"σημεῖον" meaning in Ancient Greek

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Noun

IPA: /sɛː.mêː.on/, /siˈmi.on/, /siˈmi.on/, /sɛː.mêː.on/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /se̝ˈmi.on/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /siˈmi.on/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /siˈmi.on/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /siˈmi.on/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From σῆμᾰ (sêma, “mark, sign”) + -ῐον (-ion). Etymology templates: {{affix|grc|σῆμᾰ|-ιος|alt2=-ῐον|t1=mark, sign}} σῆμᾰ (sêma, “mark, sign”) + -ῐον (-ion) Head templates: {{grc-noun|σημείου|n|second}} σημεῖον • (sēmeîon) n (genitive σημείου); second declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|σημεῖον|σημείου}} Forms: sēmeîon [romanization], σημείου [genitive], Attic declension-2 [table-tags], τὸ σημεῖον [nominative, singular], τὼ σημείω [dual, nominative], τᾰ̀ σημεῖᾰ [nominative, plural], τοῦ σημείου [genitive, singular], τοῖν σημείοιν [dual, genitive], τῶν σημείων [genitive, plural], τῷ σημείῳ [dative, singular], τοῖν σημείοιν [dative, dual], τοῖς σημείοις [dative, plural], τὸ σημεῖον [accusative, singular], τὼ σημείω [accusative, dual], τᾰ̀ σημεῖᾰ [accusative, plural], σημεῖον [singular, vocative], σημείω [dual, vocative], σημεῖᾰ [plural, vocative]
  1. a mark, sign, token; an indication
    Sense id: en-σημεῖον-grc-noun-tWH6RmC9
  2. tomb
    Sense id: en-σημεῖον-grc-noun-8qaql62y Categories (other): Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the second declension Disambiguation of Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the second declension: 2 10 4 4 2 2 2 6 2 3 9 5 7 4 4 3 7 4 5 3 13
  3. sign from the gods, omen
    Sense id: en-σημεῖον-grc-noun-BvTCtMxB
  4. sign from the gods, omen
    wonder, portent
    Sense id: en-σημεῖον-grc-noun-qirFIAFc
  5. sign or signal to do a thing, made by flags
    Sense id: en-σημεῖον-grc-noun-TrXtZnWv
  6. standard or flag
    Sense id: en-σημεῖον-grc-noun-PbkN9N2r
  7. standard or flag
    body of troops under one standard or flag
    Sense id: en-σημεῖον-grc-noun-~AJ1YgXi
  8. (heraldry) device upon a shield or ship; figurehead Categories (topical): Heraldry
    Sense id: en-σημεῖον-grc-noun-zCH-TMD~ Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 1 6 2 2 1 1 2 11 6 9 11 4 4 4 4 3 5 3 5 2 12 Topics: government, heraldry, hobbies, lifestyle, monarchy, nobility, politics
  9. signet on ring; figure, image
    Sense id: en-σημεῖον-grc-noun-4XXKObPQ
  10. watchword, warcry
    Sense id: en-σημεῖον-grc-noun-aLvBk-O1
  11. birthmark or distinguishing feature
    Sense id: en-σημεῖον-grc-noun-8hX7S2kA Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ιος Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 1 6 2 2 1 1 2 11 6 9 11 4 4 4 4 3 5 3 5 2 12 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ιος: 2 8 3 3 2 2 2 7 3 4 11 5 5 5 4 3 7 5 6 3 11
  12. (logic) a proof Categories (topical): Logic
    Sense id: en-σημεῖον-grc-noun-TVF1ps5j Topics: human-sciences, logic, mathematics, philosophy, sciences
  13. (logic) a sign used as a probable argument in proof of a conclusion Categories (topical): Logic
    Sense id: en-σημεῖον-grc-noun-KycixS-5 Topics: human-sciences, logic, mathematics, philosophy, sciences
  14. (geometry) a point Categories (topical): Geometry
    Sense id: en-σημεῖον-grc-noun-kM7TD6VE Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences
  15. (medicine) symptom Categories (topical): Medicine
    Sense id: en-σημεῖον-grc-noun-sJNyCuJT Topics: medicine, sciences
  16. (medicine) a kind of skin eruption Categories (topical): Medicine
    Sense id: en-σημεῖον-grc-noun-J1TvQdIe Topics: medicine, sciences
  17. (in the plural) shorthand symbols Tags: in-plural
    Sense id: en-σημεῖον-grc-noun-28XQyH78
  18. critical mark
    Sense id: en-σημεῖον-grc-noun--z1TLQIO
  19. (mathematics) mathematical point Categories (topical): Mathematics
    Sense id: en-σημεῖον-grc-noun--FrE2-5i Topics: mathematics, sciences
  20. point of time, instant
    Sense id: en-σημεῖον-grc-noun-lSqWA9ci
  21. (prosody, music) unit of time Categories (topical): Music, Prosody
    Sense id: en-σημεῖον-grc-noun-QhpR2ugM Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the second declension, Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ιος, Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 1 6 2 2 1 1 2 11 6 9 11 4 4 4 4 3 5 3 5 2 12 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the second declension: 2 10 4 4 2 2 2 6 2 3 9 5 7 4 4 3 7 4 5 3 13 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ιος: 2 8 3 3 2 2 2 7 3 4 11 5 5 5 4 3 7 5 6 3 11 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes: 1 6 3 3 2 1 2 11 3 5 12 5 4 4 4 3 5 3 5 2 16 Topics: entertainment, human-sciences, lifestyle, linguistics, music, phonology, prosody, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: σημήϊον (sēmḗïon) [Ionic], σᾱμήϊον (sāmḗïon), σᾱμεῖον (sāmeîon), σᾱμᾶον (sāmâon) [Doric]
Derived forms: σημειογράφος (sēmeiográphos), σημειοσκόπος (sēmeioskópos), σημειοσκοποῦμαι (sēmeioskopoûmai), σημειοφόρος (sēmeiophóros), σημειόω (sēmeióō), σημειώδης (sēmeiṓdēs), σημείωμα (sēmeíōma), σημείωσις (sēmeíōsis), σημειωτέος (sēmeiōtéos), σημειωτικός (sēmeiōtikós), σημειωτός (sēmeiōtós)

