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.
stamp (v.) Copy link Outline I. To impress with a mark1. signo, 12. cūdo, ūdi, ūsum, 3 (of money)3. fĕrio [percussi, ssum], 4II. To strike the ground with the foot1. supplōdo, ōsi, 3 (v. a. and n.)2. Phr. • stamp (v.): I. To impress with a mark: 1. signo, 1: let them s. the bronze, silver, or gold, with the public mark, aes, argentum, aurumve publice signanto, Cic. Leg. 3, 3, 6. 2. cūdo, ūdi, ūsum, 3 (of money): I s. silver money, cudo argentum, Ter. Heaut. 4, 4, 18. 3. fĕrio [percussi, ssum], 4: to s. asses, asses f., Plin. 33, 2, 13, § 44. Also, ferire nŏta: cf. Suet. Aug. 94; and ferire forma: cf. Sen. Ep. 34, ad fin. Fig.: imprĭmo, essi, essum, 3: nature has s.'d the notion upon the minds of all, in omnium animis eorum notionem i. ipsa natura, Cic. N. D. 1, 16, 43: to s. with approval, probare, laudibus ornare: s.'d with the popular approval, *consensu populi probatum. II. To strike the ground with the foot: 1. supplōdo, ōsi, 3 (v. a. and n.): no one s.'d his foot, pedem nemo supplosit, Cic. de Or. 1, 53, 230. 2. Phr.: pede pulsare humum, cf. Ov. F. 6, 330: (of a horse), cavare tellurem, cf. Virg. G. 3, 87: to s. upon: v. trample.
STAMP Copy link • STAMP 1. s. forma (instrument for stamping with): signum, nota (impression): species (appearance given to anything). Stamped paper, *plagula signo reipublicae notata: the price of stamps (i. e., a stamped paper), *pecunia, quae pro plagulis signatis solvitur (☞ not sigillum). With the foot, pedis supplosio. 2. v. To impress with a mark, signare (general term): signo reipublicae signare or notare (to affix a public or official mark upon; e.g., plagulam): forma publica percutere: publice probare (e.g., mensuram). To stamp a thing, figuratively, alicui rei speciem alicujus rei conciliare. To strike with the foot so as to make a noise, supplodere pedem: terram pede pulsare or percutere: terram pedibus tundere. To beat, Vid.