στῐγ-μα, ατος, τό,
tattoo-mark, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.35, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 585b33, “GA” 721b32, “IG” 42(1).121.48, +others (Epid., 4th c.BC), 2nd c.AD: Polyaenus Historicus 1.24 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; σ. ἱρά, showing that the persons so marked were devoted to the service of the temple, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.113 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; especially of a slave, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Comicus 187, 1st c.AD(?): Pseudo-Phocylidea 225, “Codex Theodosianus [5th c.AD]” 10. 22.4; or a soldier, [prev. passage], 6th c.AD: Aëtius Medicus 8.12; στίγματα ἐξαίρει βατράχειον καταπλασθέν 1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus “Eup.” 1.110: so _metaphorically_, σ. Ἰησοῦ NT.Gal.6.17 (_plural_)] NT+5th c.BC+]; ἀνωφελῆ σ., of inscribed laws, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Dio Chrysostomus Sophista 80.5. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__2 generally, mark, spot, as on the dragon's skin, [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 166, compare 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 8.2.7, 8.4.7. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__3 stud, [[ LXX.Cant.1.11. ] LXX]
__4 σ. χρυσοῦν colour of gold, Ps.[[ 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus cited in Zos.Alch. p.119 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus, comparep.126 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__5= cicatricis signum, [[“Corpus Glossariorum Latinorum”] Refs]