στίγμα
πολλῶν ὁ καιρὸς γίγνεται διδάσκαλος → the critical moment will turn out to be the teacher of many things
English (LSJ)
ατος, τό,
A tattoo-mark, Hdt.5.35, Arist.HA585b33, GA721b32, IG42(1).121.48, al. (Epid., iv B.C.), Polyaen.1.24; σ. ἱρά, showing that the persons so marked were devoted to the service of the temple, Hdt. 2.113; esp. of a slave, Pl.Com.187, Ps.-Phoc.225, Cod.Theod.10. 22.4; or a soldier, ibid., Aët.8.12; στίγματα ἐξαίρει βατράχειον καταπλασθέν Dsc.Eup. 1.110: so metaph., σ. Ἰησοῦ Ep.Gal.6.17 (pl.); ἀνωφελῆ σ., of inscribed laws, D.Chr.80.5. 2 generally, mark, spot, as on the dragon's skin, Hes.Sc.166, cf. Paus.8.2.7, 8.4.7. 3 stud, LXX Ca.1.11. 4 σ. χρυσοῦν colour of gold, Ps.Democr. ap.Zos.Alch.p.119 B., cf.p.126 B. 5= cicatricis signum, Gloss.
German (Pape)
[Seite 943] τό, der Stich, der. mit einem spitzigen Werkzeuge gemachte Punkt, Arist. H. A. 7, 6, – Zeichen, Brandmal, Her. 7, 233; – von den Flecken auf der Haut des Drachen Hes. Sc. 166, wo Herm. στιγμαί lesen will.
