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|lshtext=<b>nŏta</b>: ae, f. [[nosco]],<br /><b>I</b> a [[mark]], [[sign]], [[note]] (cf.: [[signum]], [[insigne]], [[indicium]]): [[nota]] [[alias]] significat [[signum]]; ut in pecoribus, tabulis, libris, litterae singulae aut binae, [[alias]] ignominiam, Paul. ex Fest. p. 174 Müll. (v. in the foll.).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In gen.: reliquis epistulis notam apponam eam, quae mihi [[tecum]] convenit, Cic. Fam. 13, 6, a, 2: si signa et notas ostenderem locorum, id. de Or. 2, 41, 174; Liv. 37, 31: [[sive]] [[puer]] furens Impressit memorem dente labris notam, Hor. C. 1, 13, 11: caeruleae cui (angui) notae, Verg. A. 5, 87.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In partic.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Notae litterarum, marks or characters in [[writing]], letters: qui sonos vocis, qui infiniti videbantur, paucis litterarum notis terminavit, Cic. Tusc. 1, 25, 62: sortes in robore insculptae priscarum litterarum notis, id. Div. 2, 41, 85.—So [[without]] litterarum: quosque legat [[versus]] [[oculo]] properante [[viator]], Grandibus in tituli marmore caede notis, Ov. Tr. 3, 3, 72: foliisque notas et nomina mandat, Verg. A. 3, 444: C [[nota]] praenominis, cum sola Gaium notat; [[item]] numeri cum [[centum]] significat, Diom. 418 P.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Transf., notae, a [[letter]], [[epistle]], [[writing]] ([[poet]].): inspicit acceptas [[hostis]] ab hoste notas, Ov. H. 4, 6; 20, 207; id. M. 6, 577: incisa notis marmora publicis, Hor. C. 4, 8, 13.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Secret characters, [[secret]] [[writing]], [[cipher]]: in quibus (epistulis), si [[qua]] occultius perferenda essent, per notas scripsit, Suet. Caes. 56; id. Aug. 88; Cic. Mur. 11, 25; cf. Gell. 17, 9; Isid. Orig. 1, 25.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Short-[[hand]] characters, stenographic signs, used [[instead]] of the letters of the [[alphabet]]: [[apud]] veteres cum [[usus]] notarum [[nullus]] esset, [[propter]] perscribendi difficultatem ... quaedam verba [[atque]] nomina ex communi sensu primis litteris notabant, et singulae litterae [[quid]] significarent, in promptu erat, Val. Prob. de Jur. Not. Signif. 1: [[quid]] verborum notas, quibus [[quamvis]] citata excipitur [[oratio]] et celeritatem linguae [[manus]] sequitur? Sen. Ep. 90, 25; Suet. Tit. 3: notis scriptae tabulae non continentur [[edicto]], [[quia]] notas litteras non esse [[Pedius]] scripsit, Dig. 37, 1, 6; ib. 50, 13, 1, § 7: verba notis brevibus comprendere cuncta [[peritus]], Raptimque punctis dicta praepetibus sequi, Prud. στεφ. 9, 23.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>4</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Memoranda, notes, [[brief]] extracts: [[idem]] ([[Aristoteles]]) locos, [[quasi]] argumentorum notas, tradidit, Cic. Or. 14, 46.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>5</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A [[note]] in [[music]]: notis musicis cantica excipere, Quint. 1, 12, 14. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>6</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A [[critical]] [[mark]], made on the [[margin]] of a [[book]] in [[reading]], to [[point]] [[out]] [[particular]] passages: notam apponere ad [[malum]] [[versum]], Cic. Pis. 30, 73: mittam [[tibi]] libros, et imponam notas, ut ad ea ipsa [[protinus]], quae [[probo]] et [[miror]] accedas, Sen. Ep. 6, 4; cf. Isid. Orig. 1, 21; Varr. R. R. 1, 59, 2.— Hence,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Transf., a [[critical]] [[remark]], a [[note]], on a [[writing]]: ex notā Marcelli [[constat]], etc., Dig. 49, 17, 10; Cod. Th. 1, 4, 1.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>7</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A [[mark]] on a [[wine]]-[[cask]], to [[denote]] the [[quality]] of the [[wine]]: [[nota]] Falerni, Hor. C. 2, 3, 8; id. S. 1, 10, 24.