signs

ἀποσημ-αίνω,

A announce by signs or signals, give notice,

περί τινος Hdt.5.20

: abs., give a sign or signal, Pl.Euthd. 276b;

νοσήματα ἀ.

show themselves,

Arist.Pr. 954b30

.

2 c. acc., indicate by signs or symptoms,

οὐδὲν ἀ. Hp.Epid.1.9

; = [full] δηλῶδαι, S.Fr. 676; denote, represent, J.AJ3.7.7, Plu.Sull.7, etc.; indicate, J.AJ1.3.8, al.; declare, ib.1.8.1,al.:—[voice] Med., show by signs or proofs, Hdt.9.71; guess by signs, Ael.NA6.58.

II ἀ. εἴς τινα allude to him, Th.4.27, cf. Plu.2.177b;

πρός τινα Philostr.

V A6.10.

III give adverse signs, be unpropitious, τινί ib.2.33.

IV in [voice] Med., seal up as confiscated, sequestrate, Ar.Fr. 432, X.HG2.3.21; of persons, proscribe, ib.2.4.13 (also [voice] Act., ἀποσημανῶ· ἀποδιώξω, Hsch.).

2 generally, seal up,

γράμματα Hdn.4.12.6

.

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.

καλλιερέω

have favourable signs in a sacrifice: pres imperat act 2nd pl (doric aeolic)

καλλιερέω

have favourable signs in a sacrifice: pres subj act 2nd pl

καλλιερέω

have favourable signs in a sacrifice: pres ind act 2nd pl (doric aeolic)

καλλιερέω

have favourable signs in a sacrifice: imperf ind act 2nd pl (doric aeolic)

καλλιερέω

have favourable signs in a sacrifice: pres imperat act 2nd pl (doric aeolic)

καλλιερέω

have favourable signs in a sacrifice: pres subj act 2nd pl

καλλιερέω

have favourable signs in a sacrifice: pres ind act 2nd pl (doric aeolic)

καλλιερέω

have favourable signs in a sacrifice: imperf ind act 2nd pl (doric aeolic)

ἀποσημαίνω

announce by signs: pres subj mp 2nd sg

ἀποσημαίνω

announce by signs: pres ind mp 2nd sg

ἀποσημαίνω

announce by signs: pres subj act 3rd sg

ἀποσημαίνω

announce by signs: pres subj mp 2nd sg

ἀποσημαίνω

announce by signs: pres ind mp 2nd sg

ἀποσημαίνω

announce by signs: pres subj act 3rd sg

δυστέκμαρτος

hard to make out from signs: adverbial comp

δυστέκμαρτος

hard to make out from signs: masc acc comp sg

δυστέκμαρτος

hard to make out from signs: neut nom /voc /acc comp sg

ἐπί-ἐπιλλίζω

make signs to: aor subj act 3rd pl (epic doric)

ἐπί-ἐπιλλίζω

make signs to: fut part act masc /neut dat pl (attic epic doric ionic)

ἐπί-ἐπιλλίζω

make signs to: fut ind act 3rd pl (attic epic doric ionic)

ἐπί-ἰλλίζω

look askance: aor subj act 3rd pl (epic doric)

ἐπί-ἰλλίζω

look askance: fut part act masc /neut dat pl (attic epic doric ionic)

ἐπί-ἰλλίζω

look askance: fut ind act 3rd pl (attic epic doric ionic)

ἐπί-λίζω

graze: aor subj act 3rd pl (epic doric)

ἐπί-λίζω

graze: fut part act masc /neut dat pl (attic epic doric ionic)

ἐπί-λίζω

graze: fut ind act 3rd pl (attic epic doric ionic)

ἐπί-ἐπιλλίζω

make signs to: aor subj act 3rd pl (epic doric)

ἐπί-ἐπιλλίζω

make signs to: fut part act masc /neut dat pl (attic epic doric ionic)

ἐπί-ἐπιλλίζω

make signs to: fut ind act 3rd pl (attic epic doric ionic)

ἐπί-ἰλλίζω

look askance: aor subj act 3rd pl (epic doric)

ἐπί-ἰλλίζω

look askance: fut part act masc /neut dat pl (attic epic doric ionic)

ἐπί-ἰλλίζω

look askance: fut ind act 3rd pl (attic epic doric ionic)

