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οὐκ ἐν τῷ πολλῷ τὸ εὖ, ἀλλ' ἐν τῷ εὖ τὸ πολύgood is not found in plenty but plenty in good, quality matters more than quantity

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|lshtext=<b>signĭfĭco</b>: āvi, ātum, 1 (<br /><b>I</b> dep. collat. form signĭfĭcor, acc. to Gell. 18, 12, 10, [[without]] an [[example]]), v. a. [[signum]]-[[facio]].<br /><b>I</b> In gen., to [[show]] by signs; to [[show]], [[point]] [[out]], [[express]], [[publish]], [[make]] [[known]], [[indicate]]; to [[intimate]], [[notify]], [[signify]], etc. (freq. and [[class]].; syn.: [[monstro]], [[declaro]], [[indico]]).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With acc.: aliquid alicui, Plaut. Rud. 4, 1, 5: hoc mihi significasse et annuisse [[visus]] est, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 91, § 213: quae significari ac declarari volemus, id. de Or. 3, 13, 49: gratulationem, id. Att. 4, 1, 5: stultitiam, id. Agr. 2, 12, 30: deditionem, Caes. B. G. 7, 40: timorem fremitu et concursu, id. ib. 4, 14: vir, quem ne [[inimicus]] [[quidem]] [[satis]] in appellando significare poterat, Cic. Font. 17, 39 (13, 29): aliquid per gestum, Ov. Tr. 5, 10, 36 et saep.— With [[two]] acc. ([[rare]]): ut eorum [[ornatus]] in his regem neminem significaret, Nep. Ages. 8, 2; id. Them. 2, 7.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With [[object]] [[clause]]: hoc [[tibi]] non significandum [[solum]], sed [[etiam]] declarandum [[arbitror]], [[nihil]] mihi esse potuisse tuis litteris gratius, Cic. Fam. 5, 13, 2; cf. id. Mil. 2, 4: provocationem a regibus fuisse [[significant]] nostri augurales, id. Rep. 2, 31, 54: se esse [[admodum]] delectatos, id. ib. 3, 30, 42: omnes voce significare coeperunt, [[sese]], etc., Caes. B. G. 2, 13; 4, 3; cf.: hoc [[significant]], [[sese]] ad statuas tuas pecuniam contulisse, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 60, § 148.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(g)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With rel. or interrog.-[[clause]]: [[neque]] [[unde]], nec quo [[die]] datae essent (litterae), aut quo tempore te exspectarem, significabant, Cic. Fam. 2, 19, 1: nutu significat, [[quid]] velit, Ov. M. 3, 643: (anseres et [[canes]]) aluntur in Capitolio, ut significent, si fures venerint, etc., Cic. Rosc. Am. 20, 56: significare coeperunt, ut dimitterentur, Caes. B. C. 1, 86.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(d)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With de: significare de fugā Romanis coeperunt, Caes. B. G. 7, 26: est aliquid de virtute [[significatum]] tuā, Cic. Planc. 21, 52.—(ε) Absol.: diversae [[state]] ... Neve [[inter]] vos significetis, Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 14: significare [[inter]] [[sese]] coeperunt, Cic. de Or. 1, 26, 122: ut [[quam]] [[maxime]] significem, id. Tusc. 2, 20, 46: ut [[fumo]] [[atque]] ignibus significabatur, Caes. B. G. 2, 7 fin.: ubi major [[atque]] illustrior incidit res, clamore per agros regionesque [[significant]], id. ib. 7, 3.—<br /><b>II</b> In partic.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> To [[betoken]], [[prognosticate]], [[foreshow]], [[portend]], [[mean]] (syn. [[praedico]]): futura posse a quibusdam significari, Cic. Div. 1, 1, 2: [[quid]] haec tanta [[celeritas]] festinatioque significat? id. Rosc. Am. 34, 97: [[quid]] sibi significent, trepidantia consulit [[exta]], Ov. M. 15, 576; cf.: [[quid]] mihi [[significant]] [[ergo]] mea visa? id. ib. 9, 495: significet placidos [[nuntia]] [[fibra]] deos, Tib. 2, 1, 25: quae fato manent, [[quamvis]] significata, non vitantur, Tac. H. 1, 18.