—Hence,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Transf., a [[sort]], [[kind]], [[quality]]: eae notae sunt optimae, i. e. wines of those brands, Cic. Brut. 83, 287: ex hac notā corporum est aër, Sen. Q. N. 2, 2, 4: secundae notae mel, Col. 9, 15, 3: eum ex hac notā litteratorum esse, Petr. 83: de meliore notā, Cur. ap. Cic. Fam. 7, 29, 1: quaedam beneficia non sunt ex hac vulgari notā, sed majora, Sen. Ben. 3, 9, 1.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>8</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A distinguishing [[mark]]. [[distinctive]] [[feature]]: cujusque generis dicendi [[nota]], Cic. Or. 23, 75; Phaedr. 4, 22, 22.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>9</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A [[nod]], [[beck]], [[sign]]: innuet: acceptas tu [[quoque]] redde notas, Ov. A. A. 3, 514; id. M. 11, 466. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>10</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A [[brand]] on the [[body]] of a [[bad]] [[slave]]: multos honesti ordinis, deformatos [[prius]] stigmatum notis, ad metalla condemnavit, Suet. Calig. 27.—Also of [[tattoo]]-marks: [[barbarus]] [[compunctus]] notis Thraciis, Cic. Off. 2, 7, 25: interstincti corpora ... fucatis et densioribus notis, Amm. 31, 2, 14.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>11</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A [[mark]], [[spot]], [[mole]] on the [[body]] (syn.: [[naevus]], [[macula]]): corpore traditur maculoso dispersis per [[pectus]] [[atque]] alvum genetivis notis, Suet. Aug. 80; Hor. C. 4, 2, 59.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>12</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A [[stamp]] [[impression]] on a [[coin]]: nummos [[omnis]] notae, Suet. Aug. 75; 94; id. Ner. 25.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In gen., a [[mark]], [[sign]], token: notae ac vestigia suorum flagitiorum, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 47, § 115: [[quam]] [[scite]] per notas nos certiores facit [[Juppiter]], id. Div. 2, 21, 47: mihi [[quoque]] impendere [[idem]] [[exitium]], certis quibusdam notis augurabar, Plin. Ep. 3, 11, 3: nomina et notae morti destinatorum, Suet. Calig. 49: pro re publicā cicatrices ac notas virtutis accipere, Cic. Rab. Perd. 13, 36: interspirationis [[enim]], non defatigationis nostrae [[neque]] librariorum notae, signs of punctuation marks, Cic. de Or. 3, 44, 173.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In partic.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A [[characteristic]] [[quality]], [[character]]: patefacta interiore notā animi sui, Suet. Tib. 54.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Nota censoria, or [[simply]] [[nota]], the [[mark]] or [[note]] [[which]] the censors affixed in [[their]] [[lists]] of citizens to the [[name]] of [[any]] one whom [[they]] censured for [[immorality]] or [[want]] of [[patriotism]]: censoriae severitatis [[nota]], Cic. Clu. 46, 129: patrum memoriā [[institutum]] fertur, ut censores motis e senatu adscriberent notas, Liv. 39, 42, 6 sq.: duo milia nominum in aerarios relata, tribuque omnes moti, additumque tam acri censoriae notae [[triste]] [[senatus]] [[consultum]], ut, etc., id. 24, 18, 9 Weissenb.: censores senatum [[sine]] ullius notā legerunt, not excluding [[any]] one, id. 32, 7, 3: censores eo [[anno]] ... de senatu [[novem]] ejecerunt. Insignes notae fuerunt [[Maluginensis]] et Scipionis et, etc., id. 41, 27, 1 sq.: notae jam destinatae [[exemptus]] est, Gell. 4, 20, 8; v. Dict. of Antiq. p. 664 sq.—Hence,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Transf., a [[mark]] of [[ignominy]] or [[infamy]], a [[reproach]], [[disgrace]]: quem scis scire tuas omnes maculasque notasque, Lucil. ap. Non. 354, 21: quae [[nota]] domesticae turpitudinis non inusta vitae tuae est? Cic. Cat. 1, 6, 13: Gabinii litteras insigni quādam notā [[atque]] ignominiā novā condemnāstis, id. Prov. Cons. 10, 25: o turpem notam temporum illorum, id. Off. 3, 18, 74: [[homo]] omnibus notis turpitudinis [[insignis]], id. Rab. Perd. 9, 24: [[nota]] ignominiaque [[Philippi]], Liv. 21, 44, 7: sempiternas foedissimae turpitudinis notas subire, Cic. Pis. 18, 41: notā laborare, Dig. 3, 2, 2.

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