σφραγίζω
σφρᾱγ-ίζω, Ion.
σφρηγίζω,
A). close or
enclose with a seal,
σφραγίζεις λύεις τ’ ὀπίσω .. πεύκην ( =
δέλτον )
E. IA 38 (anap.);
ταβέλλας PHamb. 29.23 (i A.D.);
τὸ σιτάριον BGU 249.21 (i A.D.):— Med.,
τὸν θησαυρόν PAmh. 2.41.7 (ii B.C.);
μόνη δὲ κλῇθρ’ ἐγὼ σφραγίζομαι E. Fr. 781.10 ;
-ισάμενος τὸν ναὸν ἐκέλευσε σφραγίσαι τῷ τοῦ βασιλέως δακτυλίῳ LXX Bel. 14 ;[
τὸ ταμιεῖον] -ισάμενος εἴσω τὸν δακτύλιον διὰ τῆς ὀπῆς ἐρρίπτει D.L. 4.59 ;
δεῖγμα σφραγισάσθω let him
seal up with his seal a sample (of the corn),
PHib. 1.39.15 (iii B.C.):— Pass.,
ἐν ᾧ [δώματι] κεραυνός ἐστιν ἐσφραγισμένος A. Eu. 828 ;
ἐσφράγισται ἐν τοῖς θησαυροῖς μου LXX De. 32.34 ;
οὐ δύναμαι ἀναγνῶναι [τὸ βιβλίον]· ἐσφράγισται γάρ ib.
Is. 29.11 ;
θυλάκιον ἐσφραγισμένον PCair.Zen. 69.6 (iii B.C.);
ἐσφραγίσθη γῇ λευκῇ POxy. 929.13 (ii/iii A.D.).
2). authenticate a document
with a seal, IG 9(1).61.78 ,
95 (Daulis, ii B.C.):— Med., ib.
61.41 ;
ἵνα μὴ κυριεύσας (sc.
τῆς σφραγῖδος)
κοινὴν ἐπιστολὴν κατὰ πάντων γράψας σφραγίσηται αὐτῇ τῇ σφραγῖδι PHib. 1.72.19 (iii B.C.);
ἐξαποστεῖλαι εἰς Ῥόδον τοῦδε τοῦ ψηφίσματος ἀντίγραφον, σφραγισαμένους τῇ δημοσίᾳ σφραγῖδι IG 12(5).833.14 (Tenos, ii B.C.), cf.
835.31 , al.,
11(4).1065b28 (Delos(?), ii B.C.);
τὸ βιβλίον τῆς κτήσεως τὸ ἐσφραγισμένον LXX Je. 39(32).11 ;
τὴν παρὰ τοῦ βασιλέως διὰ τῆς θυρίδος ἐσφραγισμένην .. <ἔντευξιν> UPZ 53.5 (ii B.C.).
3). certify an object
after examination by attaching a seal (cf.
Hdt. 2.38 ),
μέτροις .. ἐξητασμένοις καὶ ἐσφραγισμένοις ὑπὸ τοῦ οἰκονόμου PRev.Laws 25.10 (iii B.C.);
ἐπεθεώρησα μόσχον ἕνα .. καὶ δοκιμάσας ἐσφράγισα ὡς ἔστιν καθαρός Wilcken
Chr. 89.5 (ii A.D.); cf.
σφραγίς 11.1 .
II). metaph. senses:
1). close up as if with a seal, in Pass.,
ἐσφραγισμένην ἀκριβῶς οὐλήν a fully
closed cicatrix,
Gal. 12.215 :— Med.,
οὓς .. ἀφθόγγων στομάτων σφρηγίσσατο δεσμῷ, i.e. made them mute,
Nonn. D. 26.261 .
3). set a seal of approval upon, confirm, AP 9.236 (
Loll.);
ς. ὅτι .. Ev.Jo. 3.33 :—freq. in Med.,
ς. ποιητικαῖς φωναῖς S.E. M. 1.271 ;
ς. αὐτοῖς τὸν καρπόν assure them
of it,
Ep.Rom. 15.28 .
4). generally,
mark,
ψάμμος .. νῶτον οὐκ ἐσφράγισεν the sand never
marked his back, i.e. he never fell in the sand,
APl. 3.25 (
Phil.);
δεινοῖς .. σημάντροισιν ἐσφραγισμένοι, of wounded persons,
E. IT 1372 ;
σφραγιζομένη γελασίνοις marked with dimples,
AP 5.34 (
Rufin.);
καμήλους ἐσφραγισμένας εἰς τὸν δεξιὸν μηρὸν νῦ καὶ ἦτα BGU 87.12 ,
26 (ii A.D.).
