a sign

sign

σημεῖον, ου, τό (s. prec. entry; Aeschyl., Hdt.+; ins, pap, LXX, pseudepigr., Philo, Joseph., apolog.; loanw. in rabb.; Hippol., Ref. 6, 27, 4; Did., Gen. 115, 9 ‘symbol’; gener. ‘sign’)

① a sign or distinguishing mark whereby someth. is known, sign, token, indication (Diod S 3, 66, 3=evidences τῆς παρουσίας τοῦ θεοῦ; Cornutus 16 p. 21, 9.—Arrian, Anab. 6, 26, 4 of marks in the landscape showing direction; ParJer 5:11 τὰ ς. τῆς πόλεως; Just., A I, 55, 6 al.; Iren. 1, 14, 8 [Harv. I 143, 10]; Orig., C. Cels. 3, 43, 36 ς. τῆς μετὰ θάνατον ἐπιφανείας αὐτοῦ [sc. Ἰησοῦ]; 2, 59, 6 of the scars of the resurrected Lord τὰ ς. τῆς κολάσεως). τοῦτο ὑμῖν σημεῖον this (will be) a sign for you Lk 2:12 (cp. Is 37:30). ὅ ἐστιν ς. ἐν πάσῃ ἐπιστολῇ this is the mark of genuineness in every letter 2 Th 3:17 (Ps.-Pla., Ep. 13, 360a has at its beginning the words σύμβολον ὅτι παρʼ ἐμοῦ ἐστιν). Of a signal previously agreed upon δοῦναί τινι σημεῖον (PFay 128, 7 ἔδωκεν ἡμῖν σημεῖον ‘he gave us a signal’; Jos., Ant. 12, 404) Mt 26:48; 1 Cl 12:7.— A sign of things to come (PsSol 15:9 τὸ … σημεῖον ἀπωλείας ἐπὶ τοῦ μετώπου αὐτῶν; Did., Gen. 191, 6; Philo, Op. M. 58 σημεῖα μελλόντων; Jos., Bell. 6, 285; 296; 297) Mk 13:4; Lk 21:7. The event to be expected is added in the gen. τί τὸ ς. τῆς σῆς παρουσίας; Mt 24:3. τὸ ς. τοῦ υἱοῦ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου the sign by which one can mark the coming of the Human One (Son of Man) vs. 30 (TGlasson, JTS 15, ’64, 299f [a military metaphor, ‘standard’; cp. Is 18:3; 1QM 3f]). τὰ σημεῖα τῶν καιρῶν the signs of the (end)times (καιρός 3b) Mt 16:3.— A sign of warning (Plut., Caes. 737 [63, 1]; SibOr 3, 457; Mel., P. 14, 90) 1 Cl 11:2. Prob. in like manner αἱ γλῶσσαι εἰς σημεῖόν εἰσιν τοῖς ἀπίστοις the tongues (γλῶσσα 3) serve as a (warning) sign to the unbelievers 1 Cor 14:22. Likew. the sign of Jonah (s. Ἰωνᾶς 1) in Luke: Lk 11:29, 30. Here the Human One is to be a sign to his generation, as Jonah was to the Ninevites; cp. οὗτος κεῖται εἰς σημεῖον ἀντιλεγόμενον (s. ἀντιλέγω 2) 2:34 (cp. Is 11:12).—W-S. §30, 10d.—GRunze, Das Zeichen des Menschensohnes u. der Doppelsinn des Jonazeichens 1897 (against him PSchmiedel, Lit. Centralblatt 48, 1897, 513–15; Runze again, ZWT 41, 1898, 171–85; finally PSchm. ibid. 514–25); PAsmussen, Protestantenblatt 37, 1904, 375–8; STyson, Bibl. World 33,1909, 96–101; CBowen, AJT 20, 1916, 414–21; JMichael, JTS 21, 1920, 146–59; JBonsirven, RSR 24, ’34, 450–55; HGale, JBL 60, ’41, 255–60; PSeidelin, Das Jonaszeichen, StTh 5, ’51, 119–31; AVögtle, Wikenhauser Festschr. ’53, 230–77; OGlombitza, D. Zeichen des Jona, NTS 8, ’62, 359–66.—In the OT circumcision is σημεῖον διαθήκης=a sign or token of belonging to the covenant (Gen 17:11). For Paul this sign becomes a mark, or seal (so σημεῖον: PRev 26, 5 [III B.C.]; PRein 9 introd. [II B.C.]; 35, 3; BGU 1064, 18) σημεῖον ἔλαβεν περιτομῆς σφραγῖδα he got the mark of circumcision as a seal Ro 4:11. In the difficult pass. B 12:5 ἐν σημείῳ is prob. best taken as by a sign; but it is poss. that the text is defective (s. Windisch, Hdb. ad loc.; RKraft, Did. and Barnabas ’65, 119 note: ‘standard, norm’).—τὰ σημεῖα τοῦ ἀποστόλου 2 Cor 12:12a belongs rather to the next category; the signs of the (true) apostle (cp. SIG 831, 14 [117 A.D.] ἡγούμην σημεῖα ἀγαθῶν ἀνδρῶν) are, as is shown by the verb κατειργάσθη and what follows, the wonders or miracles performed by him.

