σημεῖον: Difference between revisions

|mdlsjtxt=[[σημεῖον]], ου, τό, [[σῆμα]]<br /><b class="num">I.</b> a [[sign]], a [[mark]], token, Hdt., [[attic]]<br /><b class="num">2.</b> a [[sign]] from the gods, an [[omen]], Soph., Plat.: especially of the constellations, Eur.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> a [[sign]] or [[signal]] to do a [[thing]] made by flags, Hdt.; αἴρειν, κατασπᾶν τὸ ς. to make or [[take]] down the [[signal]] for [[battle]], Thuc.; τὰ σημεῖα ἤρθη the signals agreed [[upon]] were made, Thuc.<br /><b class="num">4.</b> an [[ensign]] or [[flag]], on the [[admiral]]'s [[ship]], Hdt.; on the [[general]]'s [[tent]], Xen.:—then, [[generally]], a [[standard]], [[ensign]], Eur.: [[hence]], a [[boundary]], [[limit]], Dem.<br /><b class="num">5.</b> a [[device]] [[upon]] a [[shield]], Hdt., Eur.; [[upon]] ships, a [[figure]]-[[head]], Ar.<br /><b class="num">6.</b> a [[signal]], watchword, Thuc.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> in [[reasoning]], a [[sign]] or [[proof]], Ar., Thuc., etc.:— [[σημεῖον]] δέ: or [[σημεῖον]] γάρ: (to [[introduce]] an [[argument]]) [[this]] is a [[proof]] of it, Dem., etc.