ἐπίσημος: Difference between revisions

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