{
  "headword": "σημεῖον",
  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n93812",
  "citations": [],
  "senses": [
    {
      "definition": "",
      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n93812-0",
      "children": [
        {
          "label": "",
          "definition": "<i>mark</i> by which a thing is known, Hdt. 2.38; σημεῖα τῶν δεδικασμένων . ., σημεῖα πάντων ὧν ἔπραξαν Pl. R. 614c; <i>sign</i> of the future, τυραννίδος σ. A. Ag. 1355; σ. λαβεῖν ἔκ τινος E. Hipp. 514; <i>trace, track,</i> σημεῖα δʼ 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.",
          "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n93812-0-0",
          "citations": [
            {
              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-125379",
              "data": {
                "quote": "σημεῖα τῶν δεδικασμένων . ., σημεῖα πάντων ὧν ἔπραξαν",
                "ref": "Pl. R. 614c",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc2:614c"
              }
            },
            {
              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-125380",
              "data": {
                "quote": "σ. λαβεῖν ἔκ τινος",
                "ref": "E. Hipp. 514",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg005.perseus-grc2:514"
              }
            },
            {
              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-125381",
              "data": {
                "quote": "σημεῖα δʼ οὔτε θηρὸς οὔτε του κυνῶν . . ἐξεφαίνετο",
                "ref": "S. Ant. 257",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc2:257"
              }
            },
            {
              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-125382",
              "data": {
                "quote": "τῆς καταβάσεως",
                "ref": "X. An. 6.2.2",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg006:6.2.perseus-grc2.2"
              }
            }
          ],
          "children": [
            {
              "definition": "",
              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n93812-0-0-0",
              "children": [
                {
                  "definition": "",
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n93812-0-0-0-0",
                  "children": [
                    {
                      "label": "b",
                      "definition": "Dor., <i>tomb,</i> IG 12(3).452 (iv B.C.), CIG l.c.",
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n93812-0-0-0-0-0",
                      "citations": [],
                      "children": []
                    }
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "<i>sign from the gods, omen,</i> S. OC 94; τὰ ἀπὸ τῶν θεῶν σ. γενόμενα Antipho 5.81, cf. Pl. Phdr. 244c, Ap. 40b, X. Cyr. 1.6.1; <i>wonder, portent,</i> LXX Ex. 4.8, al.; σ. καὶ τέρατα Plb. 3.112.8, Ev.Matt. 24.24, Ev.Jo. 4.48, cf. IPE l.c., D.S. 17.114; φόβηθρα καὶ σ. ἀπʼ οὐρανοῦ Ev.Luc. 21.11; esp. of <i>the constellations,</i> regarded as <i>signs,</i> δύεται σημεῖα E. Rh. 529 (lyr.), cf. Ion 1157.",
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n93812-0-0-0-1",
                  "citations": [
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-125383",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "τὰ ἀπὸ τῶν θεῶν σ. γενόμενα",
                        "ref": "Antipho 5.81",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0028.tlg005.perseus-grc2:81"
                      }
                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-125384",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "σ. καὶ τέρατα",
                        "ref": "Plb. 3.112.8",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0543.tlg001:3.112.perseus-grc2.8"
                      }
                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-125385",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "φόβηθρα καὶ σ. ἀπʼ οὐρανοῦ",
                        "ref": "Ev.Luc. 21.11",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg003.perseus-grc2:21.11"
                      }
                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-125386",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "δύεται σημεῖα",
                        "ref": "E. Rh. 529",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg052.perseus-grc2:529"
                      }
                    }
                  ],
                  "children": []
                },
                {
                  "label": "3",
                  "definition": "<i>sign</i> or <i>signal</i> to do a thing, made by flags, ἀνέδεξε σημήϊον τοῖσι ἄλλοισι ἀνάγεσθαι he made <i>signal</i> for the rest to put to sea, Hdt. 7.128; <i>signal for battle,</i> τὰ σ. ἤρθη, κατεσπάσθη, Th. 1.49, 63, etc.; καθαιρεῖν τὸ σ. to take <i>it</i> down, strike the <i>flag,</i> as a <i>sign</i> of dissolving an assembly, And. 1.36; τὸ τῆς ἐκκλησίας σ. Ar. Th. 278; ὕστερος ἐλθεῖν τοῦ σ. Id. V. 690: generally, <i>signal,</i> σ. ὑποδηλῶσαί τινι ὅτι . . Id. Th. 1011; τὰ σ. αὐτοῖς ἤρθη Th. 4.42; τὸ σ. τοῦ πυρός, ὡς εἴρητο, ἀνέσχον ib. 111; <i>signal</i> to commence work, [ ἡ] τοῦ σημείου ἄρσις Ath.Mitt. 35.403 (Pergam.); σημείῳ ἀβαστάκτῳ, σημείοις ἀβαστάκτοις with unremoved <i>signal</i> ( <i>s</i>), of gymnasia, i.e. never closed, IGRom. 4.446 (ibid.), Abh.Berl.Akad. 1932(5).44 (ibid., ii A.D.).",
