εὔσημ-ος,
Dor. εὔσᾱμος, ον,
I of good signs or omens, φάσμα ναυβάταις E. IA 252 (lyr.), cf. Plu. Caes. 43; ἱερά Philostr. VA 8.7.12; [ πῦρ ] ib. 1.31.
II
1. easily known by signs, conspicuous, εὔσημον γὰρ οὔ μελανθάνει [τὸ πλοῖον ] A. Supp. 714; καπνῷ δ’ ἁλοῦσα.. εὔ. πόλις Id. Ag. 818; σημεῖα Hp. Mochl. 16; τόπος Annuario 4 /5.225 (Rhodes, ii B.C.); ἴχνη Thphr. CP 6.19.5 (Comp.); οὐκ εὔσημον, ὅθεν.. not easy to distinguish, ib. 3.8.2; legible, clear, ὅπως -σαμοτέρα ὑπάρχῃ ἁ ἀναγραφά SIG 1023.96 (Cos, iii/ii B.C.); εὔ. γράμματα OGI 665.12 (Egypt, i A.D.); εὔ. προσαγόρευσις Men. 381; of sound, distinct, βοαι S. Ant. 1021; ἦχοι Phld. Po. 2.16 (Sup.); wellmarked, βραχίων Philostr. Gym. 35; οὐλὴ εὔσημος PPetr. 1p.54 (iii B.C.).
2. clear, intelligible, λόγον εὔ. δοῦναι [1Co 14:9]; διδασκαλία Erot. Prooem., Heliod. ap. Orib. 48.20.7.
3. evident, τισι Phld. Ir. p.91 W., cf. Porph. Abst. 3.5.
4. εὔσημα, τά, = Lat. insignia, f.l. for σύσσημα, D.S. 36.2.
5. of garments, with fine edging, BGU 1564.11 (ii A.D.).
III Adv. - μως clearly, distinctly, ἔχειν Arist. Mete. 363a27; μεμνῆσθαι Str. 10.2.23; προσανένεγκε POxy. 1188.5 (i A.D.): Sup. - ότατα Plu. 2.1022a.
G2154 — εὔσημος
εὔσημον (εὖ and σῆμα a sign), well-marked, clear and definite, distinct: λόγος, [1Co 14:9] (A. V. easy to be understood). (Aeschylus (Sophocles), Theophrastus, Polybius, Plutarch.)
εὔσημος , - ον
( < εὖ + οῆμα , a sign),
[in LXX for H3677, [Psa 81:3] (- ως , from LXX 219) * ;]
1. conspicuous ( cf. Ps, l.c .).
2. clear to the understanding, distinct: [1Co 14:9]. †