ἐπί-λίζω

graze: aor subj act 3rd pl (epic doric)

ἐπί-λίζω

graze: fut part act masc /neut dat pl (attic epic doric ionic)

ἐπί-λίζω

graze: fut ind act 3rd pl (attic epic doric ionic)

εὔσημος

of good signs: adverbial comp

εὔσημος

of good signs: masc acc comp sg

εὔσημος

of good signs: neut nom /voc /acc comp sg

εὔσημος

of good signs: adverbial comp

εὔσημος

of good signs: masc acc comp sg

εὔσημος

of good signs: neut nom /voc /acc comp sg

καλλιέρησις

fem nom /voc /acc dual (attic epic)

καλλιερήσεϊ, καλλιέρησις

fem dat sg (epic)

καλλιέρησις

fem dat sg (attic ionic)

καλλιερέω

have favourable signs in a sacrifice: aor subj act 3rd sg (epic)

καλλιερέω

have favourable signs in a sacrifice: fut ind mid 2nd sg

καλλιερέω

have favourable signs in a sacrifice: fut ind act 3rd sg

καλλιέρησις

fem nom /voc /acc dual (doric aeolic)

καλλιερήσηι, καλλιέρησις

fem dat sg (epic)

καλλιερέω

have favourable signs in a sacrifice: aor subj mid 2nd sg

καλλιερέω

have favourable signs in a sacrifice: aor subj act 3rd sg

καλλιερέω

have favourable signs in a sacrifice: fut ind mid 2nd sg

καλλιερέω

have favourable signs in a sacrifice: aor subj act 1st sg

καλλιερέω

have favourable signs in a sacrifice: fut ind act 1st sg

καλλιερέω

have favourable signs in a sacrifice: aor ind mid 2nd sg (homeric ionic)

σημειωτικός

observant of signs: neut nom /voc /acc pl

σημειωτικά̱, σημειωτικός

observant of signs: fem nom /voc /acc dual

σημειωτικά̱, σημειωτικός

observant of signs: fem nom /voc sg (doric aeolic)

συνθηματικός

by preconcerted signs: neut nom /voc /acc pl

συνθηματικά̱, συνθηματικός

by preconcerted signs: fem nom /voc /acc dual

συνθηματικά̱, συνθηματικός

by preconcerted signs: fem nom /voc sg (doric aeolic)

τέκμαρσις

judging from signs: fem nom /voc /acc dual (attic epic)

τεκμάρσεϊ, τέκμαρσις

judging from signs: fem dat sg (epic)

τέκμαρσις

judging from signs: fem dat sg (attic ionic)

τριζῳδίᾱ, τριζῳδία

the space of three signs: fem nom /voc /acc dual

τριζῳδίᾱ, τριζῳδία

the space of three signs: fem nom /voc sg (attic doric aeolic)

τριζῳδίᾱͅ, τριζῳδία

the space of three signs: fem dat sg (attic doric aeolic)

σημαίνω, Il.10.58, etc.; [full] σᾱμαίνω, Schwyzer686.23 ([place name] Pamphylia): [dialect] Ion. [tense] impf.

A

σημαίνεσκον Q.S.4.193

: [tense] fut.

σημᾰνῶ A.Ag. 497

, Th.6.20, [dialect] Ion.

- ᾰνέω Od.12.26

, Hdt.1.75: [tense] aor. ἐσήμηνα ib.43, Th.5.71, [dialect] Ep.

σήμηνα Il.23.358

; but in codd. of X. (HG1.1.2, al.) and later writers (Str.13.3.6, Act.Ap.25.27, Polyaen.1.41.3, Arr.An.1.6.2) ἐσήμᾱνα, and so in Mitteis Chr.29.8 (ii B.C.): [tense] pf.

σεσήμαγκα Aristobul.

ap. Eus. PE13.12, Arr.Epict.3.26.29:—[voice] Med., [tense] fut. σημᾰνοῦμαι, [dialect] Ion.

- έομαι Hp. Prog.3

, etc.: [tense] aor.

ἐσημηνάμην Il.7.175

, etc.:—[voice] Pass., [tense] fut.

