ἐπίσημος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Dor. [[ἐπίσαμος]], ον, ([[σῆμα]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[serving to distinguish]], <b class="b3">τοῖς δ' ὄνομ' ἄνθρωποι κατέθεντ' ἐ.</b> ἑκάστῳ Parm.19.3.<br><span class="bld">II</span>. having a [[mark]], [[inscription]] or [[device]] on it, especially of [[money]], [[stamped]], [[coined]], <b class="b3">χρυσὸς ἐπίσημος</b>, opp. [[ἄσημος]], Hdt.9.41; ἀργύριον Th.2.13; χρυσίον [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''4.5.40, cf.''IG''12.301, al.; so [[ἀναθήματα]] <b class="b3">οὐκ ἐπίσημα</b> [[offering]]s [[with]] no [[inscription]] on them, Hdt.1.51; [[ἀσπίδες]] ἐ., opp. [[λεῖαι]], ''IG''12.280, cf. Men.526.<br><span class="bld">2</span>. of [[epileptic]] patients, [[bear]]ing the marks of the [[disease]], Hp.''Morb.Sacr.''8; of [[cattle]], [[spotted]] or [[striped]], [[LXX]] ''Ge.''30.42.<br><span class="bld">3</span>. [[notable]], [[remarkable]], [[μνῆμ' ἐπίσημον]] = a [[speaking]] [[remembrance]], S.''Ant.''1258(anap.); ξυμφοραί E.''Or.''543; [[εὐνή]], [[λέχος]], Id.''HF''68, ''Or.''21; τύχη Id.''Med.''544; χαρακτήρ Id.''Hec.''379; [[τάφος]] ἐπισημότατος Th.2.43; [[τιμωρία]] Lycurg.129; τόποι ''IG''12(3).326.42 (Thera, Sup.); of garments, [[fine]], ''SIG''695.39 (Magn. Mae., ii B.C.); and of persons, <b class="b3">ἐπίσημοι σοφίην</b> [[notable]] for [[wisdom]], Hdt.2.20; ἐπίσημος ἐν βροτοῖς E.''Hipp.''103; ἐπίσημοι ξένοι Ar.''Fr.''543: in bad sense, [[conspicuous]], [[notorious]], ἐς τὸν ψόγον E.''Or.''249; [[δέσμιος]] ἐπίσημος ''Ev.Matt.''27.16; διὰ δημοκοπίαν Plu.''Fab.''14; ἐπὶ τῇ μοχθηρίᾳ Luc.''Rh.Pr.''25.<br><span class="bld">4</span>. [[significant]], <b class="b3">οὐκ ἐπίσημος</b> Artem.1.59, 3.32.<br><span class="bld">III</span>. Adv. [[ἐπισήμως]] Plb.6.39.9, Sm.''Ps.''73(74).4, J.''BJ''6.1.8: Comp. [[ἐπισημότερον]] Gal.9.762; [[ἐπισημοτέρως]] Artem.2.9: Sup. [[ἐπισημότατα]] Luc.''Hist.Conscr.''43.