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[betoken]] a [[change]] of [[weather]] ([[post]]-Aug.): [[ventus]] Africus tempestatem significat, etc., Col. 11, 2, 4 sq.: serenos [[dies]] ([[luna]]), Plin. 18, 35, 79, § 348: imbrem ([[occasus]] Librae), id. ib. 26, 66, § 246.—Absol.: terreni ignes [[proxime]] [[significant]], Plin. 18, 35, 84, § 357.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> To [[call]], [[name]]: [[quod]] Antoninum filium suum [[ipse]] significari voluit, [[Capitol]]. Gord. 16.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> To [[mean]], [[import]], [[signify]]; of words: carere hoc significat, egere eo, [[quod]] habere velis, etc., Cic. Tusc. 1, 36, 88: [[multa]] verba aliud [[nunc]] ostendunt, aliud [[ante]] significabant, ut [[hostis]], Varr. L. L. 5, § 3 Müll.; 9, § 85 ib.: videtis hoc uno verbo [[unde]] significare res duas, et ex quo et a quo [[loco]], Cic. Caecin. 30, 88.—Of a [[fable]]: haec significat [[fabula]] dominum videre plurimum, Phaedr. 2, 8, 27; 4, 10, 16.— Hence, signĭfĭcans, antis, P. a., in rhet. lang., of [[speech]], [[full]] of [[meaning]], expressive, [[significant]]; [[graphic]], [[distinct]], [[clear]]: locorum dilucida et [[significans]] [[descriptio]], Quint. 9, 2, 44: verba, id. 11, 1, 2; cf. id. 4, 2, 36; 4, 2, 8, prooem. § 31: [[demonstratio]], Plin. 8, 40, 61, § 147.—Transf., of orators: Atticos esse lucidos et significantes, Quint. 12, 10, 21.—Comp.: quo [[nihil]] inveniri possit significantius, Quint. 8, 2, 9; 8, 6, 6.— Sup.: significantissimum [[vocabulum]], Gell. 1, 15, 17.—Adv.: signĭfĭcanter, [[clearly]], [[distinctly]], [[expressly]], significantly, [[graphically]]: [[breviter]] ac [[significanter]] ordinem rei protulisse, Quint. 11, 1, 53: rem indicare ([[with]] [[proprie]]), id. 12, 10, 52: dicere ([[with]] [[ornate]]), id. 1, 7, 32.—Comp.: apertius, significantius dignitatem alicujus defendere, Cic. Fam. 3, 12, 3: narrare, Quint. 10, 1, 49: disponere, id. 3, 6, 65: appellare aliquid ([[with]] consignatius), Gell. 1, 25, 8: dicere ([[with]] probabilius), id. 17, 2, 11.— Sup., Pseudo Quint. Decl. 247.
|lshtext=<b>signĭfĭco</b>: āvi, ātum, 1 (<br /><b>I</b> dep. collat. form signĭfĭcor, acc. to Gell. 18, 12, 10, [[without]] an [[example]]), v. a. [[signum]]-[[facio]].<br /><b>I</b> In gen., to [[show]] by signs; to [[show]], [[point]] [[out]], [[express]], [[publish]], [[make]] [[known]], [[indicate]]; to [[intimate]], [[notify]], [[signify]], etc. (freq. and class.; syn.: [[monstro]], [[declaro]], [[indico]]).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With acc.: aliquid alicui, Plaut. Rud. 4, 1, 5: hoc mihi significasse et annuisse [[visus]] est, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 91, § 213: quae significari ac declarari volemus, id. de Or. 3, 13, 49: gratulationem, id. Att. 4, 1, 5: stultitiam, id. Agr. 2, 12, 30: deditionem, Caes. B. G. 7, 40: timorem fremitu et concursu, id. ib. 4, 14: vir, quem ne [[inimicus]] [[quidem]] [[satis]] in appellando significare poterat, Cic. Font. 17, 39 (13, 29): aliquid per gestum, Ov. Tr. 5, 10, 36 et saep.— With [[two]] acc. ([[rare]]): ut eorum [[ornatus]] in his regem neminem significaret, Nep. Ages. 8, 2; id. Them. 2, 7.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With [[object]] [[clause]]: hoc [[tibi]] non significandum [[solum]], sed [[etiam]] declarandum [[arbitror]], [[nihil]] mihi esse potuisse tuis litteris gratius, Cic. Fam. 5, 13, 2; cf. id. Mil. 2, 4: provocationem a regibus fuisse [[significant]] nostri augurales, id. Rep. 2, 31, 54: se esse [[admodum]] delectatos, id. ib. 3, 30, 42: omnes voce significare coeperunt, [[sese]], etc., Caes. B. G. 2, 13; 4, 3; cf.: hoc [[significant]], [[sese]] ad statuas tuas pecuniam contulisse, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 60, § 148.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(g)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With rel. or interrog.