σφρᾱγ-ίζω,
Ionic dialect σφρηγίζω, close or enclose with a seal, σφραγίζεις λύεις τ᾽ ὀπίσω.. πεύκην (={δέλτον}) [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 38 (_anapaest meter_); ταβέλλας “PHamb.” 29.23 (1st c.AD)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ σιτάριον [[ “BGU” 249.21 (1st c.AD)] Refs 1st c.AD+]:—middle, τὸν θησαυρόν [[ “PAmh.” 2.41.7 (2nd c.BC)] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; μόνη δὲ κλῇθρ᾽ ἐγὼ σφραγίζομαι [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 781.10; -ισάμενος τὸν ναὸν ἐκέλευσε σφραγίσαι τῷ τοῦ βασιλέως δακτυλίῳ LXX “Bel.” 14; [τὸ ταμιεῖον] -ισάμενος εἴσω τὸν δακτύλιον διὰ τῆς ὀπῆς ἐρρίπτει 3rd c.AD(?): Diogenes Laertius 4.59 ] LXX+5th c.BC+]; δεῖγμα σφραγισάσθω let him seal up with his seal a sample (of the corn), [[ “PHib.” 1.39.15 (3rd c.BC)] Refs 3rd c.BC+]:—passive, ἐν ᾧ [δώματι] κεραυνός ἐστιν ἐσφραγισμένος [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 828; ἐσφράγισται ἐν τοῖς θησαυροῖς μου LXX.Deu.32.34 ] LXX+4th c.BC+]; οὐ δύναμαι ἀναγνῶναι [τὸ βιβλίον]· ἐσφράγισται γάρ[[LXX.Isa.29.11; θυλάκιον ἐσφραγισμένον “PCair.Zen.” 69.6 (3rd c.BC)] LXX+3rd c.BC+]; ἐσφραγίσθη γῇ λευκῇ [[ “POxy.” 929.13 (2nd-3rd c.AD). ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__2 authenticate a document with a seal, [[ Inscriptiones Graecae 9(1).61.78,95 (Daulis, 2nd c.BC):] Refs 2nd c.BC+] —middle [[, [prev. work] 61.41] Refs]; ἵνα μὴ κυριεύσας (i.e. τῆς σφραγῖδος) κοινὴν ἐπιστολὴν κατὰ πάντων γράψας σφραγίσηται αὐτῇ τῇ σφραγῖδι [[ “PHib.” 1.72.19 (3rd c.BC)] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; ἐξαποστεῖλαι εἰς Ῥόδον τοῦδε τοῦ ψηφίσματος ἀντίγραφον, σφραγισαμένους τῇ δημοσίᾳ σφραγῖδι [[ “IG” 12(5).833.14 (Tenos, 2nd c.BC), compare 835.31, +others, 11(4).1065b28 (Delos(?), 2nd c.BC)] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; τὸ βιβλίον τῆς κτήσεως τὸ ἐσφραγισμένον [[ LXX.Jer.39(32).11; τὴν παρὰ τοῦ βασιλέως διὰ τῆς θυρίδος ἐσφραγισμένην.. [ἔντευξιν] “UPZ” 53.5 (2nd c.BC). ] LXX+2nd c.BC+]