σημανθήσομαι S.E.M.8.267

, ([etym.] ἐπι-) E. Ion 1593: [tense] fut. [voice] Med. in pass. sense, Hp. Int.44: [tense] aor.

ἐσημάνθην D.47.16

: [tense] pf.

σεσήμασμαι Hdt.2.39

, Lys.32.7, Pl.Lg. 954a, etc.; [ per.] 3sg.

σεσήμανται Hdt.2.125

, inf.

σεσημάνθαι Ar. Lys. 1196

: ([etym.] σῆμα):—show by a sign, indicate, point out,

τέρματα Il.23.358

;

δείξω ὁδὸν ἠδὲ ἕκαστα σημανέω Od.12.26

; τοῦτον σημήνας after indicating the person, Hdt.1.5;

τέκμαρ A.Ch. 667

;

θησαύρισμα S.Ph. 37

;

σ. τι περί τινος Pl.Lg. 682a

;

σ. ὅ τι χρὴ ποιεῖν X.Ap.12

; σ. εὔδια πάντα (sc. εἶναι) Theoc.22.22:—[voice] Med., πάντα σημαίνει you have all things shown you (?), Epigr.Gr.1039.11 ([place name] Limyra).

2 abs., give signs, φθόγγος, φῶς ς., A.Supp. 245, Ag. 293;

ὁ λόγος σημαινέτω S.Tr. 345

; σ. καπνῷ make signal, A.Ag. 497: freq. in E. in [tense] fut. with

αὐτός, πλοῦς αὐτὸς σημανεῖ Hel. 151

;

τὸ δ' ἔργον αὐτὸ σημανεῖ Andr. 265

; αὐτὸ σημανεῖ (without Subst.) Ph. 623;

τἄλλα δ' αὐτὸ σημανεῖ Ba. 976

.

3 of the Delphic oracle,

οὔτε λέγει οὔτε κρύπτει ἀλλὰ σημαίνει Heraclit.93

; so of omens, X.Mem.1.1.2, etc.;

σ. ἐν τοῖς ἱεροῖς Id.An.6.1.31

;

περί τινος Id.Mem.1.1.19

;

ἐπὶ τοῖς μέλλουσι γενήσεσθαι Th.2.8

;

πρὸ τῶν μελλόντων X.HG5.4.17

:—[voice] Pass.,

σημαίνεσθαι διὰ τῶν ἐμπύρων Plu.2.222f

, etc.

4 in later Prose intr., appear, be manifest, Arist.HA 533a11 (but [voice] Pass. in same sense, ib. 588b18);

σ. ἐκ τῶν εἰρημένων Pl.Epin. 989a

; cf.

δηλόω 11

.

b σημαίνει impers., signs appear, Arist.Pr. 941b2, 944a4.

II give a sign or signal to do a thing, or bid one do it, c. dat. pers. et inf., Hdt.1.116, 6.78, A.Ag.26, S.Aj. 688, X.An.6.1.24; give orders to, bear command over, c. dat.,

πᾶσι δὲ σημαίνειν Il.1.289

, cf. 10.58, 17.250; c. gen.,

στρατοῦ Il.14.85

; also

σ. ἐπὶ δμῳῇσι γυναιξίν Od.22.427

: abs., give orders,

ὁ δὲ σημαίνων ἐπέτελλεν Il.21.445

, cf. Od.22.450: in part., σημαίνων,= σημάντωρ, S.OC 704 codd.

2 in war or battle, give the signal of attack, etc., Th.2.84, etc.; in full,

σ. τῇ σάλπιγγι And.1.45

, X.An. 4.2.1, Achae.37.3;

σ. τῷ κέρατι ὡς ἀναπαύεσθαι X.An.2.2.4

: c. acc., σ. ἀναχώρησιν give a signal for retreat, Th.5.10;

ἐπειδὰν ὁ σαλπιγκτὴς σημήνῃ τὸ πολεμικόν X.An.4.3.29

, cf. 4.3.32;

τὸ ἀνακλητικόν Plu.2.236e

: c. inf., X.Cyr.1.4.18, etc.: impers. σημαίνει (sc. ὁ σαλπιγκτής), signal is given, as τοῖσι Ἕλλησι ὡς ἐσήμηνε when signal was given for the Greeks to attack, Hdt.8.11: c. inf., ἐσήμαινε παραρτέεσθαι πάντα signal was given to make all ready, Id.9.42, cf. E.Heracl. 830; also σ. ἐπὶ πλόον πῦρ gives the signal for sailing, Tryph.145.