② an event that is an indication or confirmation of intervention by transcendent powers, miracle, portent

ⓐ miracle

α. a miracle of divine origin, performed by God himself, by Christ, or by men of God (cp. Diod S 5, 70, 4 πολλὰ ς. of the young Zeus; 16, 27, 2 ἐγένετο αὐτῷ σημεῖον ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ τοῦ Ἀπόλλωνος; Strabo 16, 2, 35 παρὰ τ. θεοῦ ς.; Appian, Ital. 8 §1 σημείων γενομένων ἐκ Διός, Hann. 56 §233; SIG 709, 25 [c. 107 B.C.] διὰ τῶν ἐν τῷ ἱερῷ γενομένων σαμείων; PGM 1, 65; 74; Jos., Ant. 2, 274; 280; Mel., P. 78, 568): Mt 12:38f; 16:1 (ς. ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ), 4; Mk 8:11 (ς. ἀπὸ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, as Synes., Prov. 1, 7; s. OLinton, The Demand for a Sign from Heaven, StTh 19, ’65, 112–29; JGibson, JSNT 38, ’90, 37–66, a phenomenon suggesting divine deliverance), 12; 16:17, 20; Lk 11:16 (ς. ἐξ οὐρανοῦ), 29 (s. 1 above); 23:8; J 2:11, 18, 23; 3:2; 4:54; 6:2, 14, 26, 30; 7:31; 9:16; 10:41; 11:47; 12:18, 37; 20:30 (on σημ. as a designation of Jesus’ miracles in J s. Hdb. on J 2:11 and 6:26; JBernard, ICC John 1929, I introd. 176–86; CBarrett, The Gosp. acc. to St. John, ’55, 62–65); Ac 4:16, 22 (τὸ ς. τῆς ἰάσεως the miracle of healing); 8:6; 1 Cor 1:22; Agr 9. τί εἴδετε σημεῖον ἐπὶ τὸν γεννηθέντα βασιλέα; what kind of sign did you see over the newborn king? GJs 21:2 (codd.). τὸ σημεῖον τὸ ἐνάρετον the marvelous sign AcPl Ha 3,16.—σημεῖα καὶ τέρατα (Polyb. 3, 112, 8 σημείων δὲ καὶ τεράτων πᾶν μὲν ἱερόν, πᾶσα δʼ ἦν οἰκία πλήρης; Plut., Alex. 706 [75, 1 sing.]; Appian, Bell. Civ. 2, 36 §144 τέρατα καὶ σημεῖα οὐράνια; 4, 4 §14; Aelian, VH 12, 57; Philo, Mos. 1, 95, Aet. M. 2; Jos., Bell. 1, 28, Ant. 20, 168. Oft. in LXX: Ex 7:3; Dt 4:34; 6:22; 7:19 al.; Is 8:18; 20:3; Jer 39:21; Wsd 8:8; 10:16) J 4:48; Ac 2:43; 4:30; 5:12; 6:8; 7:36; 14:3; 15:12; Ro 15:19; Hb 2:4; 1 Cl 51:5; B 4:14; 5:8. δυνάμεις καὶ τέρατα κ. σημεῖα Ac 2:22; 2 Cor 12:12b (SSchreiber, Paulus als Wundertäter: BZNW 79, ’96) σημεῖα καὶ δυνάμεις Ac 8:13.—1 Cl 25:1; 2 Cl 15:4. SMc-Casland, JBL 76, ’57, 149–52; MWhittaker, Studia Evangelica 5, ’68, 155–58.

