mark (subs.) Copy link Outline I. A character traced with pen, etc.1. nŏta2. stigma, ătis, n. (a mark burnt into the body, esp. of a slave)3. ŏbĕlus (an asterisk, used for critical purposes)II. Token, sign1. indĭcium (that which indicates or reveals)2. nŏta3. signum4. vestīgiumIII. CharacteristicIV. That towards which aim is directedV. A coin • mark (subs.): I. A character traced with pen, etc.: 1. nŏta: to put a m. to a bad verse, n. apponere ad malum versum, Cic. in Pis. 30, init.: Sen.: esp. the mark put against a senator's name by the censors, indicating his removal from the senate: Cic. Clu. 46, 129: Liv. So, birth-m.s, genitivae notae, Suet. Aug. 80. 2. stigma, ătis, n. (a mark burnt into the body, esp. of a slave): cf. Suet. Cal. 27, stigmatum notae, i. e. the marks of branding: v. brand. 3. ŏbĕlus (an asterisk, used for critical purposes): Aus. Sap. pref. 13. In same sense, obeliscus, Aug. II. Token, sign: 1. indĭcium (that which indicates or reveals): a m. of good-will towards any one, ind. benevolentiae erga aliquem, Cic. Fam. 7, 6: most freq. of tokens of guilt: v. indication, evidence. 2. nŏta: Join: notae et vestigia (scelerum), Cic. Verr. 2, 47, 115. 3. signum: (blushing), a m. of modesty, s. pudoris, Ter. Andr. 5, 3, 7: v. sign. 4. vestīgium: v. trace. III. Characteristic: expr. by gen. after verb esse: it is the m. of a little mind, pusilli animi est, Cic.: v. characteristic (subs.). IV. That towards which aim is directed: Phr.: to aim an arrow at a m., sagittam collineare, Cic. Fin. 3, 6, 22; to make a m. of the head or neck, caput, collum petere, id. Mur. 26, 52: so, to be the m. of a host of daggers, undique strictis pugionibus peti, Suet. Caes. 82: also expr. by destĭno: v. to aim (II.). (N.B.--Scopus, though used by modern Latinists, has no ancient authority. Cic. writes the word as Greek, and uses it then only in fig. sense = aim, object.) V. A coin: *Marcus (from the effigy of the saint so named).