5). set an end or
limit to,
σφραγίσαι ἁμαρτίας Thd. Da. 9.24 (
σπανίσαι LXX ):— Med.,
Ῥώμην ἀνερχομένῳ σφράγισαι ἠελίῳ AP 9.297 (Antip.);
πάντα δῑ ἀλλήλων ὁ πολὺς σφραγίζεται αἰών, i.e. the death of one creature is the birth of another, Archelaus ap.
Antig. Mir. 89 .
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">σφρᾱγ-ίζω</span>, Ion. <span class="orth greek">σφρηγίζω</span>, <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">close</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">enclose with a seal</span>, <span class="foreign greek">σφραγίζεις λύεις τ’ ὀπίσω .. πεύκην </span>( = <span class="ref greek">δέλτον</span> ) <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg018.perseus-grc1:38" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg018.perseus-grc1:38/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IA</span> 38 </a> (anap.); <span class="quote greek">ταβέλλας</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">PHamb.</span> 29.23 </span> (i A.D.); <span class="quote greek">τὸ σιτάριον</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">BGU</span> 249.21 </span> (i A.D.):— Med., <span class="quote greek">τὸν θησαυρόν</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">PAmh.</span> 2.41.7 </span> (ii B.C.); <span class="quote greek">μόνη δὲ κλῇθρ’ ἐγὼ σφραγίζομαι</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 781.10 </span> ; <span class="quote greek">-ισάμενος τὸν ναὸν ἐκέλευσε σφραγίσαι τῷ τοῦ βασιλέως δακτυλίῳ</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">LXX</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Bel.</span> 14 </span> ;[ <span class="quote greek">τὸ ταμιεῖον] -ισάμενος εἴσω τὸν δακτύλιον διὰ τῆς ὀπῆς ἐρρίπτει</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0004.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:59" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0004.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.59/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.L.</span> 4.59 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">δεῖγμα σφραγισάσθω</span> let him <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">seal up with his seal</span> a sample (of the corn), <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">PHib.</span> 1.39.15 </span> (iii B.C.):— Pass., <span class="quote greek">ἐν ᾧ [δώματι] κεραυνός ἐστιν ἐσφραγισμένος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg007.perseus-grc1:828" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg007.perseus-grc1:828/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Eu.</span> 828 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἐσφράγισται ἐν τοῖς θησαυροῖς μου</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg005:32:34" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg005:32.34/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">LXX</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">De.</span> 32.34 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">οὐ δύναμαι ἀναγνῶναι [τὸ βιβλίον]· ἐσφράγισται γάρ</span> ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg048:29:11" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg048:29.11/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Is.</span> 29.11 </a>; <span class="quote greek">θυλάκιον ἐσφραγισμένον</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">PCair.Zen.</span> 69.6 </span> (iii B.C.); <span class="quote greek">ἐσφραγίσθη γῇ λευκῇ</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">POxy.</span> 929.13 </span> (ii/iii A.D.). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">authenticate</span> a document <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">with a seal,</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">IG</span> 9(1).61.78 </span>,<span class="bibl"> 95 </span> (Daulis, ii B.C.):— Med., ib. <span class="bibl"> 61.41 </span>; <span class="foreign greek">ἵνα μὴ κυριεύσας</span> (sc. <span class="foreign greek">τῆς σφραγῖδος</span>) <span class="quote greek"> κοινὴν ἐπιστολὴν κατὰ πάντων γράψας σφραγίσηται αὐτῇ τῇ σφραγῖδι</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">PHib.</span> 1.72.19 </span> (iii B.C.); <span class="quote greek">ἐξαποστεῖλαι εἰς Ῥόδον τοῦδε τοῦ ψηφίσματος ἀντίγραφον, σφραγισαμένους τῇ δημοσίᾳ σφραγῖδι</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 12(5).833.14 </span> (Tenos, ii B.C.), cf. <span class="bibl"> 835.31 </span>, al., <span class="bibl"> 11(4).1065b28 </span> (Delos(?), ii B.C.); <span class="quote greek">τὸ βιβλίον τῆς κτήσεως τὸ ἐσφραγισμένον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg049:39(32).11" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg049:39(32).11/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">LXX</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Je.</span> 39(32).11 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">τὴν παρὰ τοῦ βασιλέως διὰ τῆς θυρίδος ἐσφραγισμένην .. <ἔντευξιν></span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">UPZ</span> 53.5 </span> (ii B.C.). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">certify</span> an object <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">after examination by attaching a seal</span> (cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:38" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.38/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 2.38 </a>), <span class="quote greek">μέτροις .. ἐξητασμένοις καὶ ἐσφραγισμένοις ὑπὸ τοῦ οἰκονόμου</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">PRev.Laws</span> 25.10 </span> (iii B.C.); <span class="foreign greek">ἐπεθεώρησα μόσχον ἕνα .. καὶ δοκιμάσας ἐσφράγισα ὡς ἔστιν καθαρός</span> Wilcken <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Chr.</span> 89.5 </span> (ii A.D.); cf. <span class="quote greek">σφραγίς</span> <span class="bibl"> 11.1 </span> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>4).</strong></span> Med., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">seal</span> an article to show that it is pledged, <span class="foreign greek">ἐγγύην ς</span>. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg045:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg045:5/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Plu.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pomp.</span> 5 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0074.tlg-02:2:13:7" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0074.tlg-02:2:13:7/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arr.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Epict.</span> 2.13.7 </a>: abs., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">make an impression with a seal</span> for any purpose, <span class="quote greek">καθάπερ οἱ σφραγιζόμενοι τοῖς δακτυλίοις</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg024:450a:32" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg024:450a.32/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Mem.</span> 450a32 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> metaph. senses: </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>1).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">close up as if with a seal</span>, in Pass., <span class="foreign greek">ἐσφραγισμένην ἀκριβῶς οὐλήν</span> a fully <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">closed</span> cicatrix, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Gal.</span> 12.215 </span>:— Med., <span class="foreign greek">οὓς .. ἀφθόγγων στομάτων σφρηγίσσατο δεσμῷ</span>, i.e. made them mute, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2045.tlg001.perseus-grc1:26:261" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2045.tlg001.perseus-grc1:26.261/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Nonn.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">D.</span> 26.261 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">accredit</span> as an envoy, etc., <span class="itype greek">τινα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg004.perseus-grc1:6:27" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg004.perseus-grc1:6.27/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ev.Jo.</span> 6.27 </a>:— Med., <span class="quote greek">ὁ χρίσας ἡμᾶς θεός, καὶ -ισάμενος ἡμᾶς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg008.perseus-grc1:1:22" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg008.perseus-grc1:1.22/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">2 Ep.Cor.</span> 1.22 </a> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">set a seal of approval upon, confirm,</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">AP</span> 9.236 </span> (<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Loll.</span></span>); <span class="quote greek">ς. ὅτι .. </span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg004.perseus-grc1:3:33" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg004.perseus-grc1:3.33/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ev.Jo.</span> 3.33 </a> :—freq. in Med., <span class="quote greek">ς. ποιητικαῖς φωναῖς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0544.tlg002:1:271" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0544.tlg002:1.271/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">M.</span> 1.271 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ς. αὐτοῖς τὸν καρπόν</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">assure</span> them <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">of</span> it, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg006.perseus-grc1:15:28" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg006.perseus-grc1:15.28/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ep.Rom.</span> 15.28 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>4).</strong></span> generally, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">mark</span>, <span class="foreign greek">ψάμμος .. νῶτον οὐκ ἐσφράγισεν</span> the sand never <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">marked</span> his back, i.e. he never fell in the sand, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">APl.</span> 3.25 </span> (<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Phil.</span></span>); <span class="foreign greek">δεινοῖς .. σημάντροισιν ἐσφραγισμένοι</span>, of wounded persons, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg013.perseus-grc1:1372" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg013.perseus-grc1:1372/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IT</span> 1372 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">σφραγιζομένη γελασίνοις</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">marked</span> with dimples, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">AP</span> 5.34 </span> (<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Rufin.</span></span>); <span class="quote greek">καμήλους ἐσφραγισμένας εἰς τὸν δεξιὸν μηρὸν νῦ καὶ ἦτα</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">BGU</span> 87.12 </span> ,<span class="bibl"> 26 </span> (ii A.D.). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>5).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">set an end</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">limit to</span>, <span class="quote greek">σφραγίσαι ἁμαρτίας</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Thd.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Da.</span> 9.24 </span> ( <span class="quote greek">σπανίσαι</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">LXX</span> </span> ):— Med., <span class="quote greek">Ῥώμην ἀνερχομένῳ σφράγισαι ἠελίῳ</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">AP</span> 9.297 </span> (Antip.); <span class="foreign greek">πάντα δῑ ἀλλήλων ὁ πολὺς σφραγίζεται αἰών</span>, i.e. the death of one creature is the birth of another, Archelaus ap.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0568.tlg001:89" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0568.tlg001:89/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Antig.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Mir.</span> 89 </a>.</div> </div><br><br>'}