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σημεία

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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From σῆμᾰ (sêma, mark, sign) +‎ -είᾱ (-eíā).[1]

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Noun

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σημείᾱ (sēmeíāf (genitive σημείᾱς); first declension

  1. a military standard, an ensign, a signum militare
    • 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Cicero 16
    • 46 CE – 120 CE, Plutarch, Fabius Maximus 13:
      προελθόντος δὲ τοῦ Φαβίου, θέμενος ἔμπροσθεν τὰς σημαίας, αὐτὸς μὲν ἐκεῖνον πατέρα μεγάλῃ φωνῇ, οἱ δὲ στρατιῶται τοὺς στρατιώτας πάτρωνας ἠσπάζοντο· τοῦτο δ’ ἔστι τοῖς ἀπελευθέροις προσφώνημα πρὸς τοὺς ἀπελευθερώσαντας.
      proelthóntos dè toû Phabíou, thémenos émprosthen tàs sēmaías, autòs mèn ekeînon patéra megálēi phōnêi, hoi dè stratiôtai toùs stratiṓtas pátrōnas ēspázonto; toûto d’ ésti toîs apeleuthérois prosphṓnēma pròs toùs apeleutherṓsantas.
    • 60 BCE – 7 BCE, Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities 8.65
    • 60 BCE – 7 BCE, Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Roman Antiquities 9.13
    • 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Septuagint, Isaiah 30.17
    • Mon.Anc. 15.23
    • Mon.Anc. 16.3
    1. a military standard as a decoration, translating the Latin vēxillum
      • C.E. 1st century, Orientis Graeci Inscriptiones Selectae 560.13, (from Tlos)
    2. a body of troops under one standard, translating the Latin manipulus
      Synonyms: σημεῖον n (sēmeîon), σπεῖρᾰ f (speîra)
      • 2nd century BCE, UPZ 14.23
      • 2nd century BCE, Sammelb. 1436.10
  2. an image of the Emperor on a standard, translating the Latin signum
  3. a (heraldic) device or bearing on an ἀσπίς (aspís, shield)
    Synonym: σῆμᾰ n (sêma)
  4. (meaning uncertain) perhaps a milestone
    Synonym: σημεῖον n (sēmeîon)

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Descendants

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  • Greek: σημαία (simaía)

References

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  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “σῆμα (> DER >σημ-εία (-έα, -αία)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1323

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Greek

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /siˈmi.a/
  • Hyphenation: ση‧μεί‧α

Noun

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σημεία (simeían

  1. Nominative, accusative and vocative plural form of σημείο (simeío).