β. worked by Satan or his agents to mislead God’s people (s. Iren. 5, 28, 2 [Harv. V 401, 32]) Rv 13:13f; 16:14; 19:20. σημεῖα κ. τέρατα Mt 24:24; Mk 13:22 (GBeasley-Murray, A Commentary on Mk 13, ’57; EGrässer, D. Problem der Parusie-verzögerung, ’57, 152–70); 2 Th 2:9; D 16:4.

ⓑ portent terrifying appearances in the heavens, never before seen, as portents of the last days Lk 21:11, 25 (Appian, Bell. Civ. 4, 4 §14 σημεῖα πολλά around the sun; AscIs 3, 20); Ac 2:19 (cp. Jo 3:3); s. D 16:6. Of that which the seer of the Apocalypse sees ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ Rv 12:1, 3; 15:1. Of the portentous signs in heaven and earth at the death of Jesus GPt 8:28 (cp. Da 6:28 Theod. σημεῖα κ. τέρατα ἐν οὐρανῷ κ. ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς; Diod S 38 + 39 Fgm. 5: at the end of each one of the eight ages ordained by God there is a σημεῖον ἐκ γῆς ἢ οὐρανοῦ θαυμάσιον).—On miracles s. SIG 1168–73; RLembert, Das Wunder bei Römern u. Griechen I 1905; RReitzenstein, Hellenist. Wundererzählungen 1906, OWeinreich, Antike Heilungswunder 1909, Gebet u. Wunder: WSchmid Festschr. 1929, 169ff; PWendland, De Fabellis Antiquis earumque ad Christianos Propagatione 1911; FKutsch, Attische Heilgötter u. Heilheroen 1913; WJayne, The Healing Gods of Ancient Civilizations 1925; RHerzog, D. Wunderheilungen v. Epidaurus ’31; PFiebig, Jüdische Wundergeschichten des ntl. Zeitalters 1911; ASchlatter, Das Wunder in d. Synagoge 1912.—RLehmann, Naturwissenschaft u. bibl. Wunderfrage 1930; GNaumann, Die Wertschätzung des Wunders im NT 1903; GTraub, Das Wunder im NT² 1907; KBeth, Die Wunder Jesu 1908; JThompson, Miracles in the NT 1911; LFonck, Die Wunder des Herrn im Ev.² 1907; LFillion, Les miracles de Jésus-Christ 1909/1910; PDausch, Die Wunder Jesu 1912; SEitrem, Nordisk Tidskrift for Filologie 5, 1919, 30–36; RBultmann, Die Gesch. der synopt. Tradition² ’31, 223–60; RJelke, Die Wunder Jesu 1922; GShafto, The Wonders of the Kingdom 1924; JBest, The Miracles of Christ in the Light of our Present Day Knowledge ’37; TTorrance, Expository Studies in St. John’s Miracles ’38; ARichardson, The Miracle Stories of the Gospels ’41; AFridrichsen, Le Problème du Miracle dans le Christianisme primitif: Études d’ Hist. et de Phil. rel. XII 1925; HSchlingensiepen, Die Wunder des NT ’33; OPerels, D. Wunderüberlieferung der Synoptiker ’34; PSaintyves, Essais de folklore biblique 1923; GMarquardt, D. Wunderproblem in d. deutschen prot. Theologie der Gegenwart ’33; GDelling, D. Verständnis des Wunders im NT, ZST 24, ’55, 265–80, Zur Beurteilung des Wunders durch d. Antike: Studien zum NT ’70, 53–71; SMcCasland, Signs and Wonders, JBL 76, ’57, 149–52; CBarrett, The Gosp. Acc. to John ’55, 62–65; JCharlier, La notion de signe (sêmeion) dans J: RSPT 43, ’59, 434–48; PRiga, Signs of Glory (J): Int 17, ’63, 402–24; HvanderLoos, The Miracles of Jesus ’65; WNicol, The Semeia in the Fourth Gosp. ’72; for Acts s. FNeirynck, the Miracle Stories in the Acts of the Apostles, An Introduction, in Les Actes des Apôtres, ed. JKremer ’79, 169–213.—Esp. on the healing of demoniacs JWeiss, RE IV 408ff; JJaeger, Ist Jesus Christus ein Suggestionstherapeut gewesen? 1918; KKnur, M.D., Christus medicus? 1905; KDusberger, Bibel u. Kirche ’51, 114–17 (foretoken).—RGrant, Miracle and Natural Law in Graeco-Roman and Early Christian Thought ’52. S. also the lit. s.v. δαιμόνιον 2.—See further MWestermann, ed. ΠΑΡΑΔΟΞΑΓΡΑΦΟΙ, Scriptores Rerum Mirabilium Graeci, 1839.—B. 914. DELG s.v. σῆμα. M-M. DBS XII 1281–1330. EDNT. ABD IV 869 (lit.). TW. Spicq. Sv.