Inflected forms

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      "form": "τὸ σημεῖον",
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    {
      "form": "τᾰ̀ σημεῖᾰ",
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      ]
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      "roman": "toû sēmeíou",
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    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ σημείῳ",
      "roman": "tôi sēmeíōi",
      "source": "inflection",
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      ]
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      "form": "τοῖς σημείοις",
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      "id": "en-σημεῖον-grc-noun-BvTCtMxB",
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        [
          "god",
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        [
          "omen",
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        ]
      ]
    },
    {
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        "sign from the gods, omen",
        "wonder, portent"
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        [
          "omen",
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      "id": "en-σημεῖον-grc-noun-TrXtZnWv"
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      "id": "en-σημεῖον-grc-noun-PbkN9N2r",
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        ]
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    },
    {
      "glosses": [
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    },
    {
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          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "grc",
          "name": "Heraldry",
          "orig": "grc:Heraldry",
          "parents": [
            "History",
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            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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        }
      ],
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      ],
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        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "monarchy",
        "nobility",
        "politics"
      ]
    },
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      "glosses": [
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      ],
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          "figure"
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      "id": "en-σημεῖον-grc-noun-aLvBk-O1",
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          "parents": [],
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "birthmark or distinguishing feature"
      ],
      "id": "en-σημεῖον-grc-noun-8hX7S2kA",
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      ]
    },
    {
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        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "grc",
          "name": "Logic",
          "orig": "grc:Logic",
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            "Formal sciences",
            "Philosophy",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a proof"
      ],
      "id": "en-σημεῖον-grc-noun-TVF1ps5j",
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        [
          "logic",
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          "proof",
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
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        "logic",
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            "Sciences",
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          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
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      "links": [
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          "logic",
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(logic) a sign used as a probable argument in proof of a conclusion"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "logic",
        "mathematics",
        "philosophy",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "grc",
          "name": "Geometry",
          "orig": "grc:Geometry",
          "parents": [
            "Mathematics",
            "Formal sciences",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "A point is that of which there is no part.",
          "ref": "350 BCE – 250 BCE, Euclid, Elements 1",
          "roman": "sēmeîón estin, hoû méros outhén.",
          "text": "σημεῖόν ἐστιν, οὗ μέρος οὐθέν."
        }
      ],
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      "links": [
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        [
          "point",
          "point"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(geometry) a point"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "geometry",
        "mathematics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "grc",
          "name": "Medicine",
          "orig": "grc:Medicine",
          "parents": [
            "Biology",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "symptom"
      ],
      "id": "en-σημεῖον-grc-noun-sJNyCuJT",
      "links": [
        [
          "medicine",
          "medicine"
        ],
        [
          "symptom",
          "symptom"
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    {
      "ipa": "/sɛː.mêː.on/",
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      "ipa": "/se̝ˈmi.on/",
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      "ipa": "/siˈmi.on/",
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      "ipa": "/siˈmi.on/",
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    },
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      "ipa": "/siˈmi.on/",
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      "ipa": "/sɛː.mêː.on/"
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      "ipa": "/siˈmi.on/"
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      "ipa": "/sɛː.mêː.on/",
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siˈmi.on/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siˈmi.on/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/siˈmi.on/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "sēmḗïon",
      "tags": [
        "Ionic"
      ],
      "word": "σημήϊον"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sāmḗïon",
      "word": "σᾱμήϊον"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sāmeîon",
      "word": "σᾱμεῖον"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sāmâon",
      "tags": [
        "Doric"
      ],
      "word": "σᾱμᾶον"
    }
  ],
  "word": "σημεῖον"
}

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