σημεία,ἡ,
A. military standard, Plb. 2.32.6 , LXX Is. 30.17 , Mon.Anc. 15.23 , 16.3 .
b. =Lat.vexillum, as a decoration, OGI 560.13 (Tlos,i A.D.).
2. a body of troops under one standard, the Romanmanipulus, UPZ 14.23 , al.(ii B.C.), Sammelb. 1436.10
(ii B.C.), Plb. 1.33.9 , 3.113.3 , 6.24.5 , etc.; cf. σημεῖον
1.4b
.
II. imageof Emperor on standard, J. BJ 2.9.2 .
III.
= σῆμα
5 (on shield), Sch. Ar. Ra. 963 .
IV.
= σημεῖον, διαξέσας σημείας (on stone) IG 7.3073.138 (Lebadea). (The spellingsσημείαas inIGl.c., UPZ 18.5
(ii B.C.), and good Mss. of Plb. (v. vol. 4p .xxi B. -W.), D.H. 8.64 , 9.13 , al., D.S. 20.90 , andσημέαas in UPZ 14.23 ,Sammelb.l.c.,Mon.Anc.Il.cc., Abh.Berl.Akad. 1932 ( 5 ). 41 (Pergam.,ii A.D.), are prob. the only early spellings:σημαίαwhich is found in Plu. Fab. 12 and asv.l. in