σημεῖον, τό, [dialect] Ion. [full] σημήϊον, [dialect] Dor. [full] σᾱμήϊον IG12(3).452 (Thera, iv B.C.), [full] σᾱμεῖον IPE12.352.25 (Chersonesus, ii B.C.), IG5(1).1390.16 (Andania, i B.C.), [full] σᾱμᾶον CIG5168 ([place name] Cyrene):—= σῆμα in all senses, and more common in Prose, but never in Hom. or Hes.:

A mark by which a thing is known, Hdt.2.38;

σημεῖα τῶν δεδικασμένων.., σημεῖα πάντων ὧν ἔπραξαν Pl.R. 614c

; sign of the future, τυραννίδος ς. A.Ag. 1355;

σ. λαβεῖν ἔκ τινος E.Hipp. 514

; trace, track,

σημεῖα δ' οὔτε θηρὸς οὔτε του κυνῶν.. ἐξεφαίνετο S.Ant. 257

, cf. El. 886;

τῆς καταβάσεως X.An.6.2.2

; of a cork on a buoy, Paus.8.12.1.

b [dialect] Dor., tomb, IG12(3).452 (iv B.C.), CIGl.c.

2 sign from the gods, omen, S.OC94;

τὰ ἀπὸ τῶν θεῶν σ. γενόμενα Antipho 5.81

, cf. Pl.Phdr. 244c, Ap. 40b, X.Cyr.1.6.1; wonder, portent, LXX Ex.4.8, al.;

σ. καὶ τέρατα Plb.3.112.8

, Ev.Matt.24.24, Ev.Jo.4.48, cf. IPEl.c., D.S.17.114;

φόβηθρα καὶ σ. ἀπ' οὐρανοῦ Ev.Luc.21.11

; esp. of the constellations, regarded as signs,

δύεται σημεῖα E.Rh. 529

(lyr.), cf. Ion 1157.

3 sign or signal to do a thing, made by flags, ἀνέδεξε σημήϊον τοῖσι ἄλλοισι ἀνάγεσθαι he made signal for the rest to put to sea, Hdt.7.128; signal for battle, τὰ σ. ἤρθη, κατεσπάσθη, Th.1.49,63, etc.; καθαιρεῖν τὸ ς. to take it down, strike the flag, as a sign of dissolving an assembly, And.1.36; τὸ τῆς ἐκκλησίας ς. Ar.Th. 278; ὕστερος ἐλθεῖν τοῦ ς. Id.V. 690: generally, signal,

σ. ὑποδηλῶσαί τινι ὅτι.. Id.Th. 1011

;

τὰ σ. αὐτοῖς ἤρθη Th.4.42

; τὸ σ. τοῦ πυρός, ὡς εἴρητο, ἀνέσχον ib. 111; signal to commence work, [

ἡ] τοῦ σημείου ἄρσις Ath.Mitt.35.403

(Pergam.); σημείῳ ἀβαστάκτῳ, σημείοις ἀβαστάκτοις with unremoved signal (s), of gymnasia, i.e. never closed, IGRom.4.446 (ibid.), Abh.Berl.Akad.1932(5).44(ibid., ii A.D.).

4 standard or flag, on the admiral's ship, Hdt.8.92; on the general's tent, X.Cyr.8.5.13; ἔξω τῶν ς. out of the lines, ib.8.3.19.

b body of troops under one standard or flag, PAmh.2.39.2 (ii B.C.); cf.

σημεία 1.2

.

5 landmark, boundary, limit, ἔξω τῶν σ. τοῦ ὑμετέρου ἐμπορίου out of the limits of your commercial port, D.35.28; of milestones, Plu.CG7, Hdn.2.13.9.

6 device upon a shield, Hdt.1.171, E.Ph. 1114; upon ships, figure-head, Ar.Ra. 933, Th.6.31, E.IA 255 (lyr.).

