signify Copy link Outline I. To make a sign to1. signĭfĭco, 12. annuo, 33. dŏceo, 2II. To betoken1. signĭfĭco, 12. vŏlo, 3, irr. with dat. of pron. refl. (to have a certain drift or scope)3. văleo, 2 (to have a certain force)4. sŏno, ui, ĭtum5. expr. by vis, signĭfĭcātio, etc.III. To portendIV. To be of importance • signify: I. To make a sign to: 1. signĭfĭco, 1: Join. significare et annuere, Cic. Verr. 3, 91, 212: they raised their hands and s.'d that they surrendered, manus tollere, deditionem significare, Caes. B. G. 7, 40. 2. annuo, 3: v. to beckon. 3. dŏceo, 2: v. to point out, inform. II. To betoken: 1. signĭfĭco, 1: many words formerly s.'d something different from what they now mean, multa verba aliud nunc ostendunt, aliud ante significabant, Varr. L. L. 5, 1, 3: Cic. 2. vŏlo, 3, irr. with dat. of pron. refl. (to have a certain drift or scope): Cic.: v. to mean (II., 1). 3. văleo, 2 (to have a certain force): v. to mean (II., 3). 4. sŏno, ui, ĭtum: fut. part. -ātūrus, 1: to differ in name but really to s. the same, verbo discrepare, re unum s., Cic. Off. 3, 21, 83. 5. expr. by vis, signĭfĭcātio, etc.: v. meaning. III. To portend: signĭfĭco, portendo, etc.: v. to forebode. IV. To be of importance: expr. by intĕrest, rēfert: v. importance (I., fin.).