sigilla

sĭgilla, ōrum (sing.: SIGILLVM VOLKANI, Inscr. Marin. Fratr. Arv. p. 357; v. also infra, II.), n. dim. [signum].

Little figures or images:

apposuit patellam, in quā sigilla erant egregia,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 22, § 48:

Tyrrhena sigilla,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 180:

parva,

Lact. 2, 4, 19:

perparvula,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 43, § 85; Plin. 36, 24, 59, § 183; Ov. A. A. 1, 407: quattuor certamina brevibus distincta sigillis, woven or wrought in, id. M. 6, 86.—

Of the figures on seal-rings: sigilla anulo imprimere,

Cic. Ac. 2, 26, 86.—

Transf., a seal, Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 3; Vulg. Apoc. 5, 1; 6, 1 et saep.—

In the sing. for signum, a sign, mark, trace, Ven. Vit. S. Mart. 2, 326.

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ānŭlus (not ann-), i, m. [2. anus, like circulus from circum, not a dim.], a ring, esp. for the finger, a finger-ring; and for sealing, a seal-ring, signet-ring.

Lit.:

ille suum anulum opposuit,

Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 76:

de digito anulum Detraho,

Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 37; id. Ad. 3, 2, 49; id. Hec. 5, 3, 31 et saep.; Lucr. 1, 312; 6, 1008; 6, 1014:

(Gyges) anulum detraxit,

Cic. Off. 3, 9, 38:

gemmatus,

Liv. 1, 11; Suet. Ner. 46; id. Caes. 33; id. Tib. 73 et saep.:

anulo tabulas obsignare,

Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 67:

sigilla anulo imprimere,

Cic. Ac. 2, 26, 85; id. ad Q. Fr. 1, 1, 4; Plin. 33, 1, 5 sqq. et saep.—The right to wear a gold ring was possessed, in the time of the Republic, only by the knights (equites); hence, equestris, * Hor. S. 2, 7, 53:

anulum invenit = eques factus est,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 76.—So also jus anulorum = dignitas equestris, Suet. Caes. 33:

donatus anulo aureo,

id. ib. 39; so id. Galb. 10; 14; id. Vit. 12 al.; cf. Mayor ad Juv. 7, 89; Smith. Dict. Antiq.—

Of other articles in the form of rings.

A ring for curtains:

velares anuli,

Plin. 13, 9, 18, § 62. —

A link of a chain, Plin. 34, 15, 43, § 150; cf. Mart. 2, 29.— Irons for the feet, fetters:

anulus cruribus aptus,

Mart. 14, 169.—

A curled lock of hair, a ringlet:

comarum anulus,

Mart. 2, 66.—

A round ornament upon the capitals of Doric columns:

anuli columnarum,

Vitr. 4, 3.—

Anuli virgei, rings made of willow rods, Plin. 15, 29, 37, § 124.

ānŭlus, i, m. dim. [1. anus], the posteriors, fundament, Cato, R. R. 159.

co-gnosco, gnōvi, gnĭtum, 3 ( tempp. perff. contr. cognosti, Ter. And. 3, 4, 7:

cognostis,

id. Hec. prol. 8:

cognoram,

Cic. de Or. 1, 31, 143; Cat. 66, 26:

cognoro,

Cic. Att. 7, 20, 2; id. Fam. 2, 11, 2 fin.: cognorim, Cael. ap. Cic. Att. 10, 9, A, 1:

cognoris,

Ter. Phorm. 2, 1, 35; Lucr. 6, 534:

cognorit,

Ter. Eun. 5, 4, 11:

cognosses,

Cic. Fl. 21, 51; Cat. 91, 3:

cognossent,

Nep. Lys. 4 fin.:

cognosse,

Lucr. 1, 331; Cat. 90, 3; Ov. M. 15, 4 al.; v. Neue, Formenl. 2, 532; 2, 535), v. a. [nosco].

