σημεί-ωσις, εως, ἡ,
indication, notice, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.961c. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__II inference from a sign, [[ 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ σημείων καὶ σημειώσεων” 2, +others; ὁ καθ᾽ ὁμοιότητα τρόπος τῆς σ. [prev. work] 1; ὁ κατ᾽ ἀνασκευὴν τρόπος τῆς σ. [prev. work] 31. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__II.2 in Medicine texts, remarking, observing of symptoms, [[ 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 19.394] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; used by the νεώτεροι for διάγνωσις accusative to [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Heliodorus Medicus cited in 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 45.16.4 ] Refs 1st c.AD+]; later, examination, ἡ διὰ τοῦ πυρῆνος σ. [[ 7th c.AD: Paulus Aegineta Medicus 6.77. ] Refs 7th c.AD+]
__III visible sign or token, as a banner, [[ LXX.Psa.59(60).6. ] LXX]