σημεῖον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

σημήϊον (sēmḗïon) – Ionic
σᾱμήϊον (sāmḗïon), σᾱμεῖον (sāmeîon), σᾱμᾶον (sāmâon) – Doric

Etymology

From σῆμᾰ (sêma, “mark, sign”) +‎ -ῐον (-ion).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /sɛː.mêː.on/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /seˈmi.on/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /siˈmi.on/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /siˈmi.on/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /siˈmi.on/

Noun

σημεῖον • (sēmeîon) n (genitive σημείου); second declension

a mark, sign, token; an indication
tomb
sign from the gods, omen
1. wonder, portent
sign or signal to do a thing, made by flags
standard or flag
1. 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
(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

Second declension of τὸ σημεῖον; τοῦ σημείου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ σημεῖον tò sēmeîon	τὼ σημείω tṑ sēmeíō	τᾰ̀ σημεῖᾰ tà sēmeîa
Genitive	τοῦ σημείου toû sēmeíou	τοῖν σημείοιν toîn sēmeíoin	τῶν σημείων tôn sēmeíōn
Dative	τῷ σημείῳ tôi sēmeíōi	τοῖν σημείοιν toîn sēmeíoin	τοῖς σημείοις toîs sēmeíois
Accusative	τὸ σημεῖον tò sēmeîon	τὼ σημείω tṑ sēmeíō	τᾰ̀ σημεῖᾰ tà sēmeîa
Vocative	σημεῖον sēmeîon	σημείω sēmeíō	σημεῖᾰ sēmeîa
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Antonyms

(a sign used as a probable argument in proof of a conclusion): τεκμήριον (tekmḗrion)

Derived terms

σημειογράφος (sēmeiográphos)
σημειοσκόπος (sēmeioskópos)
σημειοσκοποῦμαι (sēmeioskopoûmai)
σημειοφόρος (sēmeiophóros)
σημειόω (sēmeióō)
σημειώδης (sēmeiṓdēs)
σημείωμα (sēmeíōma)
σημείωσις (sēmeíōsis)
σημειωτέος (sēmeiōtéos)
σημειωτικός (sēmeiōtikós)
σημειωτός (sēmeiōtós)

Descendants

Greek: σημείο (simeío)

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’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
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.

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