σήμων

σημών, ὁ, [dialect] Lacon. for θημών, EM711.16.

Σῆμος

masc gen pl

παράσημ-ος, ον, ([etym.] σῆμα)

A marked amiss or falsely, counterfeit, esp. of money, D.24.213, Poll.3.86, Plu.2.65b: metaph., of men, Ar.Ach. 518 ; δόξα π. E.Hipp. 1114 (lyr.) ;

π. ῥήτωρ D.18.242

; δύναμις π. αἴνῳ power falsely stamped with praise, I. e. praised by a wrong standard, A.Ag. 780 (lyr.).

2 of words and phrases, false, incorrect, AP11.144 (Cereal.) ; Ἀττικῶν παράσημος (leg. - σήμων) ἕν (sc. βιβλίον) Gal.Libr.Propr.17 ; τὸ π. eccentricity of style, Demetr.Eloc. 208.

3 marked by the side, noted, Plu.2.1010d ; π. τινί marked, notorious for a thing, ib.823b, etc.; π. ἐπιτηδεύων τι remarked as studying it, Id.Brut.2 ; τὸ π. φεύγουσαι (of women) conspicuousness, Gal.12.439.

4 indicative, c. gen.,

τὸ π. ὄνομα τῆς πρὸς ὑμᾶς ἔχθρας Plu.Cor.23

.

II Adv.

- μως

with false accent,

EM191.34

.

2 with a distinguishing prefix, Thphr. HP3.12.3 codd.

Grammatical information: n.

Meaning: `sign, symbol, trait, omen, mark, character, feature, gravestone' (Il.).

Other forms: Dor. σᾶμα.

Compounds: Compp., e.g. σηματ-ουργός m. `mark maker' (A.); often as 2. member with regular transition in the o-stems, e.g. ἄ-σημος, Dor. ἄ-σᾱμος `without signs, unimpressed, unintelligible' (IA., Dor.), isolated ἀ-σήμων `id.' (S.), ἐπί-σημος, Dor. -ᾱ- `provided with a mark' (IA., Dor.), n. - ον `mark, weapon' (Ion. hell. a. late), also -α (Simon., A. a.o.; after σῆμα).

Derivatives: 1. the adj. σημα-λέος `sending signs', surn. of Zeus (Paus.), - τόεις `full of gravestones' (AP). 2. the verbs a. σημαίνω, Dor. (Pamphyl.) σᾱμ-, often w. prefix, e.g. ἐπι-, ὑπο-, δια-, ἀπο-, `to give a sign, to denounce, to order' (Il.) with σημάν-τωρ, - τορος m. `commander, ruler, guide' (ep. Il.), des. of a military official (Hdt. 7, 81), `annunciator, announcing' (late poet.; on the meaning Aly Glotta 5, 58 ff.), - τήρ, - τήριον, - τρον, - τρίς, - τρια, - τικός, - σις, also σημασία f. `announcement etc.' (Arist., hell. a. late; Schwyzer 469); b. σηματίζομαι = σημαίνομαι (sch.). 3. Subst. a. dimin. σημάτιον n. (Eust.); b. σημ-εῖον, Ion. -ήϊον, Dor. σᾱμ- n. `sign, mark, standard, signal, signet' (IA., Dor.; as μνημ-εῖον: μνῆμ-α; s. on μιμνήσκω) with - ειώδης `noteworthy' (Arist., hell. a. late), - ειόομαι, - ειόω, also w. ἐπι- a. o., `to note, to notice; to provide with a seal' (Hp., Thphr., hell. a. late), from where - είωσις, - είωμα, - ειωτικός; c. σημ-εία (- έα, - αία) f. `standard, banner' (hell. a. late; after βασιλ-εία etc.; Schwyzer 469, 470 n. 6). 4. PN Σαμιχος m. (Boeot. inscr.) a.o.

Origin: XX [etym. unknown]

Etymology: The word seems an inherited word, but is without convincing etymology. After Brugmann (e.g. Grundr.¹ II 348) identical with Skt. dhyā-man- n. `thought' (late lex.; to dhyā́-yati, -ti `think'); semantic. not really striking. E. Leumann (s. Schwyzer 322 n. 1) compares Sak. (North-Ar.) śśāma `sign'. -- From ἄσημον MPers. asēm `(uncoined) silver', NPers. sīm `(silver) thread'; cf. Bailey Trans. Phil. Soc. 1933, 50.

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