σημεῖον
Ancient Greek
noun
Definitions
- a mark, sign, token; an indication
- tomb
- sign from the gods, omen
- sign or signal to do a thing, made by flags
- standard or flag
- (heraldry) device upon a shield or ship; figurehead
- signet on ring; figure, image
- watchword, warcry
- birthmark or distinguishing feature
- (logic) a proof
- (logic) a sign used as a probable argument in proof of a conclusion
- (geometry) a point
- (medicine) symptom
- (medicine) a kind of skin eruption
- (in plural) shorthand symbols
- critical mark
- (mathematics) mathematical point
- point of time, instant
- (prosody) unit of time
Etymology
Affix from Ancient Greek σῆμᾰ (mark, sign).
Origin
Ancient Greek
σῆμᾰ
Gloss
mark, sign
Concept
Semantic Field
Speech and language
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
🛑
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- semeion English
- teleseme English
- semaeologia Latin
- semiología Spanish, Castilian
- semiológico Spanish, Castilian
- semiólogo Spanish, Castilian
- Κυνὸς Σῆμα Ancient Greek
- σημείωσις Ancient Greek
- σημειόω Ancient Greek
- σῆμᾰ Ancient Greek
- semiólogo Portuguese
- semiologia Polish
- σημείο Greek (modern)