- ἄσημος
- ἄσημος, ον (σῆμα; Trag. Hdt.+; ins, pap, LXX) ‘without (distinguishing) mark’ (cp. the numismatic metaphor Philo, Migr. Abr. 79).① pert. to being unmarked, insignificant, unimportant (Gen 30:42; 3 Macc 1:3; Philo, Virt. 222; Jos., Bell. 6, 81, Ant. 16, 243 οὐκ ἄ., Vi. 1 οὐκ ἄ.) in litotes οὐκ ἄ. πόλις no unimportant city Ac 21:39 (Eur., Ion 8 οὐκ ἄ. πόλις, likewise Strabo 8, 6, 15; a favorite expr., s. Wetstein ad loc. opp. διάσημος of Alexandria: Acta Alex. Fgm. 4 col. 3, 10, p. 13; Renehan ’82, 38).② of words or statements whose meaning or intent is not readily grasped, obscure, unclear (Aeschyl., Prom. 662 χρησμοί; Hdt. 1, 86, 4) τὰ γεγραμμένα Dg 12:3.—DELG s.v. σῆμα. M-M. TW.
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