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σῆμα
σῆμα .σῆμα, Doric σᾶμα, ατος, τό, a sign, mark, token, Hom., etc.; the star on a horseʼs forehead, Il. a sign from heaven, an omen, portent, Hom., etc. generally, a sign to do or begin something, Od.; a watchword, Eur.; a battle-sign, signal, Eur. the sign by which a grave is known, a mound, cairn, barrow, Lat. tumulus, Hom., etc.:—generally, a grave, tomb, Hdt., Attic a token by which any oneʼs identity was certified: the σήματα λυγρά of Bellerophon were pictorial, not written, tokens (v. γράφω init.), Il.:— the mark on the lot of Ajax, Il.: the device or bearing on a shield, Aesch.; the seal impressed on a letter, Soph. a constellation, Il., Eur.

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a sign, mark, token

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σῆμα
Headword (normalized):
σῆμα
Headword (normalized/stripped):
σημα
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σῆμα .σῆμα, Doric σᾶμα, ατος, τό, a sign, mark, token, Hom., etc.; the star on a horseʼs forehead, Il. a sign from heaven, an omen, portent, Hom., etc. generally, a sign to do or begin something, Od.; a watchword, Eur.; a battle-sign, signal, Eur. the sign by which a grave is known, a mound, cairn, barrow, Lat. tumulus, Hom., etc.:—generally, a grave, tomb, Hdt., Attic a token by which any oneʼs identity was certified: the σήματα λυγρά of Bellerophon were pictorial, not written, tokens (v. γράφω init.), Il.:— the mark on the lot of Ajax, Il.: the device or bearing on a shield, Aesch.; the seal impressed on a letter, Soph. a constellation, Il., Eur.
IDX:
29417
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n29451
Key:
sh=ma

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