χᾰρακτήρ, ῆρος, ὁ,
(χαράσσω) engraver, [[ Euryphamus Pythagoreus cited in 5th c.AD: Stobaeus, Joannes 4.39.27] Refs 5th c.AD+]; one who mints coins, [[ “IPE” 1216 A 14 (Olbia, 3rd c.BC). ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__2 graving tool, [[ 3rd c.BC: Daimachus Historicus 4J. (_plural_) cited in 5th c.AD(?): Stephanus Byzantius see at {Λακεδαίμων}. ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__3 die, stamp, [[ Inscriptiones Graecae 22.1013.64, 1408.11, 1424a120, 280, 1469.107; in a simile, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Generatione Animalium” 781a28. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__4 branding-iron, Clara Rhodos [[ 2.171 (2nd c.BC). ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__II mark engraved, impress, stamp on coins and seals, ἀργύρου λαμπρὸς χ. [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 559, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 289b, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1257a40 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; coin type, standard, ἦν δ᾽ ὁ ἀρχαῖος χ. δίδραχμον [[ [prev. author] “Ath.” 10.2, compare “OGI” 339.45 (Sestos, 2nd c.BC), 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 17.66 ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; Κότυος χ. Head [[ “Hist.Num.” 2285 (Thrace, 1st c.BC)] Refs 1st c.BC+]: hence, in plural, ={χάραγμα} 1.2, [[ “PFlor.” 61.21 (1st c.AD): _metaphorically_, οἷς ἡ ἀρετὴ εὐδοξίας χαρακτῆρα τοῖς ἔργοις ἐπέβαλεν] Refs 1st c.AD+] set a stamp upon them, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 1.8 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; Κύπριος (assuming variant) χαρακτὴρ.. ἐν γυναικείοις τύποις εἰκὼς πέπληκται [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 282. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]