7 signet on ring, etc., Ar.Eq. 952, V. 585, Pl.Tht. 191d, al., X.HG5.1.30, D.42.2, PRev.Laws 26.5 (iii B.C.); figure, image,

Διὸς κτησίου Anticl.13

; badge,

τρίαιναν σ. θεοῦ A.Supp. 218

: pl., written characters,

γράψαι σημήϊα.. φωνῆς IG14.1549

([place name] Rome).

b pl. ([dialect] Dor.) σαμεῖα, stripes, ib.5(1).1390.16 (Andania, i B.C.); clavi· σημεῖα, Gloss.

8 watchword, war-cry, Plb.5.69.8;

ἀπὸ σ. ἑνὸς ἐπιστρέφειν τὰς ναῦς Th.2.90

, cf.X.HG6.2.28.

9 birthmark or distinguishing feature, Wilcken Chr.76.14 (ii A.D.), Sammelb.15.27 (ii A.D.), etc.

II sign, token, indication of anything that is or is to be, S.OT 1059, E.Ph. 1332;

σ. φαίνεις ἐσθλὸς.. γεγώς S.El.24

, cf. OT 710;

τέχνης σ. τῆς ἐμῆς Id.Ant. 998

; so later

τὰ σ. τῶν καιρῶν Ev.Matt.16.3

, etc.

2 in reasoning, a sign or proof, Ar.Nu. 369, Th.1.6,10, And. 2.25, etc.;

τούτων ὑμῖν σημεῖα δείξω Aeschin.2.103

, cf. 3.46;

τάδε τὰ σ. ὡς.. X.Ages.1.5

;

σ. εἰ.. Pl.Grg. 520e

; ὅτι ἀγαθὸς ἦν.., τοῦτο μέγιστον ς. Id.Min. 321b; τὸ μὴ ἐκδυθῆναι οὐδὲν σ. ἐστι is no proof to the contrary, Antipho 2.2.5; also, instance, example, Hp.VM 20; σημεῖον δέ· to introduce an argument, D.21.149, Isoc.4.86,107, etc.

3 in the Logic of Arist., a sign used as a probable argument in proof of a conclusion, opp. τεκμήριον (a demonstrative or certain proof), APr. 70a11, SE 167b9, Rh. 1357a33.

b in Stoic and Epicurean philos., sign as observable basis of inference to the unobserved or unobservable, Epicur.Ep.2p.43U., Phld.Sign.27, al., S.E.M.8.142, al.; περὶ σημείων (dub. sens.), title of work by Zeno, Stoic.1.14.

4 Medic., symptom, Hp.Morb.3.6, 15, Aret.SD1.9, Gal.1.313, 18(2).306.

b = Lat. lenticula, a kind of skin-eruption, Cels.6.5.1.

5 pl., shorthand symbols, Plu.Cat.Mi.23, Gal. Libr.Propr.1, POxy.724.3 (ii A.D.), Lib.Or.42.25.

6 critical mark, Heph.Poëm.p.73C., D.L.3.65.

III = στιγμή, mathematical point, Arist.APo. 76b5, Ph. 240b3, Euc.Def.1, al.; also ς. (with or without χρόνου) point of time, instant, Arist.Cael. 283a11, Ph. 262b2sq.

2 in Prosody and Music, unit of time, Aristid.Quint.1.14, Longin.Proll. Heph.5.

-ου ⁺ τό N 2 44-13-29-17-17=120 Gn 1,14; 4,15; 9,12.13.17

sign, calendar marks Gn 1,14; sign, token Ex 4,8; sign, miracle, wonder Dt 7,19; (warning) sign Nm 17,25; mark Gn 4,15; signal Is 33,23; standard, flag Jer 28(51),12

τὸ σημεῖον (τῆς) διαθήκης the sign of (the) convenant Gn 9,12

*Jos 2,18 τὸ σημεῖον the sign-אות for MT את (nota accusativi); *Jer 31(48),9 σημεῖα signs, monuments-

ציון ? for MT ציץ plumage, wings ?

