σφρᾱγ-ίς, Ion.σφρηγίς, ῖδος, ἡ: Aeol. acc. 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. 3. numbered area
on a worldmap, Eratosth. ap. Str.2.1.22, al.: pl., 11.12.5. V. Medic., pastille
, ἡ Πολυείδου σ. Gal.13.834, Paul.Aeg.7.12, cf. Cels.5.20.2, al. b. Πακκίου σ., Paccius's brand
, name of an eye-salve, Gal.12.751; eye-salves were certified by their makers by a seal-impression, e.g. D. Galli Sesti sfragis ad aspritudines
, CIL13.10021.76 (Gaul).