denoto
ἢ τοὺς πότους ἐρεῖς δῆλον ὅτι καὶ τὰ δεῖπνα καὶ ἐσθῆτα καὶ ἀφροδίσια, καὶ δέδιας μὴ τούτων ἐνδεὴς γενόμενος ἀπόλωμαι. οὐκ ἐννοεῖς δὲ ὅτι τὸ μὴ διψῆν τοῦ πιεῖν πολὺ κάλλιον καὶ τὸ μὴ πεινῆν τοῦ φαγεῖν καὶ τὸ μὴ ῥιγοῦν τοῦ ἀμπεχόνης εὐπορεῖν; → There you'll go, talking of drinking and dining and dressing up and screwing, worrying I'll be lost without all that. Don't you realize how much better it is to have no thirst, than to drink? to have no hunger, than to eat? to not be cold, than to possess a wardrobe of finery? (Lucian, On Mourning 16)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
dē-nŏto: āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.
I Lit., to mark, set a mark on, with chalk, color, etc.: pedes venalium creta, Plin. 35, 17, 58, § 199: lineam conspicuo colore, Col. 3, 15.—
II Transf.
A To mark out, point out, specify, indicate, denote, designate (rare but class.—cf. demonstro): qui uno nuntio atque una significatione litterarum civis Romanos necandos trucidandosque denotavit, Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 3, 7: haud dubie Icilios denotante senatu, Liv. 4, 55.—
B To take note of, mark with the mind, observe accurately, denotantibus vobis ora ac metum singulorum, Tac. A. 3, 53: cum denotandis hominum palloribus sufficeret vultus, id. Agr. 45: quot et quales sint nati, id. 7, 9, 11: cum ei res similes occurrant, quas non habeat denotatas, Cic. Ac. 2, 18, 57; cf. Vell. 2, 70, 2.—
III Trop., to stigmatize, scandalize, brand with reproach or infamy: mollem et effeminatum omni probro, Suet. Cal. 56 fin.: turpia legata, quae denotandi legatarii gratia scribuntur, Dig. 30, 54 init.: qui gaudet iniquitate denotabitur, Vulg. Sir. 19, 5 sq.—Hence, P. a., dēnŏtātus, marked out, conspicuous.—Comp.: denotatior ad contumeliae morsum, Tert. adv. Marc. 1, 19.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
dēnŏtō,¹³ āvī, ātum, āre, tr.,
1 indiquer par un signe, désigner, faire connaître : cives necandos denotare *Cic. Pomp. 7, notifier la mise à mort des citoyens
