stamp (subs.) Copy link Outline I. An instrument for making an impression1. mŏnēta2. formaII. An impression, mark1. nŏta2. (s. of a signet ring), signum3. ĭmāgo, ĭnis, f. (figure)III. A s. of the foot • stamp (subs.): I. An instrument for making an impression: 1. mŏnēta: Mart. 12, 55, 8. 2. forma: a denarius made by the public s., denarius publicae f., Sen. Ben. 5, 29: expr. by *instrumentum quo aliquid imprimitur, cuditur. II. An impression, mark: 1. nŏta: coins with every kind of s., numos omnis notae, Suet. Aug. 75. 2. (s. of a signet ring), signum: let him mark this paper with his s., imprimat his s. tabellis, Hor. S. 2, 6, 38. 3. ĭmāgo, ĭnis, f. (figure): the letter and the s. on it assured me, epistola atque i. me certum fecit, Pl. Ps. 4, 6, 35. Phr.: a man of high s., vir clarus, eximius: a man of low s., *homo pravi ingenii, malis artibus: men of his own s., sui similes, Cic.: your words and actions are of the same s., facta dictaque tua una forma percussa sunt, Sen. Ep. 34: kindnesses of no common s., beneficia non ex vulgari nota, Sen. Ben. 3, 9: a poem of the ordinary s., carmen communi moneta, Juv. 7, 55: cf. Hor. A. P. 59. III. A s. of the foot: supplōsio pedis, Cic. de Or. 3, 12, 47: ictus pedis, Plin. 8, 43, 68: a s. of the feet to mark time, ictus modulantium pedum, id. 2, 95, 96.