To become thoroughly acquainted with (by the senses or mentally), to learn by inquiring, to examine, investigate, perceive, see, understand, learn; and, in tempp. perff. (cf. nosco) to know (very freq. in all periods and species of composition); constr. with acc., with acc. and inf., or a rel.-clause as object, and with ex, ab, the abl. alone, or per, with the source, etc., of the information, and with de.

By the senses:

credit enim sensus ignem cognoscere vere,

Lucr. 1, 697; 6, 194; Enn. Ann. ap. Pers. 6, 9 (v. 16 Vahl.); cf.:

doctas cognoscere Athenas,

Prop. 1, 6, 13; so,

regiones,

Caes. B. G. 3, 7:

domos atque villas,

Sall. C. 12, 3:

Elysios campos, etc.,

Tib. 3, 5, 23:

totum amnem,

Verg. A. 9, 245:

sepulcra,

Suet. Calig. 3:

Aegyptum proficisci cognoscendae antiquitatis,

Tac. A. 2, 59; cf. Nep. Att. 18, 1:

infantem,

Suet. Calig. 13:

si quid dignum cognitu,

worth seeing, Suet. Aug. 43 rem, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 275, 22:

ab iis Caesar haec dicta cognovit, qui sermoni interfuerunt,

Caes. B. C 3, 18 fin.:

si tantus amor casus cognoscere nostros.. Incipiam, Verg A. 2, 10: verum, quod institui dicere, miserias cognoscite sociorum,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 27, § 65:

aliquid et litteris et nuntiis cognoscere,

id. Fam. 1, 5, 1; 14, 5, 1; 14, 6 init.:

iter ex perfugis,

Sall. C. 57, 3; id. J. 112, 1 al:

per exploratores cognovit,

Caes. B. G. 1, 22; 5, 49; 2, 11;

7, 16: deditio per nuntios cognita,

Sall. H. Fragm. 2, 22 Gerl.:

de Marcelli salute, Cic Fam. 4, 4, 3: de Bruto,

id. Att. 5, 21, 10;

Sall J. 73, 1: his (quibus) rebus cognitis very freq. in the historians,

Caes. B G. 1, 19, 1, 33; 2, 17; 4, 30 et saep., so in abl. absol. cognito, vivere Ptolemaeum, Liv. 33, 41, 5, so id. 37, 13, 5, 44, 28, 4 al.; v. Zumpt, Gram. § 647.—

Like the Engl. to know, the Heb. (v. Gesen. Lex. s. h. v 3), and the Gr. gignôskô (v. Lidd. and Scott, under the word, III.), euphem of sexual intercourse, Ov. H. 6, 133 aliquam adulterio, Just 5, 2, 5, 22, 1, 13: cognita, Cat 61, 147; Tac. H 4, 44.—

Mentally, to become acquainted with, learn, recognize, know:

nihil certum sciri, nihil plane cognosci et percipi possit,

Cic. de Or 1, 51, 222, Lucr 2, 840;

quod Di vitiaci fratris summum in populum Romanum studium cognoverat,

Caes. B. G 1, 19; cf. Sall. C. 51, 16 quem tu, cum ephebum Temni cognosses, Cic. Fl. 21, 51 et saep.: id se a Gallicis armis atque insignibus cognovisse, knew by their weapons and insignia (diff. from ex and ab aliquo, to learn from any one, v ab), Caes. B G. 1, 22; Ov. P 2, 10, 1; Phaedr. 4, 21, 22.—With acc. and inf: nunc animam quoque ut in membris cognoscere possis esse, Lucr 3, 117; cf. Auct. Her. 4, 18, 25: cum paucitatem mililum ex castrorum exiguitate cognosceret, Caes B G. 4, 30: aetatem eorum ex dentibus, Varr R. R. 2, 8 fin.:

sed Metello jam antea experimentis cognitum erat, genus Numidarum infidum... esse,

Sall. J 46, 3 al. —With acc. and part.:

aliter ac sperarat rempublicam se habentem,

Nep. Ham. 2, 1.—With rel.- clause:

tandem cognosti qui siem, Ter And. 3, 4, 7: id socordiāne an casu acciderit, parum cognovi,

