mark out Copy link Outline I. Lit.1. mētor, 12. dēsigno, 1 (in this sense, chiefly poet.)3. signo, 1 (also poet. in this sense)II. To settle, fix upon1. dēsigno, 12. nŏto, 13. dēnŏto, 1 (stronger and more precise than simple verb) • mark out: I. Lit.: to lay out by means of lines: 1. mētor, 1: to m. out land (in allotments, etc.), agrum m., Liv. 21, 25, med.: esp. to m. out a camp, castra m., Caes. B. C. 3, 13. 2. dēsigno, 1 (in this sense, chiefly poet.): to m. out the site of a city with the plough, urbem aratro d., Virg. Aen. 5, 755: Ov.: Tac. 3. signo, 1 (also poet. in this sense): to m. the site for walls with the plough, moenia s. aratro, Ov. F. 4, 819: Virg. II. To settle, fix upon: 1. dēsigno, 1: Join: notare et designare (ad caedem), Cic. Cat. 1, 1, 2: Caes. B. G. 1, 18, init. 2. nŏto, 1: Cic.: v. supr. (1). 3. dēnŏto, 1 (stronger and more precise than simple verb): cf. Cic. Man. 3, 7, cives Romanos necandos denotavit. See also to point out.