- ἐπίσημος
- ἐπί-σημος, [dialect] Dor.[suff] ἐπί-σᾱμος, ον, (σῆμἀA serving to distinguish, τοῖς δ' ὄνομ' ἄνθρωποι κατέθεντ' ἐ.
ἑκάστῳ Parm.19.3
.II. having a mark, inscription or device on it, esp. of money, stamped, coined, χρυσὸς ἐ., opp. ἄσημος, Hdt.9.41;ἀργύριον Th.2.13
;χρυσίον X.Cyr.4.5.40
, cf.IG12.301, al.; so ἀναθήματα οὐκ ἐ. offerings with no inscription on them, Hdt.1.51; ἀσπίδες ἐ., opp. λεῖαι, IG12.280, cf. Men.526.2. of epileptic patients, bearing the marks of the disease, Hp.Morb.Sacr.8; of cattle, spotted or striped, LXX Ge.30.42.3. notable, remarkable, μνῆμ' ἐ. a speaking remembrance, S.Ant.1258(anap.);ξυμφοραί E.Or.543
; εὐνή, λέχος, Id.HF68, Or.21;τύχη Id.Med.544
;χαρακτήρ Id.Hec.379
; τάφοςἐπισημότατος Th.2.43
;τιμωρία Lycurg.129
;τόποι IG12(3).326.42
(Thera, [comp] Sup.); of garments, fine, SIG695.39 (Magn. Mae., ii B.C.); and of persons, ἐ. σοφίην notable for wisdom, Hdt.2.20;ἐ. ἐν βροτοῖς E.Hipp.103
;ἐ. ξένοι Ar.Fr.543
: in bad sense, conspicuous, notorious,ἐς τὸν ψόγον E.Or.249
; δέσμιος ἐ. Ev.Matt.27.16;διὰ δημοκοπίαν Plu.Fab.14
;ἐπὶ τῇ μοχθηρίᾳ Luc.Rh.Pr.25
.4. significant, οὐκ ἐ. Artem.1.59, 3.32.III. Adv.-μως Plb.6.39.9
, Sm.Ps.73(74).4, J.BJ6.1.8: [comp] Comp.-ότερον Gal.9.762
;-οτέρως Artem.2.9
: [comp] Sup.-ότατα Luc.Hist.Conscr.43
.
Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό). 2014.