-[[clause]]: [[neque]] [[unde]], nec quo [[die]] datae essent (litterae), aut quo tempore te exspectarem, significabant, Cic. Fam. 2, 19, 1: nutu significat, [[quid]] velit, Ov. M. 3, 643: (anseres et [[canes]]) aluntur in Capitolio, ut significent, si fures venerint, etc., Cic. Rosc. Am. 20, 56: significare coeperunt, ut dimitterentur, Caes. B. C. 1, 86.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(d)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With de: significare de fugā Romanis coeperunt, Caes. B. G. 7, 26: est aliquid de virtute [[significatum]] tuā, Cic. Planc. 21, 52.—(ε) Absol.: diversae [[state]] ... Neve [[inter]] vos significetis, Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 14: significare [[inter]] [[sese]] coeperunt, Cic. de Or. 1, 26, 122: ut [[quam]] [[maxime]] significem, id. Tusc. 2, 20, 46: ut [[fumo]] [[atque]] ignibus significabatur, Caes. B. G. 2, 7 fin.: ubi major [[atque]] illustrior incidit res, clamore per agros regionesque [[significant]], id. ib. 7, 3.—<br /><b>II</b> In partic.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> To [[betoken]], [[prognosticate]], [[foreshow]], [[portend]], [[mean]] (syn. [[praedico]]): futura posse a quibusdam significari, Cic. Div. 1, 1, 2: [[quid]] haec tanta [[celeritas]] festinatioque significat? id. Rosc. Am. 34, 97: [[quid]] sibi significent, trepidantia consulit [[exta]], Ov. M. 15, 576; cf.: [[quid]] mihi [[significant]] [[ergo]] mea visa? id. ib. 9, 495: significet placidos [[nuntia]] [[fibra]] deos, Tib. 2, 1, 25: quae fato manent, [[quamvis]] significata, non vitantur, Tac. H. 1, 18.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[betoken]] a [[change]] of [[weather]] ([[post]]-Aug.): [[ventus]] Africus tempestatem significat, etc., Col. 11, 2, 4 sq.: serenos [[dies]] ([[luna]]), Plin. 18, 35, 79, § 348: imbrem ([[occasus]] Librae), id. ib. 26, 66, § 246.—Absol.: terreni ignes [[proxime]] [[significant]], Plin. 18, 35, 84, § 357.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> To [[call]], [[name]]: [[quod]] Antoninum filium suum [[ipse]] significari voluit, [[Capitol]]. Gord. 16.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> To [[mean]], [[import]], [[signify]]; of words: carere hoc significat, egere eo, [[quod]] habere velis, etc., Cic. Tusc. 1, 36, 88: [[multa]] verba aliud [[nunc]] ostendunt, aliud [[ante]] significabant, ut [[hostis]], Varr. L. L. 5, § 3 Müll.; 9, § 85 ib.: videtis hoc uno verbo [[unde]] significare res duas, et ex quo et a quo [[loco]], Cic. Caecin. 30, 88.—Of a [[fable]]: haec significat [[fabula]] dominum videre plurimum, Phaedr. 2, 8, 27; 4, 10, 16.— Hence, signĭfĭcans, antis, P. a., in rhet. lang., of [[speech]], [[full]] of [[meaning]], expressive, [[significant]]; [[graphic]], [[distinct]], [[clear]]: locorum dilucida et [[significans]] [[descriptio]], Quint. 9, 2, 44: verba, id. 11, 1, 2; cf. id. 4, 2, 36; 4, 2, 8, prooem. § 31: [[demonstratio]], Plin. 8, 40, 61, § 147.—Transf., of orators: Atticos esse lucidos et significantes, Quint. 12, 10, 21.—Comp.: quo [[nihil]] inveniri possit significantius, Quint. 8, 2, 9; 8, 6, 6.— Sup.: significantissimum [[vocabulum]], Gell. 1, 15, 17.—Adv.: signĭfĭcanter, [[clearly]], [[distinctly]], [[expressly]], significantly, [[graphically]]: [[breviter]] ac [[significanter]] ordinem rei protulisse, Quint. 11, 1, 53: rem indicare ([[with]] [[proprie]]), id. 12, 10, 52: dicere ([[with]] [[ornate]]), id. 1, 7, 32.—Comp.: apertius, significantius dignitatem alicujus defendere, Cic. Fam. 3, 12, 3: narrare, Quint. 10, 1, 49: disponere, id. 3, 6, 65: appellare aliquid ([[with]] consignatius), Gell. 1, 25, 8: dicere ([[with]] probabilius), id. 17, 2, 11.— Sup., Pseudo Quint. Decl. 247.
