sign (subs.) Copy link Outline I. Mark, indication1. usu. equiv. signum2. indĭcium (something which naturally points to a certain conclusion, whereas signum may denote a thing in itself purely arbitrary)3. insigne, is, n. (usu. denoting some outward badge or mark, always something conspicuous)4. nŏta5. vestīgium6. often expr. by simple gen., after esseII. A signal, intimationIII. A portent, presageIV. Of a shopV. Astronomical • sign (subs.): I. Mark, indication: 1. usu. equiv. signum: (blushing) the s. of modesty, s. pudoris, Ter. Andr. 5, 3, 7: the s.s (symptoms) are in favour of recovery, s. esse ad salutem, ib. 3, 2, 2. foll. by acc. and inf.: s. that a thing is so and so, Nep. Att. 17. 2. indĭcium (something which naturally points to a certain conclusion, whereas signum may denote a thing in itself purely arbitrary): s.s and traces of poisoning, indicia et vestigia veneni, Cic. Clu. 10, 30: v. proof. 3. insigne, is, n. (usu. denoting some outward badge or mark, always something conspicuous): cf. Cic. de Or. 3, 33, 133, quod erat insigne, eum qui ita faceret, facere ..., where it refers to a man advertising himself by walking in the forum: v. mark. 4. nŏta: v. mark. 5. vestīgium: v. trace. 6. often expr. by simple gen., after esse: are these the s.s of madness? suntne haec delirantis hominis? L. G. § 266. See also peculiar, proper (to). II. A signal, intimation: signum: Sall.: v. signal. Also perh. nūtus, ūs (lit. nod): cf. Caes. B. G. 4, 23, ad nutum = at the slightest s. or expression of command. III. A portent, presage: monstrum, portentum, ostentum, etc.: v. portent, omen. Also less freq. signum: Cic. Div. 1, 35, 77. IV. Of a shop: insigne, is, n.: cf. supr. (I. 3). V. Astronomical: signum: the s. of Leo, Leonis s., Cic. Div. 1, 53, 121: Virg. G. 1, 239 (obliquus signorum ordo): Lucr.: Hor. (The word has not, however, the strictly limited sense of the Eng.) See also constellation. (In G. 1, 232, the twelve s.s of the zodiac are called duodena astra.)