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.)
sign (v.) Copy link Outline I. To give a s. or signal toII. To put one's signature to a document1. subscrībo, 32. signo, 1 (to ratify by signature and seal)3. sometimes, when the authorising of a public act is denoted, expr. by scribendo adfuere (indicating who were present at the drawing up of the said act), SS. CC. in Cic. Fam. 8, 8. Phr. • sign (v.): I. To give a s. or signal to: annuo, signum do: v. to signal, signify, beckon. II. To put one's signature to a document: 1. subscrībo, 3: to s. (a death warrant), ex more s., Suet. Ner. 10: to s. the accounts, rationes s., Dig. 35, 1, 82: better rationibus s., cf. Ulp. ib. 2, 13, 6, § 1. 2. signo, 1 (to ratify by signature and seal): to s. (and seal) a will, testamentum s., Plin. Ep. 2, 20, 8: v. to seal. 3. sometimes, when the authorising of a public act is denoted, expr. by scribendo adfuere (indicating who were present at the drawing up of the said act), SS. CC. in Cic. Fam. 8, 8. Phr.: to s. one's name to a letter, nomen epistolae notare, Flor. 2, 12, 10. See also to subscribe.
SIGN Copy link • SIGN 1. s. A mark, token, signum (general term): insigne (a characteristic mark): nota (mark made on anything to distinguish it): indicium (indication); (The words are found in this connection and order.) indicium atque insigne: vestigium (track); (The words are found in this connection and order.) nota et vestigium; of anything, alicujus rei: the proper sign of anything, alicujus rei insigne proprium et peculiare; proprium alicujus rei: to mark with a sign, notam apponere alicui rei; aliquid notare; with anything, aliqua re (e.g., columnas creta): are these the signs of a rich, or of a poor man? haec utrum abundantis, an egentis signa sunt? the sign (criterion) of true and false, veri et falsi nota; insigne veri: to bear the signs of anything on one’s self, vestigiis alicujus rei notatum esse; aliquid prae se ferre (e.g., maerorem): sign of the Cross [Vid: CROSS]. Presage, portent, signum: indicium (an indication): ostentum: prodigium: portentum (ostentum, general term, any uncommon appearance interpreted as significant of the future: prodigium and portentum referring to the distant future; prodigium, any extraordinary appearance of nature; portentum, anything which portends, especially misfortune): omen (anything heard or seen accidentally, from which one forebodes good or evil): augurium (drawn from the flight of birds): A good sign, omen bonum, dextrum, secundum, faustum: a bad sign, omen triste, foedum, funestum: to accept a sign, be satisfied with it, omen accipere; placet omen. Anything hung out at a door, etc., perhaps titulus. The sign over your door is, *superpositus est cellae tuae titulus: Constellation, Vid: Signature, Vid: Miracle, Vid. 2. v. To signify, to be a sign or token, significare: declarare. To mark with characters, with one’s name, aliquid subnotare (to mark at the foot of anything; e.g., one’s name): nomen suum notare alicui rei (to put one’s name to anything; e.g., to a letter, epistolae, Flor., 2, 12, 10): subscribere (to sign, to confirm by one’s signature; with accusative and dative; with the latter if = to accede to anything). To sign one’s name, nomen subscribere, or subscribere simply: to sign a document; Vid: DOCUMENT.