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|lshtext=<b>signo</b>: āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [[signum]],<br /><b>I</b> to [[set]] a [[mark]] [[upon]], to [[mark]], [[mark]] [[out]], [[designate]] (syn.: [[noto]], [[designo]]).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In gen. ([[mostly]] [[poet]]. and in [[post]]-Aug. [[prose]]): [[discrimen]] non facit [[neque]] signat [[linea]] [[alba]], Lucil. ap. Non. 405, 17: signata [[sanguine]] [[pluma]] est, Ov. M. 6, 670: ne signare [[quidem]] aut partiri limite campum Fas erat, Verg. G. 1, 126: humum limite [[mensor]], Ov. M. 1, 136; id. Am. 3, 8, 42: [[moenia]] [[aratro]], id. F. 4, 819: pede [[certo]] humum, to [[print]], [[press]], Hor. A. P. 159; cf.: vestigia summo pulvere, to [[mark]], [[imprint]], Verg. G. 3, 171: auratā cyclade humum, Prop. 4 (5), 7, 40: haec nostro signabitur [[area]] curru, Ov. A. A. 1, 39: locum, ubi ea ([[cistella]]) excidit, Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 28: caeli regionem in cortice signant, [[mark]], [[cut]], Verg. G. 2, 269: nomina saxo, Ov. M. 8, 539: rem [[stilo]], Vell. 1, 16, 1: rem carmine, Verg. A. 3, 287; for [[which]]: carmine [[saxum]], Ov. M. 2, 326: [[cubitum]] longis litteris, Plaut. Rud. 5, 2, 7: ceram figuris, to [[imprint]], Ov. M. 15, 169: [[cruor]] signaverat herbam, had stained, id. ib. 10, 210; cf. id. ib. 12, 125: signatum [[sanguine]] [[pectus]], id. A. A. 2, 384: dubiā lanugine malas, id. M. 13, 754: signata in stirpe [[cicatrix]], Verg. G. 2, 379: manibus [[Procne]] [[pectus]] signata cruentis, id. ib. 4, 15: vocis infinitios sonos paucis notis, Cic. Rep. 3, 2, 3: [[visum]] objectum imprimet et [[quasi]] signabit in [[animo]] suam speciem, id. Fat. 19, 43.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In partic.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[mark]] [[with]] a [[seal]]; to [[seal]], [[seal]] up, [[affix]] a [[seal]] to a [[thing]] ([[usually]] obsignare): accepi a te signatum libellum, Cic. Att. 11, 1, 1: volumina, Hor. Ep. 1, 13, 2: locellum [[tibi]] signatum remisi, Caes. ap. [[Charis]]. p. 60 P.: [[epistula]], Nep. Pel. 3, 2: arcanas tabellas, Ov. Am. 2, 15, 15: signatis [[quicquam]] mandare tabellis, Tib. 4, 7, 7: lagenam ([[anulus]]), Mart. 9, 88, 7: [[testamentum]], Plin. Ep. 2, 20, 8 sq.; cf. Mart. 5, 39, 2: nec [[nisi]] signata venumdabatur ([[terra]]), Plin. 35, 4, 14, § 33.—Absol., Mart. 10, 70, 7; Quint. 5, 7, 32; Suet. Ner. 17.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[mark]] [[with]] a [[stamp]]; [[hence]],<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>a</b> Of [[money]], to [[stamp]], to [[coin]]: aes [[argentum]] aurumve [[publice]] signanto, Cic. Leg. 3, 3, 6; cf.: qui [[primus]] ex [[auro]] denarium signavit ... [[Servius]] rex [[primus]] signavit aes ... Signatum est [[nota]] pecudum, [[unde]] et [[pecunia]] appellata ... Argentum signatum est [[anno]], etc., Plin. 33, 3, 13, § 44: [[argentum]] signatum, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 25, § 63; Quint. 5, 10, 62; 5, 14, 26: [[pecunia]] signata Illyriorum [[signo]], Liv. 44, 27, 9: [[denarius]] [[signatus]] Victoriā, Plin. 33, 3, 13, § 46: sed [[cur]] [[navalis]] in aere Altera signata est, Ov. F. 1, 230: milia talentūm argenti non signati formā, sed rudi pondere, Curt. 5, 2, 11.— Hence,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>b</b> Poet.: signatum memori pectore [[nomen]] habe, imprinted, impressed, Ov. H. 13, 66: ([[filia]]) quae patriā signatur [[imagine]] [[vultus]], i. e. [[closely]] resembles her [[father]], Mart. 6, 27, 3.