Sall. J. 79, 5 al. —

To recognize that which is already known, acknowledge, identify (rare for agnosco): vereor, ne me quoque, cum domum ab Ilio cessim revertero, Praeter canem cognoscat nemo, Varr. ap. Non. p. 276, 9:

eum haec cognovit Myrrhina,

Ter. Hec. 5, 3, 32:

primum ostendimus Cethego signum: cognovit,

Cic. Cat. 3, 5, 10; cf.:

sigilla, ova,

id. Ac. 2, 26, 86; Lucr. 2, 349:

pecus exceptum est, quod intra dies XXX. domini cognovissent,

to identify, Liv. 24, 16, 5; cf.:

ut suum quisque per triduum cognitum abduceret,

id. 3, 10, 1; Ov. F. 2, 185:

video et cognosco signum,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 2, 45:

faciem suam,

Ov. A. A. 3, 508:

cognito regis corpore,

Just. 2, 6, 20:

mores,

Ov. P. 3, 2, 105.—So esp., to identify a person before a tribunal:

cum eum Syracusis amplius centum cives Romani cognoscerent,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 5, § 14; 2, 5, 28, § 72.—

With the access. idea of individual exertion (cf. Gr. gignôskô), to seek or strive to know something, to inquire into, to investigate, examine (so freq. only as a jurid. and milit. t. t.):

accipe, cognosce signum,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 2, 31.

Jurid. t. t., to examine a case in law, to investigate judicially (cf. cognitio):

Verres adesse jubebat, Verres cognoscebat, Verres judicabat,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 10, § 26; cf. Quint. 4, 2, 21; Dig. 13, 4, 4 al.—So absol.:

si judicas, cognosce,

Sen. Med. 194.—With acc.:

causam,

Quint. 4, 1, 3; cf. id. 11, 1, 77 Spald. N. cr.:

causas,

Cic. Off. 2, 23, 82; id. Verr. 2, 2, 48, § 118. COGNITIONES, Inscr. Orell. 3042.—With de:

de agro Campano,

Cic. Phil. 5, 19, 53:

de Caesaris actis,

id. Att. 16, 16 B, 8:

de hereditate,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 7, § 19:

hac de re,

id. ib. 2, 1, 10, § 27; cf. Quint. 6, 3, 85; 7, 4, 35; 8, 3, 62 al.; Suet. Aug. 55; 93; id. Tib. 33; id. Calig. 38 al.:

super aliquā re,

Dig. 23, 2, 13:

familiae herciscundae, i. e. ex actione familiae herciscundae,

ib. 28, 5, 35; cf. ib. 27, 2, 2.—

Transf., of critics and the criticising public:

cognoscere atque ignoscere, Quae veteres factitarunt, si faciunt novi,

Ter. Eun. prol. 42; cf. id. Hec. prol. 3 and 8.—And of private persons in gen.:

et cognoscendi et ignoscendi dabitur peccati locus,

Ter. Heaut. 2, 1, 6.—

Milit. t. t., to reconnoitre, to act the part of a scout:

qualis esset natura montis et qualis in circuitu ascensus, qui cognoscerent, misit,

Caes. B. G. 1, 21 al— Also merely to inquire into, examine:

numerum tuorum militum reliquiasque,

Cic. Pis. 37, 91 (al. recognoscere).—Hence, *

cognoscens, entis, P. a., acquainted with:

cognoscens sui,

Auct. Her. 4, 18, 25. —Subst. in jurid. lang., one who investigates judicially Inscr Orell 3151; 3185.—

