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I. A character traced with pen, etc.
1. nŏta
2. stigma, ătis, n. (a mark burnt into the body, esp. of a slave)
3. ŏbĕlus (an asterisk, used for critical purposes)
II. Token, sign
1. indĭcium (that which indicates or reveals)
2. nŏta
3. signum
4. vestīgium
III. Characteristic
IV. That towards which aim is directed
V. 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).

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I. To draw or make a mark upon anything
1. nŏto, 1
2. expr. by nŏta, with a verb
3. signo, 1
II. To indicate, as a mark or monument does
III. Fig.
IV. To pay attention to

• mark (v.):

I. To draw or make a mark upon anything:

1. nŏto, 1: to m. a ticket with blood, tabellam sanguine n., Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 32, extr.: to m. eggs with ink, ova atramento n., Col.
2. expr. by nŏta, with a verb: e. g. to m. pigs, porcis n. imponere, Col. 7, 9, fin.: cf. Cic. Fam. 13, 6, med., epistolae n. apponere.
3. signo, 1: the feathers are m.'d with blood, signata sanguine pinna est, Ov. M. 670. So, pecori signum, numeros acervis imprimere, Virg. G. 1, 263. Phr.: to m. a line as suspicious, obelum versui apponere: v. mark (I., 3).

II. To indicate, as a mark or monument does: signo, 1: it m.s the spot, locum signat, ubi ..., Pl. Cist. 4, 2, 28: Virg. Aen. 7, 4.
III. Fig.: to set down mentally: nŏto, dēsigno, 1: v. to mark out.
IV. To pay attention to: Phr., animo adesse (to be all attention), Cic. Sull. 11, 33; animum defigere et intendere (to mark attentively) in aliquam rem, Cic. Ac. 2, 15, 46: v. to attend to.

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s. A sign, token, signum (general term): significatio (abstraction, intimation); indicium (which makes us acquainted with a thing otherwise unknown): nota (whereby one thing is distinguished from another): vestigium (a trace; sometimes with indicium). A brand-mark, stigma: a mark of love, favor, signum amoris, voluntatis: ☞ In the phrase “it is the mark of,” mark is usually omitted; e.g., imbecilli animi est superstitio, the mark of a weak mind (Cic.).
That toward which anything is directed, scopus (at which a missile is aimed): meta (toward which one goes or tends). To hit the mark, scopum ferire: to miss the mark, aberrare a scopo, a meta; metam non ferire; scopum non attingere.
A certain weight, selibra.
A certain coin, *nummus qui mark dicitur.

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v. To set a mark on, notare: denotare: signare: designare (in order to distinguish or make known): notam imponere alicui rei: notam apponere alicui rei or ad aliquid: notā insignire. To mark several passages in a letter with red, litteras miniatulā cerā (after the Roman manner) or rubricā (after our manner) pluribus locis notare (Vid: Cic., Att., 15, 14, extr.): to mark anything suspicious in a book, obelum apponere ad aliquid (Isidorus, 1, 20, 4): to mark out (a field, etc.), terminare agrum ab alio, metare; metari; dimetare (into divisions): to mark out for destruction, notare et designare oculis aliquem ad caedem.
To note, not to forget, memoria comprehendere, complecti (to charge one’s memory with): memoriae mandare, tradere; memoriae infigere (to commit to memory; the latter, to impress upon the memory): (in) memoria custodire, memoriam alicujus rei retinere (to keep in the memory): demittere in pectus or in pectus animumque, or (of several) in pectora animosque; animo percipere; animo infigere; percipere animo atque memoria custodire: I have well marked that speech, oratio in animo insedit; oratio in memoria mea penitus insedit.
To heed, animurn attendere, intendere, advertere; animo adesse (general term); aures erigere animumque attendere, also simply erigi or se erigere (of hearers). Mark! adestote animis, erigite mentes auresque vestras et me dicentem attendite! (says Cic. when about to speak.

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1. Mark, das, medulla (auch bildl.
das Beste, z.B. verborum).
flos (bildl., das Beste von etw.).
nervi (gleichs. die Nerven, z.B. vectigalia rei publicae nervi sunt).
es geht, dringt (mir) durch M. u. Bein, alqd mihi concutit ossa; alqd totum corpus pertentat (uneig., ich werde tief ergriffen): das M. eines Landes aussaugen, civitatem exhaurire.

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2. Mark, die, s. Feldmark.

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3. Mark, die, als Münze, *marca.

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