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n93812-0-0-0-2",
                  "citations": [
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-125387",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "σ. ὑποδηλῶσαί τινι ὅτι . .",
                        "ref": "Id. Th. 1011",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg008.perseus-grc2:1011"
                      }
                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-125388",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "τὰ σ. αὐτοῖς ἤρθη",
                        "ref": "Th. 4.42",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc2:4.42"
                      }
                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-125389",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ἡ] τοῦ σημείου ἄρσις",
                        "ref": "",
                        "urn": ""
                      }
                    }
                  ],
                  "children": []
                },
                {
                  "label": "4",
                  "definition": "<i>standard</i> or <i>flag,</i> on the admiralʼs ship, Hdt. 8.92; on the generalʼs tent, X. Cyr. 8.5.13; ἔξω τῶν σ. out of the <i>lines,</i> ib. 8.3.19.",
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n93812-0-0-0-3",
                  "citations": [],
                  "children": [
                    {
                      "label": "b",
                      "definition": "<i>body of troops</i> under one standard or flag, PAmh. 2.39.2 (ii B.C.); cf. σημεία I.2.",
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n93812-0-0-0-3-0",
                      "citations": [],
                      "children": []
                    }
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "label": "5",
                  "definition": "<i>mark, boundary, limit,</i> ἔξω τῶν σ. τοῦ ὑμετέρου ἐμπορίου out of the <i>limits</i> of your commercial port, D. 35.28; of milestones, Plu. CG 7, Hdn. 2.13.9.",
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n93812-0-0-0-4",
                  "citations": [],
                  "children": []
                },
                {
                  "label": "6",
                  "definition": "<i>device</i> upon a shield, Hdt. 1.171, E. Ph. 1114; upon ships, <i>figure-head,</i> Ar. Ra. 933, Th. 6.31, E. IA 255 (lyr.).",
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n93812-0-0-0-5",
                  "citations": [],
                  "children": []
                },
                {
                  "label": "7",
                  "definition": "<i>signet</i> on ring, etc., Ar. Eq. 952, V. 585, Pl. Tht. 191d, al., X. HG 5.1.30, D. 42.2, PRev.Laws 26.5 (iii B.C.); <i>figure, image,</i> Διὸς κτησίου Anticl. 13; <i>badge,</i> τρίαιναν σ. θεοῦ A. Supp. 218: pl., <i>written characters,</i> γράψαι σημήϊα . . φωνῆς IG 14.1549 ( Rome).",
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n93812-0-0-0-6",
                  "citations": [
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-125390",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "Διὸς κτησίου",
                        "ref": "Anticl. 13",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg1140.tlg001.perseus-grc2:13"
                      }
                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-125391",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "τρίαιναν σ. θεοῦ",
                        "ref": "A. Supp. 218",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg001.perseus-grc2:218"
                      }
                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-125392",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "γράψαι σημήϊα . . φωνῆς",
                        "ref": "",
                        "urn": ""
                      }
                    }
                  ],
                  "children": [
                    {
                      "label": "b",
                      "definition": "Dor.) σαμεῖα, <i>stripes,</i> ib. 5(1).1390.16 ( Andania, i B.C.); <i>clavi</i> · σημεῖα, Gloss.",
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n93812-0-0-0-6-0",
                      "citations": [],
                      "children": []
                    }
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "label": "8",
                  "definition": "<i>watchword, war-cry,</i> Plb. 5.69.8; ἀπὸ σ. ἑνὸς ἐπιστρέφειν τὰς ναῦς Th. 2.90, cf. X. HG 6.2.28.",
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n93812-0-0-0-7",
                  "citations": [
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-125393",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ἀπὸ σ. ἑνὸς ἐπιστρέφειν τὰς ναῦς",
                        "ref": "Th. 2.90",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc2:2.90"
                      }
                    }
                  ],
                  "children": []
                },
                {
                  "label": "9",
                  "definition": "<i>birthmark</i> or <i>distinguishing feature,</i> Wilcken Chr. 76.14 (ii A.D.), Sammelb. 15.27 (ii A.D.), etc.",
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n93812-0-0-0-8",
                  "citations": [],
                  "children": []
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "label": "II",
              "definition": "<i>sign, token, indication</i> 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.",