* Adv.: cognoscenter, with knowledge, distinctly:

ut cognoscenter te videam,

Tert. adv. Marc. 4, 22.—

cognĭtus, a, um, P. a., known, acknowledged, approved. res penitus perspectae planeque cognitae, Cic. de Or. 1, 23, 108, cf. id. ib 1, 20, 92; id. Fam. 1, 7, 2. dierum ratio pervulgata et cognita, id. Mur 11, 25:

homo virtute cognitā et spectatā fide,

id. Caecin. 36, 104.—With dat.:

mihi Galba, Otho, Vitellius nec beneficio nec injuriā cogniti,

Tac. H. 1, 1, so Plin. 12, 21, 45, § 99.— Comp.:

cognitiora, Ov Tr. 4, 6, 28. cognitius,

id. M. 14, 15.— Sup.:

cognitissima,

Cat. 4, 14.

imprĭmo ( inpr-), pressi, pressum, 3, v. a. [in-premo], to press into or upon, to stick, stamp, or dig into, to impress, imprint (class.).

Lit.:

si in ejusmodi cera centum sigilla hoc anulo impressero,

Cic. Ac. 2, 26, 86:

locus ubi vestigium impresserit,

id. Caecin. 27, 76; id. Phil. 13, 15, 30:

sus rostro si humi A litteram impresserit,

id. Div. 1, 13, 23:

ne imprimatur jacentibus molibus solum,

Col. 3, 13, 1: imprimitque genae genam, Enn. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 6, 686 (Trag. v. 436):

os cucurbitulae corpori,

Cels. 2, 11:

signa tabellis,

Hor. S. 2, 6, 38:

impressit dente labris notam,

id. C. 1, 13, 12; cf.:

dentes alicui,

Luc. 9, 806:

muris aratrum,

Hor. C. 1, 16, 20:

stigmata captivorum frontibus,

Petr. 105:

(Dido) os impressa toro,

Verg. A. 4, 659:

impressa orbita,

Cic. Att. 2, 21, 2:

sulcus altius impressus,

id. Div. 2, 23, 50:

monimenta impressa saxis,

Tac. A. 11, 14:

puteum,

i. e. to sink, dig, Pall. 1, 34:

nudo ecce jugulum, convertite huc manus, imprimite mucrones,

Petr. 80:

dentem,

Tib. 1, 6, 14; cf.:

morsum,

i. e. to bite, Col. 6, 17, 33; Plin. 8, 25, 37, § 89:

vulnus,

i. e. to make, Col. 7, 11, 2:

basia,

Mart. 10, 42, 5:

staminaque impresso fatalia pollice nentes,

pressed upon, Ov. M. 8, 453; cf.:

impressoque genu nitens,

Verg. A. 12, 303:

humidaque impressa siccabat lumina lana,

Prop. 3, 6 (4, 5), 17:

exempta scutula cortici, imprimitur ex alia cortex par,

Plin. 17, 16, 26, § 118. —

Transf.: aliquid (aliqua re), to press in, give an impression to a thing, to engrave, stamp, mark: an imprimi quasi ceram animum putamus? Cic. Tusc. 1, 25, 61:

hoc munus habebis, Cratera impressum signis,

Verg. A. 5, 536; cf.:

impressas auro quas gesserat olim Exuvias,

i. e. embroidered, Luc. 9, 176:

non levior cippus nunc imprimit ossa?

Pers. 1, 37:

transtra per et remos impressaque terga virorum,

pressed down, bended, Stat. Th. 5, 403.—

Trop., to impress, engrave, stamp, mark:

quod in omnium animis eorum notionem impressisset ipsa natura,

Cic. N. D. 1, 16, 43; cf.:

visa in animis,

id. Ac. 2, 18, 58:

quaeque in animis imprimuntur incohatae intellegentiae, similiter in omnibus imprimuntur,

id. Leg. 1, 10, 30; id. Fat. 19, 43:

verum illud quidem impressum in animo atque mente,

id. Ac. 2, 11, 34:

nisi omnes ii motus in ipso oratore impressi esse atque inusti videbuntur,

id. de Or. 2, 45, 189:

quo e genere nobis notitiae rerum imprimuntur,

id. Ac. 2, 7, 21:

in quibus (curriculis) Platonis primum sunt impressa vestigia,

id. Or. 3, 12; cf.:

