ἐπί-σημος,
Doric dialectἐπί-σᾱμος, ον, (σῆμἀ serving to distinguish, τοῖς δ᾽ ὄνομ᾽ ἄνθρωποι κατέθεντ᾽ ἐ. ἑκάστῳ [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Parmenides Poeta Philosophus 19.3. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II. having a mark, inscription or device on it, especially of money, stamped, coined, χρυσὸς ἐ., opposed to ἄσημος, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.41; ἀργύριον 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.13; χρυσίον 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.5.40, compare “IG” 12.301, +others] Refs 5th c.BC+]; so ἀναθήματα οὐκ ἐ. offerings with no inscription on them, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.51 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀσπίδες ἐ., opposed to λεῖαι, [[ “IG” 12.280, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 526. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II.2. of epileptic patients, bearing the marks of the disease, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἱερῆς νούσου” 8 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of cattle, spotted or striped, [[ LXX.Gen.30.42. ] LXX]
__II.3. notable, remarkable, μνῆμ᾽ ἐ. a speaking remembrance, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1258 (_anapaest meter_); ξυμφοραί 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 543 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; εὐνή, λέχος, [[ [prev. author] “HF” 68, “Or.” 21; τύχη [prev. author] “Med.” 544; χαρακτήρ [prev. author] “Hec.” 379 ] Refs]; τάφος ἐπισημότατος [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.43; τιμωρία 4th c.BC: Lycurgus Orator 129; τόποι “IG” 12(3).326.42 (Thera, _superlative_) ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of garments, fine, [[ “SIG” 695.39 (5th c.BC: Magnes Comicus Mae., 2nd c.BC)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; and of persons, ἐ. σοφίην notable for wisdom, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.20; ἐ. ἐν βροτοῖς 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 103; ἐ. ξένοι 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 543 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: in bad sense, conspicuous, notorious, ἐς τὸν ψόγον [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 249 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; δέσμιος ἐ. [[ NT.Matt.27.16; διὰ δημοκοπίαν 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Fabius Maximus” 14; ἐπὶ τῇ μοχθηρίᾳ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Rh.Pr.” 25. ] NT+1st c.AD+]