sēmanamō

σημαίνω,
Refs 8th c.BC+; σᾱμαίνω, Refs: Ionic dialect imperfect σημαίνεσκον Refs 4th c.AD+: future σημᾰνῶ Refs 5th c.BC+, Ionic dialect -ᾰνέωRefs 8th c.BC+aorist ἐσήμηναRefs 5th c.BC+, Epic dialect σήμηνα Refs 8th c.BC+; but in codices of NT+5th c.BC+: perfect σεσήμαγκα Refs 4th c.BC+ —middle, future σημᾰνοῦμαι, Ionic dialect -έομαιRefs 5th c.BC+: aorist ἐσημηνάμην Refs 8th c.BC+:—passive, future σημανθήσομαι Refs 5th c.BC+: future middle in passive sense, Refs 5th c.BC+: aorist ἐσημάνθην Refs 4th c.BC+: perfect σεσήμασμαι Refs 5th c.BC+; 3rd.pers. singular σεσήμανται Refs 5th c.BC+, infinitive σεσημάνθαι Refs 5th c.BC+: (σῆμα):—show by a sign, indicate, point out, τέρματα Refs 8th c.BC+; τοῦτον σημήνας after indicating the person, Refs 5th c.BC+; σ. εὔδια πάντα (i.e. εἶναι) Refs 3rd c.BC+ —middle, πάντα σημαίνει you have all things shown you (?), Refs
2 absolutely, give signs, φθόγγος, φῶς σ., Refs 5th c.BC+; σ. καπνῷ make signal, Refs 5th c.BC+ in future with αὐτός, πλοῦς αὐτὸς σημανεῖ Refs; αὐτὸ σημανεῖ (without substantive) Refs
3 of the Delphic oracle, οὔτε λέγει οὔτε κρύπτει ἀλλὰ σημαίνει Refs 1st c.AD+; so of omens, Refs 5th c.BC+:—passive, σημαίνεσθαι διὰ τῶν ἐμπύρων Refs 1st c.AD+
4 in later Prose intransitive, appear, be manifest, Refs 4th c.BC+ (but passive in same sense,Refs 5th c.BC+
4.b σημαίνει impersonal, signs appear, Refs 4th c.BC+
II give a sign or signal to do a thing, or bid one do it, with dative person et infinitive, Refs 5th c.BC+; give orders to, bear command over, with dative, πᾶσι δὲ σημαίνειν Refs 8th c.BC+; with genitive, στρατοῦ Refs 8th c.BC+: absolutely, give orders, ὁ δὲ σημαίνων ἐπέτελλεν Refs 8th c.BC+participle, σημαίνων,= σημάντωρ, Refs 5th c.BC+
II.2 in war or battle, give the signal of attack, etc., Refs 5th c.BC+ give a signal for retreat, Refs 5th c.BC+: with infinitive, Refs 5th c.BC+, signal is given, as τοῖσι Ἕλλησι ὡς ἐσήμηνε when signal was given for the Greeks to attack, Refs 5th c.BC+infinitive, ἐσήμαινε παραρτέεσθαι πάντα signal was given to make all ready, Refs 5th c.BC+; also σ. ἐπὶ πλόον πῦρ gives the signal for sailing, Refs 3rd c.AD+
II.3 generally, σ. [τῷ ἵππῳ] τι, προχωρεῖν σ. τῷ ἵππῳ, Refs 5th c.BC+
II.4 make signals, εἰς τὴν πόλιν Refs —passive, ἐσημάνθησαν προσπλέουσαιRefs
III signify, indicate, declare, φόνον Refs 5th c.BC+; by ὅτι.., Refs 5th c.BC+; σ. ὅπου.. NT+5th c.BC+: with participle, signify that a thing is, φρυκτοῦ φῶς.. σημαίνει μολόν Refs 5th c.BC+ —passive, ὁ σημαινόμενος δοῦλος the abovementioned slave, Refs 1st c.AD+it having been reported, Refs 2nd c.BC+
III.2 interpret, explain, Refs 5th c.BC+; tell, speak, Refs tell, Refs 5th c.BC+
III.3 of a writer, signify, indicate, ὅτι.. Refs 1st c.BC+; of words, sentences, etc., signify, mean, ταὐτὸν σημαίνει Refs 5th c.BC+; σημαίνοντα significant sounds, opposed to ἄσημα, Refs —passive, τὸ σημαινόμενον the sense, meaning of words, Refs 1st c.BC+; opposed to τὸ σημαῖνον, Refs 3rd c.BC+
B middle σημαίνομαι, give oneself a token, i.e. conclude from signs, conjecture, τὰ μὲν σημαίνομαι, τὰ δ᾽ ἐκπέπληγμαι Refs 5th c.BC+; ἄστροις σ. [τὰς πόλεις], proverbial in Refs 2nd c.AD+; of dogs hunting, μυξωτῆρσι σ. τι Refs 3rd c.AD+
B.II provide with a sign or mark, seal, σημαίνεσθαι βύβλῳ (i.e. βοῦν), i.e. by sealing a strip of byblus round his horn, Refs 5th c.BC+ —passive, εὖ σεσημάνθαι to be well sealed up, Refs 5th c.BC+; τὰ σεσημασμένα, opposed to τὰ ἀσήμαντα, Refs 5th c.BC+
B.II.2 mark out, choose for oneself, τοὺς εὐρωστοτάτους Refs 2nd c.BC+

H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.