DISTINGUISH Copy link • DISTINGUISH[Vid: to DISCRIMINATE, and (for SYN. and construction) DISCERN. Vid :, also, “to make a DISTINCTION.”] In the sense of selecting and marking out particularly, signare: notare: distinguere (PROP., to separate by points; hence, to point out by some ornament, to adorn). IMPROPR. To separate by some mark of honor or preference, aliquem ornare, in honore habere: honorem alicui habere, tribuere (to hold anybody in honor; honor anybody): aliquem unice diligere (to esteem and love anybody in preference to others); aliquid insigne facere (to cause anything to become prominent): to distinguish anybody greatly, maximos or amplissimos alicui habere honores; aliquem praecipuo honore habere or amplissimo honore ornare. To be distinguished, eminere (to stand out, as it were, from the rest): conspici: conspicuum esse (to be conspicuous; to attract observation and admiration: conspicuus, on whom or which men’s eyes are fixed; not pre-Augustan, Liv., 1, 34; Tac., etc.): to be distinguished by anything, aliqua re praestare (above anybody, aliquem or alicui, Vid :, Herz., Hirt., B.G., 8, 6); aliqua re excellere, praecellere (alicui); aliqua re insigniri (of things): to distinguis one’s self in anything, excellere, florere in re; in certain respects, excellere in quodam genere laudis; above all others, inter omnes or super ceteros excellere; for or by anything, aliqua re excellere inter omnes or super omnes; aliqua re praestare omnibus: to be distinguished above all others in any respect, aliqua re unus omnium maxime floreo: the family is distinguished for this, haec laus floret in familia.