Ἐπὶ σημείου

on a pole, on a standard

Translated by David Whitehead18 Nov 2007Vetting: high4 revisions

4 words

[Meaning] on a height.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἐπὶ σημείου· ἐπὶ ὕψους.

Betacode

*)epi\ shmei/ou: e)pi\ u(/yous.

Same entry in Photius and other lexica. The headword phrase is almost certainly extracted from a frequently quoted passage in the Septuagint: Numbers 21.8-9 (Moses, under instruction from God, makes a brass serpent and sets it up e)pi\ shmei/ou, to heal actual snake bites).