Cf. DOGNIEZ 1992, 144; DORIVAL 1994, 166; HARL 1986a, 92(Gn 1,14); LARCHER 1984 533-534.641; LE

BOULLUEC 1989, 34; MERKELBACH 1970, 245-246; ROST 1967, 130-132; SPICQ 1978a, 796-801; YOUTIE

1970, 105-116; →NIDNTT; TWNT

σῆμα, [dialect] Dor. [full] σᾶμα Berl.Sitzb.1927.161 ([place name] Cyrene), etc.: ατος, τό:—

A sign, mark, token, Il.10.466, 23.326, Od.19.250, etc.; of the star on a horse's forehead, Il.23.455;

ἥβης σήματα γεινομένης Sol.27.4

;

νέφος σ. χειμῶνος Archil.54

; esp.

1 sign from heaven, omen, portent, in phrases,

σήματα φαίνω Il.2.353

, cf. 308;

κτύπε Ζεύς, σ. τιθεὶς Τρώεσσι 8.171

;

δεικνὺς σ. βροτοῖσι 13.244

;

θεοῦ σάμασιν πιθόμενοι Pi. P.4.200

, cf. 1.3; φλογωπὰ ς. A.Pr. 498, cf. Ch. 259; of things heard as well as seen,

ἔπος φάτο σ. ἄνακτι Od.20.111

.

2 generally, sign to do or begin something,

τόδε σ. τετύχθω 21.231

;

σ. ἀροτοῖο Hes. Op. 450

; esp. watchword,

τί τὸ σῆμα; θρόει E.Rh.12

(anap.), cf. 688; battle-sign, signal,

σ. μάχης Id.Ph. 1378

.

3 sign by which a grave is known, mound, cairn, barrow, Il.2.814, etc.;

τοῦ δὲ τάφον καὶ σῆμ' ἀϊδὲς ποίησεν Ἄναυρος Hes.Sc. 477

; ἐπὶ σῆμ' ἔχεεν raised a mound, Il.6.419, etc.;

σ. κυνός E.Hec. 1273

: c. dat. pers.,

σῆμά τέ οἱ χεύω Od. 2.222

;

σῆμά τέ μοι χεῦαι.. ἀνδρὸς δυστήνοιο 11.75

;

σάματι πὰρ Πέλοπος Pi.O.10(11).24

; grave, tomb, Hdt.1.93, 4.72, Berl.Sitzb. l.c., etc.; τὸ δημόσιον ς. Th.2.34;

στῆλαι ἀπὸ σημάτων Id.1.93

, cf. Ar.Th. 886, 888, etc.; ἤδη του.. ἤκουσα τῶν σοφῶν ὡς τὸ μὲν σῶμά ἐστιν ἡμῖν ς. Pl.Grg. 493a, cf. Cra. 400c.

4 mark to show the cast of a quoit or javelin,

ὑπέρβαλε σήματα πάντων Il.23.843

;

ὑπέρπτατο σ. πάντων Od.8.192

; also, boundary, D.P.18.

5 token by which any one's identity or commission was certified,

μιν ἐρέεινε καὶ ᾔτεε σ. ἰδέσθαι Il.6.176

, cf. 178; σ. λυγρά, of written characters or symbols, ib. 168; mark, token on the lot of Ajax, 7.189; so, device or bearing on a shield, by which a warrior is known, freq. in A.Th., as 387, 404, E.El. 456 (lyr.); of the seal set on a box, τῶνδ' ἀποίσεις ς. S.Tr. 614; mark made by an illiterate person, PMasp.163.37 (vi A.D.).

6 constellation, mostly in pl., heavenly bodies, S.Fr. 432; also λαμπρότατος μὲν ὅ γ' ἐστί, κακὸν δέ τε σῆμα τέτυκται, of Sirius, Il.22.30. (Perh. cogn. with Skt. dhyāti 'thinks'.)

Διοσημίᾱ, Διοσημία

a sign from Zeus: fem nom /voc /acc dual

Διοσημίᾱ, Διοσημία

a sign from Zeus: fem nom /voc sg (attic doric aeolic)

Διοσημίαι, Διοσημία

a sign from Zeus: fem nom /voc pl

Διοσημίᾱͅ, Διοσημία

a sign from Zeus: fem dat sg (attic doric aeolic)

διοσημίᾱ, Διοσημία

a sign from Zeus: fem nom /voc /acc dual

διοσημίᾱ, Διοσημία

a sign from Zeus: fem nom /voc sg (attic doric aeolic)

διοσημίαι, Διοσημία

a sign from Zeus: fem nom /voc pl

διοσημίᾱͅ, Διοσημία

a sign from Zeus: fem dat sg (attic doric aeolic)

