A.“σφρᾶγιν” Choerob. in Theod.1.327 H. (v.l. σφράγιν), Eust.265.18:—seal, signet, Hdt.1.195, 3.41, PHib.1.72.19 (iii B.C.), Numen. ap. Eus.PE14.7, etc.; distd. from δακτύλιος, Ar.Fr.320.12, Pl.Hp.Mi.368c; “ς. ἐπιβάλλειν” Ar.Av.560 (anap.), Th.415; τῶν σφραγῖδας ἐχόντων, i.e. fops, Id.Ec. 632 (anap.); “ἔχων . . σφραγῖδα καὶ μεμυρισμένος” Antiph.190.2; of the public seal of a state, [ὁ ἐπιστάτης] τηρεῖ τὴν δημοσίαν ς. Arist.Ath. 44.1, cf.IG22.204.40, Str.9.3.1; τὸν στρατηγὸν καὶ ἐπὶ τῆς ς. keeper of the privy seal, IGRom.4.1712 (Samos, ii B.C.).
2. gem or stone for a ring, Hdt.7.69, cf. Arist.Mete.387b17, Thphr.Lap.44; τὰς τῶν δακτυλίων ς. Arist.Aud.801b4; “ς. ἴασπις χρυσοῦν δακτύλιον ἔχουσα” IG22.1388.87; ς. ὑάλιναι ib.90.
3. generally, gem, “κιθάραν . . σφραγῖσι . . κατακεκοσμημένην” Luc.Ind.8.
II. impression of a signet-ring, seal, ς. δακτυλίου Lex Solonis ap.D.L.1.57; “σφραγῖδος ἕρκος” S.Tr.615, cf. El.1223, E.IA155 (anap.), Th.1.129; παρασημήνασθαι σασθαι ς. to counterfeit it, ib.132; warrant attached to a camel, “οἴσομεν ὑμῖν τὴν ς. καὶ οὐδὲν ζητηθήσεται πρὸς ἡμᾶς” PBasel2.11 (ii A.D.): metaph., σφρηγὶς ἐπικείσθω τοῖσδ᾽ ἔπεσιν, as a warrant, Thgn.19; but ἀρρήτων ἐπέων γλώσσῃ ς. ἐπικείσθω (for secrecy) Luc.Epigr.11; “ς. δ᾽ ἡμετέρης γλώττης ἐπὶ τοῖσδεσι κεῖται” Critias 5; “διάτορον σφραγῖδα θραύων στόματος” Tim.Pers.160; ἔχεις κόσμου σφρηγῖδα τυπῶτιν, of the Creator, Orph.H.34.26. cf. 64.2; ὁρκίζω σφραγῖδα (σφρακ- pap.) “θεοῦ, ὅπερ ἐστὶν ὅρασις” PMag.Berol.1.306; drawing, “γράφε χαλκῷ γραφίῳ τὴν ὑποκειμένην ς. τοῦ ζῳδίου” PMag. Osl. 1.39.
2. any mark, as the spots on a leopard, Opp.C.2.299: v. σφηρός.
3. wound, blow, Lyc.780.
III. tablet of Lemnian medicinal earth certified as such by bearing the impression of the seal of the Lemnian priestess of Artemis, Dsc.5.97; ς. Λημνία Id.Alex.Prooem., Gal.12.169, Aret.CA2.2, so prob. in Archig. ap. Orib.44.26.11, 51.42.5.
IV. governmentally defined and numbered area of land (including plots belonging to different owners) in Egypt, POxy.918ii 8 (ii A.D.), PFay.339 (ii A.D.), BGU831.6 (iii A.D.), PHamb.12.2 (iii A.D.), Sammelb.4325 ii 4 (iii A.D.).
2. registered holding of land, PTeb.105.13, al. (ii B.C.), PLond.3.880.20 (ii B.C.), PAmh.2.87,90 (ii A.D.), etc.