Strong G5481χαρακτήρ

χᾰρακτήρ, ῆρος, ὁ,
(χαράσσω) engraver, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (Euryphamus Pythagoreus cited in 5th c.AD: Stobaeus, Joannes 4.39.27)]; one who mints coins, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“IPE” 1216 A 14 (Olbia, 3rd c.BC).)]
2 graving tool, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Daimachus Historicus 4J. (_plural_) cited in 5th c.AD(?): Stephanus Byzantius see at {Λακεδαίμων}.)]
3 die, stamp, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (Inscriptiones Graecae 22.1013.64, 1408.11, 1424a120, 280, 1469.107; in a simile, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Generatione Animalium” 781a28.)]
4 branding-iron, Clara Rhodos [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2.171 (2nd c.BC).)]
II mark engraved, impress, stamp on coins and seals, ἀργύρου λαμπρὸς χ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 559, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 289b, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1257a40)]; coin type, standard, ἦν δ᾽ ὁ ἀρχαῖος χ. δίδραχμον [Refs 2nd c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Ath.” 10.2, compare “OGI” 339.45 (Sestos, 2nd c.BC), 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 17.66)]; Κότυος χ. Head [Refs 1st c.BC+ (“Hist.Num.” 2285 (Thrace, 1st c.BC))]: hence, in plural, ={χάραγμα} 1.2, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“PFlor.” 61.21 (1st c.AD): _metaphorically_, οἷς ἡ ἀρετὴ εὐδοξίας χαρακτῆρα τοῖς ἔργοις ἐπέβαλεν)] set a stamp upon them, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 1.8)]; Κύπριος (assuming variant) χαρακτὴρ.. ἐν γυναικείοις τύποις εἰκὼς πέπληκται [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 282.)]
II.2 especially of figures or letters, οἱ τῶν γραμμάτων χ. [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.214f)]; ὁ τύπος τῶν χ. [Refs 1st c.BC+ ([prev. work]577f, compare 1120f, 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 3.67)]; of the letters used by [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus in “Epid.” 3.1, Zeno and Apollonius cited in 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 17(1).618)], compare 524f; of a single letter of the alphabet, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Orationes” 2.72a; ξυλήφια βραχέα ἔχοντα χαρακτῆρα 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 6.35.7)]; brand on a camel, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“PGen.” 29.8 (2nd c.AD))]; of symbols in a prescription, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 13.995)]; of magical symbols (such as the seven vowels), τῶν χ. ἡ ἀπόρρητος φύσις [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Orationes” 7.216c, compare 4th c.AD: Iamblichus Philosophus “de Mysteriis” 3.13, 4th c.AD: Sallustius Philosophus 15)]; of hieroglyphs, opposed to γράμματα, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Herm.” 44.)]
II.3 metaphorically, distinctive mark or token impressed (as it were) on a person or thing, by which it is known from others, characteristic, character, χ. γλώσσης, of a particular dialect, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.57, 142; χ. αὑτὸς ἐν γλώσσῃ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 176; χ. ἡμεδαπὸς τῶν ῥημάτων 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 220)]; ὁ Ἑλληνικὸς χ. Greek idiom, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “Epistula ad Pompeium” 3)]: frequently of persons, feature, ὁ χ. τοῦ προσώπου [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.116; εἰληφέναι χαρακτῆρα ἑκατέρου τοῦ εἴδους 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 263b; οἱ τῆς ὄψεως χ. 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 1.91; ἀνδρῶν οὐδεὶς χ. ἐμπέφυκε σώματι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 519; δεινὸς χ. κἀπίσημος.. ἐσθλῶν γενέσθαι [prev. author] “Hec.” 379; φανερὸς χ. ἀρετᾶς [prev. author] “HF” 659 (Lyric poetry))]; ἠθικοὶ χ., title of work by [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus: _plural_, οἱ χ.)] the features of the face, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 13.12.1, compare “OGI” 508.13 (Ephesus, 2nd c.AD); χ. μορφῆς ἐμῆς [prev. work]383.60 (Nemrud Dagh, 1st c.BC, _sing._))]; [τοῦ ἐμβρύου] [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Soranus Medicus 1.33 (_plural_): hence,)]
II.4 type or character (regarded as shared with others) of a thing or person, rarely of an individual nature, ἀνδρὸς χ. ἐκ λόγου γνωρίζεται [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 72; χ. μοχθηρότατον παραπλάττεσθαι 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 1.6 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus; τὸν χ. τὸν Διογένους 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 3.22.80; τίνα ἔχει χ. τὰ δόγματ; [prev. work] 4.5.17)]; of nations, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 18.34.7.)]
II.5 style, frequently in Rhet., ὁ Δημοσθένους χ. [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Demosthene” 9, compare “Pomp.” 1, 1st c.BC: Cicero, M. Tullius Orator et Philosophus “Epistulae ad Quintum Fratrem” 2.15(16).5; χ. δικανικός 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 2.137S.)]; χ. optimi the ideal type, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Cicero, M. Tullius Orator et Philosophus “Oralor” 11.36, compare 39.134; χ. ἰσχνός, μεγαλοπρεπής, γλαφυρός, δεινός 4th c.BC: Demetrius Phalereus Rhetor “Demetrius on Style” 36, compare 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Demosthene” 33; χ. λέξεως [prev. author] “Lys.” 11; χ. Ἀσιανός 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 13.1.66.)]
II.6 impress, image, τῆς ὑποστάσεως [τοῦ θεοῦ] [NT (NT.Heb.1.3)]; πάθους, ἀρετῆς, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (3rd c.AD: Longinus Rhetor 22.1, 4th-5th c.AD: Eunapius Historicus “Fragmenta Historica - HGM” p.243 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator: _absolutely_, οἱ Σεβάστειοι χ.)] the imperial seal, i.e. the emperor himself, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (“IG” 5(2).268.24 (Mantinea, 1st c.BC).)]
II.7 Grammars, typical form, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Syntaxi;” 20.10, 103.23.)]