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σημάντωρ

semantor · ὁ

one who gives a signal, leader, commander

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What it meant

σημάν-τωρ · sēman-tōr — LSJ

one who gives a signal, leader, commander, driver, herdsman, subordinate officers

one who gives a signal, leader, commander, Il. 4.431, cf. Od. 19.314; of a horse, driver, Il. 8.127; of a herd, herdsman, 15.325, Q.S. 13.74; θεῶν σ., of Zeus, Hes. Sc. 56; σ. ἄνδρες h.Ap. 542; ἐθνέων ἦσαν ἄλλοι σ., of the subordinate officers, Hdt. 7.81.

2 informer, guide, indicator

informer, guide, S. OT 957 (v.l. σημήνας); παγίδων σημάντορα φελλόν indicator of the nets, AP 6.27 (Theaet.); μόλιβον, σελίδων σ. πλευρῆς (v. σελίς II), ib. 62 (Phil.), cf. 64 (Paul.Sil.).

II

later as Adj., even in fem., σημάντορι φωνῇ Nonn. D. 37.551; σ. καπνῷ Tryph. 237.

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