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Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
Etymology
From σῆμᾰ (sêma, “mark, sign”) + -ῐον (-ion).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sɛː.mêː.on/ → /siˈmi.on/ → /siˈmi.on/
Noun
σημεῖον • (sēmeîon) n (genitive σημείου); second declension
- a mark, sign, token; an indication
- tomb
- sign from the gods, omen
- wonder, portent
- sign or signal to do a thing, made by flags
- standard or flag
- body of troops under one standard or flag
- (heraldry) device upon a shield or ship; figurehead
- signet on ring; figure, image
- watchword, warcry
- birthmark or distinguishing feature
- (logic) a proof
- (logic) a sign used as a probable argument in proof of a conclusion
- (geometry) a point
350 BCE – 250 BCE,
Euclid,
Elements 1:
- σημεῖόν ἐστιν, οὗ μέρος οὐθέν.
- sēmeîón estin, hoû méros outhén.
- A point is that of which there is no part.
- (medicine) symptom
- (medicine) a kind of skin eruption
- (in the plural) shorthand symbols
- critical mark
- (mathematics) mathematical point
- point of time, instant
- (prosody, music) unit of time
Inflection
Antonyms
- (antonym(s) of “a sign used as a probable argument in proof of a conclusion”): τεκμήριον (tekmḗrion)
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
- “σημεῖον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- σημεῖον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- G4592 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- alarm idem, page 21.
- armorial bearings idem, page 40.
- attribute idem, page 52.
- badge idem, page 59.
- banner idem, page 62.
- blazonry idem, page 82.
- clue idem, page 140.
- coat idem, page 141.
- command idem, page 146.
- countersign idem, page 178.
- crest idem, page 184.
- demonstration idem, page 210.
- device idem, page 220.
- emblem idem, page 267.
- ensign idem, page 276.
- escutcheon idem, page 282.
- evidence idem, page 285.
- figure-head idem, page 319.
- flag idem, page 325.
- impression idem, page 423.
- indication idem, page 432.
- insignia idem, page 444.
- landmark idem, page 475.
- manifestation idem, page 512.
- omen idem, page 572.
- password idem, page 597.
- portent idem, page 627.
- proof idem, page 653.
- seal idem, page 746.
- sign idem, page 774.
- signal idem, page 775.
- standard idem, page 810.
- star idem, page 811.
- symbol idem, page 850.
- symptom idem, page 851.
- testimony idem, page 863.
- toilsomeness idem, page 880.
- type idem, page 904.
- watch-word idem, page 966.