(memoria) constat ex notis litterarum, et ex eo, in quo imprimuntur illae notae,

id. Part. Or. 7, 26:

menti impressa,

id. ib. 2, 11, 34:

quaedam vestigia animo,

Quint. 11, 2, 4:

memoria publica recensionis tabulis publicis impressa,

Cic. Mil. 27, 73:

impressa animo rudi memoria,

Quint. 1, 1, 36:

quorum lectione duplex imprimeretur rei publicae dedecus,

Cic. Phil. 5, 6, 16:

cum fortitudinis, tum vero humanitatis... impressa vestigia,

id. Balb. 5, 13.—

Transf. (acc. to I. B.), to stamp, mark:

horum flagitiorum iste vestigiis omnia municipia, praefecturas... impressit,

Cic. Phil. 2, 24, 58; id. Fam. 5, 20, 5.—Hence, impressē, adv., strongly, forcibly, impressively (postclass.).

Lit.:

dehinc rursus defricandus tenacius quidem, sed non impressius,

Cael. Aur. Tard. 3, 7, 87. —

Trop.:

alte et impresse recogitare,

Tert. Exhort. Cast. 3:

ut impressius dixerim,

id. Car. Christ. 12.

imprĭmo ( inpr-), pressi, pressum, 3, v. a. [in-premo], to press into or upon, to stick, stamp, or dig into, to impress, imprint (class.).

Lit.:

si in ejusmodi cera centum sigilla hoc anulo impressero,

Cic. Ac. 2, 26, 86:

locus ubi vestigium impresserit,

id. Caecin. 27, 76; id. Phil. 13, 15, 30:

sus rostro si humi A litteram impresserit,

id. Div. 1, 13, 23:

ne imprimatur jacentibus molibus solum,

Col. 3, 13, 1: imprimitque genae genam, Enn. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 6, 686 (Trag. v. 436):

os cucurbitulae corpori,

Cels. 2, 11:

signa tabellis,

Hor. S. 2, 6, 38:

impressit dente labris notam,

id. C. 1, 13, 12; cf.:

dentes alicui,

Luc. 9, 806:

muris aratrum,

Hor. C. 1, 16, 20:

stigmata captivorum frontibus,

Petr. 105:

(Dido) os impressa toro,

Verg. A. 4, 659:

impressa orbita,

Cic. Att. 2, 21, 2:

sulcus altius impressus,

id. Div. 2, 23, 50:

monimenta impressa saxis,

Tac. A. 11, 14:

puteum,

i. e. to sink, dig, Pall. 1, 34:

nudo ecce jugulum, convertite huc manus, imprimite mucrones,

Petr. 80:

dentem,

Tib. 1, 6, 14; cf.:

morsum,

i. e. to bite, Col. 6, 17, 33; Plin. 8, 25, 37, § 89:

vulnus,

i. e. to make, Col. 7, 11, 2:

basia,

Mart. 10, 42, 5:

staminaque impresso fatalia pollice nentes,

pressed upon, Ov. M. 8, 453; cf.:

impressoque genu nitens,

Verg. A. 12, 303:

humidaque impressa siccabat lumina lana,

Prop. 3, 6 (4, 5), 17:

exempta scutula cortici, imprimitur ex alia cortex par,

Plin. 17, 16, 26, § 118. —

Transf.: aliquid (aliqua re), to press in, give an impression to a thing, to engrave, stamp, mark: an imprimi quasi ceram animum putamus? Cic. Tusc. 1, 25, 61:

hoc munus habebis, Cratera impressum signis,

Verg. A. 5, 536; cf.:

impressas auro quas gesserat olim Exuvias,

i. e. embroidered, Luc. 9, 176:

non levior cippus nunc imprimit ossa?