3 generally, σ. [τῷ ἵππῳ] τι, προχωρεῖν σ. τῷ ἵππῳ, X.Eq.9.4, 7.10.

4 make signals,

εἰς τὴν πόλιν Id.HG6.2.33

; σ. ὡς πολεμίων ἐπιόντων ib.7.2.5:—[voice] Pass., ἐσημάνθησαν προσπλέουσαι ib.6.2.34: abs.,

σημανθέντων τῷ Ἀστυάγει ὅτι.. Id.Cyr.1.4.18

.

III signify, indicate, declare,

φόνον E.HF 1218

;

τινί τι Hdt.7.18

, 9.49, S.OT 226: folld. by ὡς.. , Hdt.1.34; by ὅτι.. , S.OC 320, Pl.Phd. 62c;

σ. ὅστις A.Pr. 618

; σ. ὅ τι χρή σοι συμπράσσειν ib. 297 (anap.); σ. ὅπῃ γῆς πεπλάνημαι ib. 564 (anap.);

σ. ὅπου.. S.El. 1294

;

σ. ὅτου τ' εἶ χὠπόθεν Id.Fr. 104

;

σ. εἴτε.. Id.Ph.22

;

σ. ποίῳ θανάτῳ.. Ev.Jo.12.33

, 21.19: c. part., signify that a thing is,

φρυκτοῦ φῶς.. σημαίνει μολόν A.Ag. 293

;

Κρέοντα προσστείχοντα σημαίνουσί μοι S.OT79

, cf. OC 1669;

ταῦτα ὡς πολέμου ὄντος σημαίνει Pl.Lg. 626e

, cf. 722e:—[voice] Pass., ὁ σημαινόμενος δοῦλος the abovementioned slave, POxy.283.12 (i A.D.): abs.,

σημανθέντος

it having been reported,

PAmh.2.31.8

(ii B.C.), cf. supr. 11.4.

2 interpret, explain, Hdt.1.108; tell, speak, Id.3.106: abs., σήμαινε tell, S.OC51, cf.OT 1050;

οὐ στηλῶν μόνον σ. ἐπιγραφή Th.2.43

.

3 of a writer, signify, indicate,

ὅτι.. Str.8.6.5

; of words, sentences, etc., signify, mean,

ταὐτὸν σημαίνει Pl.Cra. 393a

, cf. 437c, Phdr. 275d, Arist.Ph. 213b30, etc.; σημαίνοντα significant sounds, opp. ἄσημα, Id.Po. 1457a32sq.:—[voice] Pass., τὸ σημαινόμενον the sense, meaning of words, Id.Rh. 1405b8, D.H.Th.31, A.D.Pron.12.27, al.; opp. τὸ σημαῖνον, Chrysipp.Stoic.2.38(pl.).

B [voice] Med. σημαίνομαι, give oneself a token, i.e. conclude from signs, conjecture,

τὰ μὲν σημαίνομαι, τὰ δ' ἐκπέπληγμαι S.Aj.32

; ἄστροις σ. [τὰς πόλεις], prov. in Ael.NA7.48; σ. τι ἔκ τινος ib.2.7; of dogs hunting,

μυξωτῆρσι σ. τι Opp.C.1.454

.

II provide with a sign or mark, seal, σημαίνεσθαι βύβλῳ (sc. βοῦν), i.e. by sealing a strip of byblus round his horn, Hdt.2.38, cf. Pl.Lg. 954c, X.Cyr.8.2.17, Is. 7.1,2, Hyp.Ath.8:—[voice] Pass., εὖ σεσημάνθαι to be well sealed up, Ar.Lys. 1196; τὰ σεσημασμένα, opp. τὰ ἀσήμαντα, Pl.Lg. 954a, cf. Lys.32.7, D.39.17, Ath.Mitt.7.368.

2 mark out, choose for oneself,

τοὺς εὐρωστοτάτους Plb.3.71.7

.

ἀποσημαίνω

announce by signs: imperf ind act 3rd pl

ἀποσημαίνω

announce by signs: imperf ind act 1st sg