ἐπί-σημος, Dor.
ἐπί-σᾱμος,ον, (σῆμα)
A. serving to distinguish, τοῖς δ' ὄνομ' ἄνθρωποι κατέθεντ' ἐ. ἑκάστῳ
Parm. 19.3
.
II. .having a mark, inscriptionordevice onit, esp. of money,stamped, coined,χρυσὸς ἐ., opp.ἄσημος, Hdt. 9.41 ; ἀργύριον
Th. 2.13
; χρυσίον
X. Cyr. 4.5.40
, cf. IG 12.301 , al.; soἀναθήματα οὐκ ἐ. offeringswithnoinscription on them, Hdt. 1.51 ;ἀσπίδες ἐ., opp.λεῖαι, IG 12.280 , cf. Men. 526 .
2. . of epileptic patients,bearing the marks of the disease, Hp. Morb.Sacr. 8 ; of cattle,spottedorstriped, LXX Ge. 30.42 .
3. .notable, remarkable,μνῆμ' ἐ. aspeakingremembrance, S. Ant. 1258 (anap.); ξυμφοραί
E. Or. 543
;εὐνή, λέχος, Id. HF 68 , Or. 21 ; τύχη