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|gf=<b>signĭfĭcō</b>,⁹ āvī, ātum, āre ([[signum]] et [[facio]]), tr.,<br /><b>1</b> indiquer par signe], faire connaître, faire comprendre, montrer, donner à entendre : deditionem Cæs. G. 7, 40, 6, faire entendre qu’on se rend ; [[silentium]] Cic. Br. 280, faire comprendre par gestes, cris, etc.] que c’[[est]] le moment de faire silence, donner le signal du silence, réclamer le silence ; aliud [[nihil]] [[habeo]] [[quod]] ex iis a te verbis significari putem Cic. Att. 16, 7, 5, je ne vois pas que dans ces mots tu me laisses entendre autre chose &#124;&#124; [avec prop. inf.] : Cæs. G. 2, 13, 2 ; 4, 3, 1 ; Cic. Mil. 4 ; ex [[quo]] significabat... Cic. Br. 88, par [[quoi]] il laissait entendre que... &#124;&#124; [avec interr. indir.] : ex [[quo]] [[satis]] significavit, [[quantum]] esset in actione Cic. de Or. 3, 213, par [[quoi]] il montra bien toute la puissance de l’action &#124;&#124; [avec ut subj.] demander par signe que : Cæs. C. 1, 86, 2 &#124;&#124; [en part.] désigner, faire allusion à (aliquem, à qqn) : Zenonem significabat Cic. Tusc. 2, 60, il faisait allusion à Zénon &#124;&#124; abs<sup>t</sup>] faire des signes, donner des indications : Cic. de Or. 1, 122 ; Cæs. G. 7, 3, 2 &#124;&#124; de [[fuga]] Cæs. G. 7, 26, 4, faire des démonstrations révélatrices de la fuite<br /><b>2</b> annoncer, présager : Cic. Div. 1, 2 ; Amer. 97 ; Ov. M. 9, 495 ; Tac. H. 1, 18<br /><b>3</b> signifier, vouloir [[dire]], avoir tel, tel sens : Cic. Tusc. 1, 88 ; Cæc. 88 ; [[Varro]] L. 5, 3. forme dépon. [[significor]] donnée par Gell. 18, 12, 10, mais sans ex.
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|georg=sīgnifico, āvī, ātum, āre ([[signum]] u. [[facio]]), [[ein]] Zeichengeben, etw. [[anzeigen]], zu [[verstehen]]-, zu [[erkennen]] [[geben]], [[sich]] [[merken]] [[lassen]], [[äußern]], an den [[Tag]] [[legen]], [[auf]] [[etwas]] [[hindeuten]], [[anspielen]], I) im allg.: a) m. Acc.: [[hoc]] [[mihi]] significasse et annuisse [[visus]] est, Cic.: [[quod]] [[ille]] [[saepe]] [[mihi]] litteris significavit, Cic.: s. deditionem, Caes.: aliud [[nihil]] [[habeo]], [[quod]] ex iis a te verbis significari putem, Cic.: quorum [[timor]] cum fremitu et concursu significaretur, Caes. – s. Zenonem, [[auf]] Z. [[hindeuten]], [[anspielen]], Cic. – m. dopp. Acc., ut eorum [[ornatus]] in his regem neminem significaret, keinen [[unter]] ihnen [[als]] [[König]] [[vermuten]] ließ, Nep. Ages. 8, 2: [[eum]] [[enim]] a deo significari murum ligneum, [[denn]] das [[sei]] die vom Gotte bezeichnete hölzerne [[Mauer]], Nep. Them. 2, 7. – b) m. folg. Acc. u. Infin.: omnes [[qui]] aderant significabant ab eo (Laelio) se [[esse]] [[admodum]] delectatos, Cic.: cum [[ego]] [[antea]] [[tibi]] significarim per litteras me sperare illum in nostra potestate [[fore]], Cic.: [[quod]] [[non]] [[nihil]] significabant tuae [[litterae]] subdubitare te, quā essem [[erga]] illum veluntate, die [[leise]] [[Andeutung]] enthielten, Cic.: hāc re significari magnum numerum civitatum suam vim sustinere [[non]] posse, Caes.: Romam se [[ire]] magno clamore significabant, Liv. – c) m. folg. ut u. Konj.: voce et manibus ex [[vallo]] significare coeperunt, ut [[statim]] dimitterentur, Caes.: [[hic]] [[contra]], ut [[paulum]] exspectaret, manu significat, Plin. ep. – d) m. folg. indir. Fragesatz: [[litterae]]... [[neque]] [[unde]] [[nec]] [[quo]] die datae essent significabant, Cic.: ut (anseres et [[canes]]) significent, si fures venerint, Cic. – e) [[mit]] folg. de u. Abl.: conclamare et significare de [[fuga]] Romanis coeperunt, Caes.: de [[hac]] (coniuratione) significare videtur et [[Cicero]] in [[quadam]] ad Axium [[epistula]], hinzudeuten, anzuspielen [[auf]] usw., Suet. – f) absol.: significare [[inter]] se et colloqui coeperunt, Cic.: maxima [[natu]] [[pars]] significat, Ov.: clamore per agros significant, Caes. – II) insbes.: A) Zukünftiges [[anzeigen]], [[verkünden]], a) übh.: futura, Cic.: [[quid]] [[sibi]] significent, trepidantia consulit [[exta]], Ov.: ut [[iam]] [[puerilis]] tua [[vox]] possit [[aliquid]] significare ([[einen]] kleinen [[Vorbegriff]] [[geben]]) inimicis vestris, [[quidnam]], cum se corroborarit, effectura [[esse]] videatur, Cic. – b) die Witterung: [[ventus]] tempestatem significat, Colum.: pluviam, Plin. – B) dem Wortsinne [[nach]] [[bezeichnen]], [[bedeuten]], [[uno]] verbo significari [[res]] [[duas]], Cic.: carere [[hoc]] significat, Cic.: [[quae]] [[idem]] significarent solitos [[scio]] ediscere, gleichbedeutende (sinnverwandte) Wörter, Synonyma, Quint. – / Depon. Nbf. [[significor]], [[ohne]] [[Beleg]] [[bei]] Gell. 18, 12, 10.
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|lnztxt=significo, as, are. (''signum, facio''.) :: 使知。指示。打手勢。先顯。解言。Hoc significat fabula 此喩之意卽是。
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Latest revision as of 15:53, 6 November 2024

Latin > English

significo significare, significavi, significatus V :: signify, indicate, show

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

signĭfĭco: āvi, ātum, 1 (
I dep. collat. form signĭfĭcor, acc. to Gell. 18, 12, 10, without an example), v. a. signum-facio.
I In gen., to show by signs; to show, point out, express, publish, make known, indicate; to intimate, notify, signify, etc. (freq. and class.; syn.: monstro, declaro, indico).
   (a)    With acc.: aliquid alicui, Plaut. Rud. 4, 1, 5: hoc mihi significasse et annuisse visus est, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 91, § 213: quae significari ac declarari volemus, id. de Or. 3, 13, 49: gratulationem, id. Att. 4, 1, 5: stultitiam, id. Agr. 2, 12, 30: deditionem, Caes. B. G. 7, 40: timorem fremitu et concursu, id. ib. 4, 14: vir, quem ne inimicus quidem satis in appellando significare poterat, Cic. Font. 17, 39 (13, 29): aliquid per gestum, Ov. Tr. 5, 10, 36 et saep.— With two acc. (rare): ut eorum ornatus in his regem neminem significaret, Nep. Ages. 8, 2; id. Them. 2, 7.—
   (b)    With object clause: hoc tibi non significandum solum, sed etiam declarandum arbitror, nihil mihi esse potuisse tuis litteris gratius, Cic. Fam. 5, 13, 2; cf. id. Mil. 2, 4: provocationem a regibus fuisse significant nostri augurales, id. Rep. 2, 31, 54: se esse admodum delectatos, id. ib. 3, 30, 42: omnes voce significare coeperunt, sese, etc., Caes. B. G. 2, 13; 4, 3; cf.: hoc significant, sese ad statuas tuas pecuniam contulisse, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 60, § 148.—
   (g)    With rel. or interrog.-clause: neque unde, nec quo die datae essent (litterae), aut quo tempore te exspectarem, significabant, Cic. Fam. 2, 19, 1: nutu significat, quid velit, Ov. M. 3, 643: (anseres et canes) aluntur in Capitolio, ut significent, si fures venerint, etc., Cic. Rosc. Am. 20, 56: significare coeperunt, ut dimitterentur, Caes. B. C. 1, 86.—
   (d)    With de: significare de fugā Romanis coeperunt, Caes. B. G. 7, 26: est aliquid de virtute significatum tuā, Cic. Planc. 21, 52.—(ε) Absol.: diversae state ... Neve inter vos significetis, Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 14: significare inter sese coeperunt, Cic. de Or. 1, 26, 122: ut quam maxime significem, id. Tusc. 2, 20, 46: ut fumo atque ignibus significabatur, Caes. B. G. 2, 7 fin.: ubi major atque illustrior incidit res, clamore per agros regionesque significant, id. ib. 7, 3.—
II In partic.
