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, SIG169.52 (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.
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.NA6.34, 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.
V. tariff, OGI 674.5 (Coptos), BGU1118.45 (i B. C.), AB233.
2. code of regulations, PGnom.1, OGI669.44 (i A. D.).