σημᾰσία, ἡ,
(σημαίνω [[ 11)] Refs] the giving a signal or command, [[ LXX.Num.29.1 ] LXX]; αἱ ἀπὸ τῶν ἄρκτων σ. [[ 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 2.54. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__II indication, αἱ πράξεις ἤθους σ. ἐστίν [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 919b36 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; designation, [[ 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 8.6.5. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__II.2 meaning, signification, πρὸς τὸ περὶ σημασιῶν Φίλωνος, title of work by Chrysippus, [[ “Stoicorum Veterum Fragmenta” 2.5, compare 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ σημείων καὶ σημειώσεων” 34: frequently in Grammars, 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Pronominibus;” 14.3, +others, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “Tactica - Griechische Kriegsschriftsteller” 24.4, 4th c.AD: Iamblichus Philosophus “Protrepticus” 4, etc. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__II.3 notation in Music, [[ Gaud. Harm. 20. ] Refs]
__III the decisive appearance of a disease, [[ 2nd c.AD: Aretaeus Medicus “περὶ αἰτιῶν καὶ σημείων ὀξέων παθῶν” 1.5, +others ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__IV mark, ἐν δέρματι χρωτός [[ LXX.Lev.13.2 ] LXX]; of the Nile-flood, ἀνῆλθεν ἡ τοῦ Νείλου σ. κατὰ τὸ ἱερατικὸν σημεῖον [[ “Bull.Soc.Alex.” 5.55 (5th-6th c.AD). ] Refs 5th c.AD+]
__V address of a correspondent, [[ “POxy.” 1678.28 (3rd c.AD). ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]