   A To betoken, prognosticate, foreshow, portend, mean (syn. praedico): futura posse a quibusdam significari, Cic. Div. 1, 1, 2: quid haec tanta celeritas festinatioque significat? id. Rosc. Am. 34, 97: quid sibi significent, trepidantia consulit exta, Ov. M. 15, 576; cf.: quid mihi significant ergo mea visa? id. ib. 9, 495: significet placidos nuntia fibra deos, Tib. 2, 1, 25: quae fato manent, quamvis significata, non vitantur, Tac. H. 1, 18.—
   2    To betoken a change of weather (post-Aug.): ventus Africus tempestatem significat, etc., Col. 11, 2, 4 sq.: serenos dies (luna), Plin. 18, 35, 79, § 348: imbrem (occasus Librae), id. ib. 26, 66, § 246.—Absol.: terreni ignes proxime significant, Plin. 18, 35, 84, § 357.—
   B To call, name: quod Antoninum filium suum ipse significari voluit, Capitol. Gord. 16.—
   C To mean, import, signify; of words: carere hoc significat, egere eo, quod habere velis, etc., Cic. Tusc. 1, 36, 88: multa verba aliud nunc ostendunt, aliud ante significabant, ut hostis, Varr. L. L. 5, § 3 Müll.; 9, § 85 ib.: videtis hoc uno verbo unde significare res duas, et ex quo et a quo loco, Cic. Caecin. 30, 88.—Of a fable: haec significat fabula dominum videre plurimum, Phaedr. 2, 8, 27; 4, 10, 16.— Hence, signĭfĭcans, antis, P. a., in rhet. lang., of speech, full of meaning, expressive, significant; graphic, distinct, clear: locorum dilucida et significans descriptio, Quint. 9, 2, 44: verba, id. 11, 1, 2; cf. id. 4, 2, 36; 4, 2, 8, prooem. § 31: demonstratio, Plin. 8, 40, 61, § 147.—Transf., of orators: Atticos esse lucidos et significantes, Quint. 12, 10, 21.—Comp.: quo nihil inveniri possit significantius, Quint. 8, 2, 9; 8, 6, 6.— Sup.: significantissimum vocabulum, Gell. 1, 15, 17.—Adv.: signĭfĭcanter, clearly, distinctly, expressly, significantly, graphically: breviter ac significanter ordinem rei protulisse, Quint. 11, 1, 53: rem indicare (with proprie), id. 12, 10, 52: dicere (with ornate), id. 1, 7, 32.—Comp.: apertius, significantius dignitatem alicujus defendere, Cic. Fam. 3, 12, 3: narrare, Quint. 10, 1, 49: disponere, id. 3, 6, 65: appellare aliquid (with consignatius), Gell. 1, 25, 8: dicere (with probabilius), id. 17, 2, 11.— Sup., Pseudo Quint. Decl. 247.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

signĭfĭcō,⁹ āvī, ātum, āre (signum et facio), tr.,
1 indiquer par signe], faire connaître, faire comprendre, montrer, donner à entendre : deditionem Cæs. G. 7, 40, 6, faire entendre qu’on se rend ; silentium Cic. Br. 280, faire comprendre par gestes, cris, etc.] que c’est le moment de faire silence, donner le signal du silence, réclamer le silence ; aliud nihil habeo quod ex iis a te verbis significari putem Cic. Att. 16, 7, 5, je ne vois pas que dans ces mots tu me laisses entendre autre chose || [avec prop. inf.] : Cæs. G. 2, 13, 2 ; 4, 3, 1 ; Cic. Mil. 4 ; ex quo significabat... Cic. Br. 88, par quoi il laissait entendre que... || [avec interr. indir.] : ex quo satis significavit, quantum esset in actione Cic. de Or. 3, 213, par quoi il montra bien toute la puissance de l’action || [avec ut subj.] demander par signe que : Cæs. C. 1, 86, 2 || [en part.] désigner, faire allusion à (aliquem, à qqn) : Zenonem significabat Cic. Tusc. 2, 60, il faisait allusion à Zénon || abst] faire des signes, donner des indications : Cic. de Or. 1, 122 ; Cæs. G. 7, 3, 2 || de fuga Cæs. G. 7, 26, 4, faire des démonstrations révélatrices de la fuite
2 annoncer, présager : Cic. Div. 1, 2 ; Amer. 97 ; Ov. M. 9, 495 ; Tac. H. 1, 18
3 signifier, vouloir dire, avoir tel, tel sens : Cic. Tusc. 1, 88 ; Cæc. 88 ; Varro L. 5, 3. forme dépon. significor donnée par Gell. 18, 12, 10, mais sans ex.

