σύσσημ-ον, τό,
={σύμβολον}, signal, [[ 4th c.BC: Aeneas Tacticus 4.1, +others] Refs 4th c.BC+]; δεδώκει σ. [[ NT.Mark.14.44; τὸ σ. ἀνέβη LXX.Judg.20.40 ] LXX+NT]; αἴρειν τὸ σ. [[ 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 6.3.3, 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 11.22 ] Refs 1st c.BC+]; ἦρε τὸ συγκείμενον πρὸς μάχην σ. [[ [prev. author] 20.51. ] Refs]
__2 stamp on weights and measures, ἀπὸ συσσήμου πωλεῖν [[ 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 15.1.51. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__3 badge, ensign, τὰ τῆς ἀρχῆς σ. insignia, regalia, [[ 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 1.70 ] Refs 1st c.BC+]; token, means of recognition, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Περικειρομένη” 362 (censured by 2nd c.AD: Phrynichus Atticista 393): _metaphorically_ of a patronymic, Pseudo-Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Vitae Homeri” 24. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__4 pledge, pawn, [[ 3rd c.BC: Hedylus Epigrammaticus cited in 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 8.345b. ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]