ἐπισημαίνω

ἐπι-σημαίνω, [dialect] Dor.[suff] ἐπι-σᾱμαίνω SIG953.31 (Calymna, ii B.C.):—

A mark, γράμματα Aen. Tact.31.3 ([voice] Med.):—[voice] Med., seal, μαρτυρίας τᾷ δαμοσίᾳ σφραγῖδι SIG l.c.:— [voice] Pass., to have a mark set on one, κἀπισημανθήσεται κείνου κεκλῆσθαι

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2. of a disease, τῶν ἀκρωτηρίων ἀντίληψις αὐτοῦ ἐπεσήμαινεν the seizure of his extremities set a mark upon him, Th.2.49:—[voice] Pass., ἢν ἅπαξ ἐπισημανθῇ if once he has the mark of the disease upon him, Hp.Morb.Sacr.8.

b. indicate as a symptom, πολλὰ τοῦ

νοσώδους Philostr.Gym.30

: as a weather-sign,

αὐχμούς Id.Her.2.9

:—[voice] Pass., show symptoms of disease, Gal.14.661.

II. indicate, c. acc. et inf.,

ὁ θεὸς ἐπεσήμαινεν αὐτῷ ὅσιον εἶναι X.HG4.7.2

.

III. intr., give signs, appear as a symptom in a case, Hp.Epid.1.18; ἄρθρον

ἐ. συντεταμένον Id.Art.30

; of puberty, show itself, Arist.GA727a8, 728b24; of weather-signs, indicate a change of weather, Thphr.Sign. 10, etc.; of omens,

τῷ Ῥώμῳ γῦπες ἐ. ἕξ D.H.1.86

, etc.;

εἰς τὸ δημόσιον Paus.3.12.7

; of the gods, δαιμόνιον αὐτοῖς ἐ. D.S.19.103, cf. 5.3, Plu. Num.22, Sull.14: impers., ἐπισημαίνει symptoms appear, Arist.HA 572b32;

ἐ. περὶ τοὺς μαστούς Id.GA728b29

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IV. [voice] Med. ([tense] pf. [voice] Med. in act. sense, Phld.Mus.p.82 K., Ir.p.5 W., [tense] aor. [voice] Pass., Id.Rh.1.58S., al.), assign as a distinguishing mark,

μίαν τινὰ φύσιν Pl.Phlb.25a

, cf. Plt.258c; distinguish,

τί βούλομαι Id.Lg.744a

; ἐάν τε ἰάσιμος ἐάν τε

ἀνίατος δοκῇ εἶναι Id.Grg.526b

: abs., D.S.13.28; τοσοῦτον -σημηναμένους having added so much by way of explanation, Gal.17(1).800.

2. signify, indicate, ὃ . . Ὅμηρος ἐπες. Pl.Lg.681e; ἐ. ἐν τοῖς ὅρκοις ὅτι "οὐκ ἀδικήσω" Arist.Pol.1310a11;

τῷ μειδιάματι . . τὴν διαμαρτίαν Luc.Laps.1

; remark, "ὀρθῶς" Thphr.Char.2.4.

3. set one's name and seal to a thing (in token of approbation), ἐπισημαίνεσθαι τὰς

εὐθύνας D.18.250

: generally, applaud, signify approval, Isoc.12. 2, Aeschin.2.49, Men.Phasm.Fr.I, etc.: rarely in bad sense, disapprove, M.Ant.6.20, App.BC5.15; of a historian, Plb.2.61.1.

4. distinguish by reward or punishments,

ἐπισημαίνεσθαί τινα δώροις Id.6.39.6

;

τοὺς μὲν χάρισι, τοὺς δὲ κολάσεσιν Id.Fr.148

; τὰ καλὰ

τῶν ἔργων OGI116.13

(Delos, ii B.C.), cf. 51.12 (Ptolemais, iii B.C.).