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ἐπί-σημος , Dor. ἐπί-σα_μος , ον, (σῆμα)
A.serving to distinguish, “τοῖς δ᾽ ὄνομ᾽ ἄνθρωποι κατέθεντ᾽ ἐ. ἑκάστῳ” Parm.19.3.
II.. having a mark, inscription or device on it, esp. of money, stamped, coined, χρυσὸς ἐ., opp. ἄσημος, Hdt.9.41; “ἀργύριον” Th.2.13; “χρυσίον” X.Cyr.4.5.40, cf.IG12.301, al.; so ἀναθήματα οὐκ ἐ. offerings with no inscription on them, Hdt.1.51; ἀσπίδες ἐ., opp. λεῖαι, IG12.280, cf. Men.526.
2.. of epileptic patients, bearing the marks of the disease, Hp.Morb.Sacr.8; of cattle, spotted or striped, LXX Ge.30.42.
3.. notable, remarkable, μνῆμ᾽ ἐ. a speaking remembrance, S.Ant.1258(anap.); “ξυμφοραί” E.Or.543; εὐνή, λέχος, Id.HF68, Or.21; “τύχη” Id.Med.544; “χαρακτήρ” Id.Hec.379; τάφος “ἐπισημότατος” Th.2.43; “τιμωρία” Lycurg.129; “τόποι” IG12(3).326.42 (Thera, Sup.); of garments, fine, SIG695.39 (Magn. Mae., ii B.C.); and of persons, ἐ. σοφίην notable for wisdom, Hdt.2.20; “ἐ. ἐν βροτοῖς” E.Hipp.103; “ἐ. ξένοι” Ar.Fr.543: in bad sense, conspicuous, notorious, “ἐς τὸν ψόγον” E.Or.249; δέσμιος ἐ. Ev.Matt.27.16; “διὰ δημοκοπίαν” Plu.Fab.14; “ἐπὶ τῇ μοχθηρίᾳ” Luc.Rh.Pr.25.
4.. significant, οὐκ ἐ. Artem.1.59, 3.32.
III.. Adv. “-μως” Plb.6.39.9, Sm.Ps.73(74).4, J.BJ6.1.8: Comp. “-ότερον” Gal.9.762; “-οτέρως” Artem.2.9: Sup. “-ότατα” Luc.Hist.Conscr.43.
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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