allen Bedeutungen, Zeichen, woran man Etwas erkennt u. unterscheidet; Her. 2, 38; θεοῦ, Aesch. Suppl. 215; σημεῖά σοι τάδ' ἐστὶ τῆς ἐμῆς φρενός, Prom. 844; σημεῖα δ' οὔτε θηρὸς σὔτε του κυνῶν ἐξεφαίνετο, Soph. Ant. 251; σαφῆ σημεῖ' ἰδοῦσα, El. 874; dessen was da kommen soll, Anzeichen, O. C. 94; τὸ δαιμόνιον, Plat. Phaedr. 242 b; Apol. 40 b; vgl. τὰ τοῦ μεγίστου θεοῦ σημεῖα, Xen. Cyr. 1, 6, 1. 2, 4, 19; δακτυλίου, Ar. Equ. 947 Vesp. 585; auch an Schiffen, Ran. 931, Siegel, Xen. Hell. 5, 1, 30, vgl. Plat. Theaet. 191 d; Dem. u. Folgde. – Feldzeichen, Fahne, Abzeichen des Feldherrn, Her. 8, 92 (vgl. Xen. Cyr. 8, 5, 13 An. 1, 10, 12, ein Adler Cyr. 7, 1, 41, Schildzeichen, 1, 17) (wie Eur. Phoen. 1121 u. öfter), ein Zeichen Etwas zu thun, 7, 128; σημεῖον αἴρειν, Thuc. 1, 49, ἀπὸ σημείου, auf das gegebene Zeichen, 3, 9; auch Feldgeschrei, vgl. Pol. 5, 69, 8. – Σημεῖα καθαιρεῖν, Andoc. 1, 36; ἔξω τῶν σημείων, d. i. außerhalb des Lagers, Xen. Cyr. 8, 3, 19; u. danach gesagt ὅς ἐστιν ἔξω τῶν σημείων τοῦ ἡμετέρου ἐμπορίου, Dem. 35, 28. – Σημείοις χρῆσθαι περί τινος, Isocr. 4, 30; σημεῖον, ὅτι, ein Zeichen, Beweis daß, Andoc. 2, 4; σημεῖον δ' αὐτοῦ ἡ ἐν Τροίᾳ μονή, Plat. Crat. 395 a; ἱκανὸν δὲ σημεῖον, ὡς μαντικὴν ἀφροσύνῃ θεὸς ἀνθρωπίνῃ δέδωκεν· οὐδεὶς γὰρ –, Tim. 71 e; häufig bei den Rednern, σημεῖον δὲ τούτων· = γάρ, Isocr. 4, 107; σημεῖον τοῦ τάχους· οἱ μὲν γάρ, zum Beweise dient, daß, 4, 87; Folgde, wie Pol. 4, 44, 3. 9, 33, 4; vgl. Wolf Dem. Lpt. 225 u. τεκμήριον. – Bei den Mathematikern der Punkt, u. so auch Pol. 6, 28, 2; S. Emp. oft.
