γνώμων
ονος, Adj., ὁ
A.
one that knows or examines, an interpreter, discerner, θεσφάτων A. Ag. 1130; τῶν παραχρῆμα Th. 1.138; γλῶττα γ. (sc. γλυκέων καὶ δριμέων) X. Mem. 1.4.5: γνώμονες,οἱ, inspectors of the sacred olives at Athens, Lys. 7.25.
2.
expert witness or valuer, SIG 169.52 (lasus, iv B. C.).
3.
as Adj., discerning, νόος Hymn.Is. 141.
II.
carpenter's square, Polyaen. 4.3.21; [ὁ δημιουργὸς τῇ δεκάδι] ὥσπερ γνώμονι καὶ εὐθυντηρίῳ ἐχρήσατο Theol.Ar. 59.
2.
pointer of the sun-dial, Hdt. 2.109, Phld. Sign. 30, Plu. Per. 6 (pl.), D.L. 2.1.
b.
Geom., gnomon, Euc. 2 Def. 2, etc.
c.
Arith., number added to a figurate number to obtain the next number of the same figure, Iamb. in Nic. p.58 P.; esp. of the odd integers, Arist. Ph. 203a14, Theo Sm.p.32 H.; also of the original figurate number, Theol.Ar. 9 (dub.l.).
3.
= κλεψύδρα, Thphr. Fr. 159.
4.
point of a drill, Apollod. Poliorc. 149.4.
5.
generally, index, τινός Plu. 2.968f, Ael. NA 6.34, al., Vett.Val. 305.10; simply, mark, POxy. 1409.18 (iii A. D.).
6.
in pl., teeth that mark a horse's age, X. Eq. 3.1.
7.
metaph., rule of life, Thgn. 543, cf. Luc. Herm. 76.
8.
sens. obsc., ὁ γ. ἀνίσταται Diog. Ep. 35.
V.
tariff, OGI 674.5 (Coptos), BGU 1118.45 (i B. C.), AB 233.
2.
code of regulations, PGnom. 1, OGI 669.44 (i A. D.).