στίγμα

A. tattoo-mark, Hdt. 5.35, Arist. HA 585b33, GA 721b32, IG 42(1).121.48, al. (Epid., iv B.C.), Polyaen. 1.24; ς. ἱρά, showing that the persons so marked were devoted to the service of the temple, Hdt. 2.113; esp. of a slave, Pl.Com. 187, Ps.-Phoc. 225, Cod.Theod. 10. 22.4; or a soldier, ibid., Aët. 8.12; στίγματα ἐξαίρει βατράχειον καταπλασθέν Dsc. Eup. 1.110: so metaph., ς. Ἰησοῦ Ep.Gal. 6.17 (pl.); ἀνωφελῆ ς., of inscribed laws, D.Chr. 80.5.

2. generally, mark, spot, as on the dragon's skin, Hes. Sc. 166, cf. Paus. 8.2.7, 8.4.7.

3. stud, LXX Ca. 1.11.

4. ς. χρυσοῦν colour of gold, Ps.Democr. ap.Zos.Alch.p.119 B., cf.p.126 B.

5. = cicatricis signum, Gloss.