Latin > German (Georges)

sīgnifico, āvī, ātum, āre (signum u. facio), ein Zeichengeben, etw. anzeigen, zu verstehen-, zu erkennen geben, sich merken lassen, äußern, an den Tag legen, auf etwas hindeuten, anspielen, I) im allg.: a) m. Acc.: hoc mihi significasse et annuisse visus est, Cic.: quod ille saepe mihi litteris significavit, Cic.: s. deditionem, Caes.: aliud nihil habeo, quod ex iis a te verbis significari putem, Cic.: quorum timor cum fremitu et concursu significaretur, Caes. – s. Zenonem, auf Z. hindeuten, anspielen, Cic. – m. dopp. Acc., ut eorum ornatus in his regem neminem significaret, keinen unter ihnen als König vermuten ließ, Nep. Ages. 8, 2: eum enim a deo significari murum ligneum, denn das sei die vom Gotte bezeichnete hölzerne Mauer, Nep. Them. 2, 7. – b) m. folg. Acc. u. Infin.: omnes qui aderant significabant ab eo (Laelio) se esse admodum delectatos, Cic.: cum ego antea tibi significarim per litteras me sperare illum in nostra potestate fore, Cic.: quod non nihil significabant tuae litterae subdubitare te, quā essem erga illum veluntate, die leise Andeutung enthielten, Cic.: hāc re significari magnum numerum civitatum suam vim sustinere non posse, Caes.: Romam se ire magno clamore significabant, Liv. – c) m. folg. ut u. Konj.: voce et manibus ex vallo significare coeperunt, ut statim dimitterentur, Caes.: hic contra, ut paulum exspectaret, manu significat, Plin. ep. – d) m. folg. indir. Fragesatz: litterae... neque unde nec quo die datae essent significabant, Cic.: ut (anseres et canes) significent, si fures venerint, Cic. – e) mit folg. de u. Abl.: conclamare et significare de fuga Romanis coeperunt, Caes.: de hac (coniuratione) significare videtur et Cicero in quadam ad Axium epistula, hinzudeuten, anzuspielen auf usw., Suet. – f) absol.: significare inter se et colloqui coeperunt, Cic.: maxima natu pars significat, Ov.: clamore per agros significant, Caes. – II) insbes.: A) Zukünftiges anzeigen, verkünden, a) übh.: futura, Cic.: quid sibi significent, trepidantia consulit exta, Ov.: ut iam puerilis tua vox possit aliquid significare (einen kleinen Vorbegriff geben) inimicis vestris, quidnam, cum se corroborarit, effectura esse videatur, Cic. – b) die Witterung: ventus tempestatem significat, Colum.: pluviam, Plin. – B) dem Wortsinne nach bezeichnen, bedeuten, uno verbo significari res duas, Cic.: carere hoc significat, Cic.: quae idem significarent solitos scio ediscere, gleichbedeutende (sinnverwandte) Wörter, Synonyma, Quint. – / Depon. Nbf. significor, ohne Beleg bei Gell. 18, 12, 10.

Latin > Chinese

significo, as, are. (signum, facio.) :: 使知。指示。打手勢。先顯。解言。Hoc significat fabula 此喩之意卽是。