ατος (τὸ) :
      1 piqûre, ARSTT. H.A. 7, 6, 6 ; particul. piqûre au fer rouge, HDT. 7, 233 ; particul. tatouage par suite de pratiques religieuses, HDT. 2, 113 ; ou en gén. DS. 14, 30 ;
      2 tacheture, moucheture, HÉS. Sc. 166 ; DIOSC. 2, 98, 205.

Étym. στίζω.

ατος, τό, tattoo-mark, Hdt. 5.35, Arist. HA 585b33, GA 721b32, IG4²(1).121.48, al. (Epid., iv BC), 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. generally, mark, spot, as on the dragon΄s skin, Hes. Sc. 166, cf. Paus. 8.2.7, 8.4.7.
stud, LXX Ca. 1.11. σ. χρυσοῦν colour of gold, Ps.-Democr. ap. Zos.Alch. p. 119 B., cf. p. 126 B. = cicatricis signum, Gloss.

τό, der Stich, der mit einem spitzigen Werkzeuge gemachte Punkt, Arist. H.A. 7.6, – Zeichen, Brandmal, Her. 7.233 ; – von den Flecken auf der Haut des Drachen Hes. Sc. 166, wo Hermann στιγμαί lesen will.

στίγμα -τος, τό
(< στίζω, to prick), [in LXX: Sng.1:11 (נְקֻדָּה) * ;]
a tattoed mark or brand: τὰ σ. τοῦ Ἰησοῦ, Gal.6:17 (see Lft., in l; Deiss., BS, 349; LAE, 303; MM, xxiii).†
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