σφρᾱγ-ίς,
Ionic dialectσφρηγίς, ῖδος, ἡ: Aeolic dialect accusative σφρᾶγιν [[ 4th-5th c.AD: Choeroboscus Grammaticus “Scholia in Theodosii Canones” 1.327 H. (variant{σφράγιν}), 12th c.AD: Eustathius Episcopus Thessalonicensis 265.18 ] Refs 4th c.AD+]:—seal, signet, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.195, 3.41, “PHib.” 1.72.19 (3rd c.BC), 2nd c.AD: Numenius Apamensis Platonicus cited in 4th c.AD: Eusebius Caesariensis Scriptor Ecclesiasticus “Praeparatio Evangelica” 14.7, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; distinguished from δακτύλιος, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 320.12, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Hp.Mi.” 368c; σ. ἐπιβάλλειν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 560 (_anapaest meter_), “Th.” 415 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τῶν σφραγῖδας ἐχόντων, i.e. fops, [[ [prev. author] “Ec.” 632 (_anapaest meter_); ἔχων.. σφραγῖδα καὶ μεμυρισμένος 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 190.2 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; of the public seal of a state, [ὁ ἐπιστάτης] τηρεῖ τὴν δημοσίαν σ. [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ἀθηναίων Πολιτεία” 44.1, compare “IG” 22.204.40, 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 9.3.1 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; τὸν στρατηγὸν καὶ ἐπὶ τῆς σ. keeper of the privy seal, [[ Inscriptiones Graecae ad res Romanas pertinentes 4.1712 (Samos, 2nd c.BC). ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__2 gem or stone for a ring, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.69, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 387b17, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Lapidibus” 44 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰς τῶν δακτυλίων σ. [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Audibilibus” 801b4; σ. ἴασπις χρυσοῦν δακτύλιον ἔχουσα “IG” 22.1388.87; σ. ὑάλιναι [prev. work]90. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__3 generally, gem, κιθάραν.. σφραγῖσι.. κατακεκοσμημένην [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Ind.” 8. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]