              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n93812-0-0-1",
              "citations": [
                {
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-125394",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "σ. φαίνεις ἐσθλὸς . . γεγώς",
                    "ref": "S. El. 24",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg005.perseus-grc2:24"
                  }
                },
                {
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-125395",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "τέχνης σ. τῆς ἐμῆς",
                    "ref": "Id. Ant. 998",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg002.perseus-grc2:998"
                  }
                },
                {
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-125396",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "τὰ σ. τῶν καιρῶν",
                    "ref": "Ev.Matt. 16.3",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg001.perseus-grc2:16.3"
                  }
                }
              ],
              "children": [
                {
                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "<i>sign</i> or <i>proof,</i> 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 <i>proof</i> to the contrary, Antipho 2.2.5; also, <i>instance, example,</i> Hp. VM 20; σημεῖον δέ· to introduce an argument, D. 21.149, Isoc. 4.86,107, etc.",
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n93812-0-0-1-0",
                  "citations": [
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-125397",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "τούτων ὑμῖν σημεῖα δείξω",
                        "ref": "Aeschin. 2.103",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0026.tlg002.perseus-grc2:103"
                      }
                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-125398",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "τάδε τὰ σ. ὡς . .",
                        "ref": "X. Ages. 1.5",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg009.perseus-grc2:1.5"
                      }
                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-125399",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "σ. εἰ . .",
                        "ref": "Pl. Grg. 520e",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg023.perseus-grc2:520e"
                      }
                    }
                  ],
                  "children": []
                },
                {
                  "label": "3",
                  "definition": "Arist., <i>a sign</i> used as <i>a probable argument</i> in proof of a conclusion, opp. τεκμήριον (a demonstrative or certain proof), APr. 70a11, SE 167b9, Rh. 1357a33.",
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n93812-0-0-1-1",
                  "citations": [],
                  "children": [
                    {
                      "label": "b",
                      "definition": "<i>sign</i> 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.",
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n93812-0-0-1-1-0",
                      "citations": [],
                      "children": []
                    }
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "label": "4",
                  "definition": "<i>symptom,</i> Hp. Morb. 3.6, 15, Aret. SD 1.9, Gal. 1.313, 18(2).306.",
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n93812-0-0-1-2",
                  "citations": [],
                  "children": [
                    {
                      "label": "b",
                      "definition": "= Lat. lenticula, a kind of skin-eruption, Cels. 6.5.1.",
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n93812-0-0-1-2-0",
                      "citations": [],
                      "children": []
                    }
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "label": "5",
                  "definition": "<i>shorthand symbols,</i> Plu. Cat.Mi. 23, Gal. Libr.Propr. 1, POxy. 724.3 (ii A.D.), Lib. Or. 42.25.",
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n93812-0-0-1-3",
                  "citations": [],
                  "children": []
                },
                {
                  "label": "6",
                  "definition": "<i>critical mark,</i> Heph. Poëm. p.73C., D.L. 3.65.",
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n93812-0-0-1-4",
                  "citations": [],
                  "children": []
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "label": "III",
              "definition": "<i>mathematical point,</i> Arist. APo. 76b5, Ph. 240b3, Euc. Def. 1, al.; also σ. (with or without χρόνου) <i>point</i> of time, <i>instant,</i> Arist. Cael. 283a11, Ph. 262b2sq.",
              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n93812-0-0-2",
              "citations": [],
              "children": [
                {
                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "<i>unit of time,</i> Aristid.Quint. 1.14, Longin. Proll. Heph. 5.",
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:lsj-n93812-0-0-2-0",
                  "citations": [],
                  "children": []
                }
              ]
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "key": "shmei=on",
  "type": "main"
}