σεσημασμένα, σημαίνω

show by a sign: perf part mp neut nom /voc /acc pl

σεσημασμένε, σημαίνω

show by a sign: perf part mp masc voc sg

σεσημασμέναι, σημαίνω

show by a sign: perf part mp fem nom /voc pl

σεσημασμένᾱͅ, σημαίνω

show by a sign: perf part mp fem dat sg (doric aeolic)

σημανοῦσα, σημαίνω

show by a sign: fut part act fem nom /voc sg (attic epic doric ionic)

σημανοῦσι, σημαίνω

show by a sign: fut part act masc /neut dat pl (attic epic doric ionic)

σημανοῦσι, σημαίνω

show by a sign: fut ind act 3rd pl (attic epic doric ionic)

σημανοῦσαι, σημαίνω

show by a sign: fut part act fem nom /voc pl (attic epic doric ionic)

σημανοῦσα, σημαίνω

show by a sign: fut part act fem nom /voc sg (attic epic doric ionic)

σημανοῦσι, σημαίνω

show by a sign: fut part act masc /neut dat pl (attic epic doric ionic)

σημανοῦσι, σημαίνω

show by a sign: fut ind act 3rd pl (attic epic doric ionic)

σημανοῦσαι, σημαίνω

show by a sign: fut part act fem nom /voc pl (attic epic doric ionic)

σημαίνω

show by a sign: pres imperat act 2nd dual

σημαίνω

show by a sign: pres ind act 3rd dual

σημαίνω

show by a sign: pres ind act 2nd dual

σημαίνω

show by a sign: imperf ind act 2nd dual (homeric ionic)

σημαίνουσα, σημαίνω

show by a sign: pres part act fem nom /voc sg (attic epic doric ionic)

σημαίνουσι, σημαίνω

show by a sign: pres part act masc /neut dat pl (attic epic doric ionic)

σημαίνουσι, σημαίνω

show by a sign: pres ind act 3rd pl (attic epic doric ionic)

σημαίνουσαι, σημαίνω

show by a sign: pres part act fem nom /voc pl (attic epic doric ionic)

χρόᾱ, χροιά

sign.

fem nom /voc /acc dual (attic)

χρόᾱ, χροιά

sign.

fem nom /voc sg (attic doric aeolic)

χρώς

skin: masc acc sg (epic ionic)

χρόαι, χροιά

sign.

fem nom /voc pl (attic)

χρόᾱͅ, χροιά

sign.

fem dat sg (attic doric aeolic)

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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σάμαινα

a ship of Samian build: fem dat sg (attic epic ionic)

σᾱμαίνῃ, σημαίνω

show by a sign: pres subj mp 2nd sg (doric)

σᾱμαίνῃ, σημαίνω

show by a sign: pres ind mp 2nd sg (doric)

σᾱμαίνῃ, σημαίνω

show by a sign: pres subj act 3rd sg (doric)

σάμαινα

a ship of Samian build: fem dat sg (attic epic ionic)

σᾱμαίνῃ, σημαίνω

show by a sign: pres subj mp 2nd sg (doric)

σᾱμαίνῃ, σημαίνω

show by a sign: pres ind mp 2nd sg (doric)

σᾱμαίνῃ, σημαίνω

show by a sign: pres subj act 3rd sg (doric)

σημαίνω

show by a sign: perf part mp neut nom /voc /acc pl

σεσημασμένᾱ, σημαίνω

show by a sign: perf part mp fem nom /voc /acc dual

σεσημασμένᾱ, σημαίνω

show by a sign: perf part mp fem nom /voc sg (doric aeolic)

σημαίνω

show by a sign: perf part mp masc /neut nom /voc /acc dual

σημαίνω

show by a sign: perf part mp masc /neut gen sg (doric aeolic)

σημαίνω

show by a sign: perf part mp masc /neut dat sg

σημαίνω

show by a sign: pres part mp masc /neut nom /voc /acc dual

σημαίνω

show by a sign: pres part mp masc /neut gen sg (doric aeolic)

σημαίνω

show by a sign: pres part mp masc /neut dat sg

σημαίνω

show by a sign: pres imperat act 2nd pl

σημαίνω

show by a sign: pres ind act 2nd pl

σημαίνω

show by a sign: imperf ind act 2nd pl (homeric ionic)