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>c</b> To [[stamp]], i. e. to license, [[invest]] [[with]] [[official]] [[authority]] ([[late]] Lat.): [[quidam]] per ampla spatia urbis ... equos [[velut]] publicos signatis, [[quod]] dicitur, calceis agitant, Amm. 14, 6, 16.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Pregn., to [[distinguish]], [[adorn]], [[decorate]] ([[poet]].): [[pater]] [[ipse]] suo superūm jam signat honore, Verg. A. 6, 781 Heyne: [[caelum]] [[corona]], Claud. Nupt. Hon. et Mar. 273.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop., to [[point]] [[out]], [[signify]], [[indicate]], [[designate]], [[express]] ([[rare]]; [[more]] [[usually]] [[significo]], [[designo]]; in Cic. [[only]] Or. 19, 64, [[where]] dignata is given by Non. 281, 10; v. Meyer ad loc.): [[translatio]] [[plerumque]] signandis rebus ac sub oculos subiciendis reperta est, Quint. 8, 6, 19: [[quotiens]] suis verbis signare nostra voluerunt ([[Graeci]]), id. 2, 14, 1; cf.: appellatione signare, id. 4, 1, 2: utrius differentiam, id. 6, 2, 20; cf. id. 9, 1, 4; 12, 10, 16: [[nomen]] ([[Caieta]]) ossa signat, Verg. A. 7, 4: [[fama]] signata [[loco]] est, Ov. M. 14, 433: miratrixque sui signavit nomine terras, designated, Luc. 4, 655; cf.: ([[Earinus]]) Nomine qui signat tempora [[verna]] suo, Mart. 9, 17, 4: [[Turnus]] ut videt ... So signari oculis, singled [[out]], looked to, Verg. A. 12, 3: signare [[responsum]], to [[give]] a [[definite]] or [[distinct]] [[answer]], Sen. Ben. 7, 16, 1.—With rel.-[[clause]]: [[memoria]] signat in quā regione quali adjutore legatoque fratre meo [[usus]] [[sit]], Vell. 2, 115.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> To [[distinguish]], recognize: primi clipeos mentitaque [[tela]] Adgnoscunt, [[atque]] ora [[sono]] [[discordia]] signant, Verg. A. 2, 423; cf.: sonis homines dignoscere, Quint. 11, 3, 31: [[animo]] signa quodcumque in corpore [[mendum]] est, Ov. R. Am. 417.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> To [[seal]], [[settle]], [[establish]], [[confirm]], [[prescribe]] ([[mostly]] [[poet]].): signanda sunt jura, Prop. 3 (4), 20, 15: signata jura, Luc. 3, 302: jura Suevis, Claud. ap. Eutr. 1, 380; cf.: precati deos ut velint ea (vota) [[semper]] solvi semperque signari, Plin. Ep. 10, 35 (44).—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>D</b> To [[close]], [[end]]: qui prima [[novo]] signat quinquennia [[lustro]], Mart. 4, 45, 3.—Hence,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> signan-ter, adv. (acc. to II. A.), [[expressly]], [[clearly]], [[distinctly]] ([[late]] Lat. for the [[class]]. [[significanter]]): [[signanter]] et [[breviter]] omnia indicare, Aus. Grat. Act. 4: [[signanter]] et [[proprie]] dixerat, Hier. adv. Jovin. 1, 13 fin.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> signātus, a, um, P. a.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (Acc. to I. B. 1. sealed; [[hence]]) Shut up, [[guarded]], preserved ([[mostly]] [[ante]]- and [[post]]-[[class]].): signata sacra, Varr. ap. Non. 397, 32: limina. Prop. 4 (5), 1, 145: Chrysidem negat signatam reddere, i. e. [[unharmed]], [[intact]], [[pure]], Lucil. ap. Non. 171, 6; cf.: [[assume]] de viduis [[fide]] pulchram, aetate signatam, Tert. Exhort. 12.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (Acc. to II. A.) Plain, [[clear]], [[manifest]] ([[post]]-[[class]]. for [[significans]]): [[quid]] expressius [[atque]] signatius in hanc causam? Tert. Res. Carn. 13.—Adv.: signātē, [[clearly]], [[distinctly]] ([[post]]-[[class]].): qui (veteres) [[proprie]] [[atque]] [[signate]] locuti sunt, Gell. 2, 6, 6; Macr. S. 6, 7.—Comp.: signatius explicare aliquid, Amm. 23, 6, 1.

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