Pers. 1, 37:

transtra per et remos impressaque terga virorum,

pressed down, bended, Stat. Th. 5, 403.—

Trop., to impress, engrave, stamp, mark:

quod in omnium animis eorum notionem impressisset ipsa natura,

Cic. N. D. 1, 16, 43; cf.:

visa in animis,

id. Ac. 2, 18, 58:

quaeque in animis imprimuntur incohatae intellegentiae, similiter in omnibus imprimuntur,

id. Leg. 1, 10, 30; id. Fat. 19, 43:

verum illud quidem impressum in animo atque mente,

id. Ac. 2, 11, 34:

nisi omnes ii motus in ipso oratore impressi esse atque inusti videbuntur,

id. de Or. 2, 45, 189:

quo e genere nobis notitiae rerum imprimuntur,

id. Ac. 2, 7, 21:

in quibus (curriculis) Platonis primum sunt impressa vestigia,

id. Or. 3, 12; cf.:

(memoria) constat ex notis litterarum, et ex eo, in quo imprimuntur illae notae,

id. Part. Or. 7, 26:

menti impressa,

id. ib. 2, 11, 34:

quaedam vestigia animo,

Quint. 11, 2, 4:

memoria publica recensionis tabulis publicis impressa,

Cic. Mil. 27, 73:

impressa animo rudi memoria,

Quint. 1, 1, 36:

quorum lectione duplex imprimeretur rei publicae dedecus,

Cic. Phil. 5, 6, 16:

cum fortitudinis, tum vero humanitatis... impressa vestigia,

id. Balb. 5, 13.—

Transf. (acc. to I. B.), to stamp, mark:

horum flagitiorum iste vestigiis omnia municipia, praefecturas... impressit,

Cic. Phil. 2, 24, 58; id. Fam. 5, 20, 5.—Hence, impressē, adv., strongly, forcibly, impressively (postclass.).

Lit.:

dehinc rursus defricandus tenacius quidem, sed non impressius,

Cael. Aur. Tard. 3, 7, 87. —

Trop.:

alte et impresse recogitare,

Tert. Exhort. Cast. 3:

ut impressius dixerim,

id. Car. Christ. 12.

Sĭgillārĭa, ōrum, ibus and iis, n. [sigilla].

The last days of the Saturnalia, in which people made each other presents, especially of little images; the feast of images, Macr. S. 1, 10 fin.; 1, 11; Tiber. ap. Suet. Claud. 5; Spart. Carac. 1 fin. (called by Aus. Eclog. Fer. Rom. 52, festa sigillorum; and by Lucil. ap. Porph. Hor. S. 1, 5, 87, Servorum festus).—

Transf.

The little images presented on the Sigillaria:

alicui sigillaria afferre,

Sen. Ep. 12, 3 (called sigillaricia, Spart. Hadr. 17).—

Images of the gods:

adoratis sigillaribus suis,

Tert. Or. 12; Arn. 6, 197; 6, 199.—

A place in Rome where these little images were sold, the image-market, Suet. Claud. 16 fin.; id. Ner. 28; Gell. 5, 4, 1; abl. Sigillaribus, Dig. 32, 1, 102:

Sigillariis,

Gell. 2, 3, 5.

sĭgillārīcĭus ( - tĭus), a, um, adj. [sigilla].

Of or belonging to sealing:

anulus,

a seal-ring, signet-ring, Vop. Aur. 50.—

Subst.: sĭgillārīcĭa, ōrum, n., little images; v. Sigillaria, II. A. 1.

sĭgillārīcĭus ( - tĭus), a, um, adj. [sigilla].

Of or belonging to sealing:

anulus,

a seal-ring, signet-ring, Vop. Aur. 50.—

Subst.: sĭgillārīcĭa, ōrum, n., little images; v. Sigillaria, II. A. 1.

sĭgillārīcĭus ( - tĭus), a, um, adj. [sigilla].

Of or belonging to sealing:

anulus,

a seal-ring, signet-ring, Vop. Aur. 50.—

Subst.: sĭgillārīcĭa, ōrum, n., little images; v. Sigillaria, II. A. 1.

signum, i, n. [perh. Sanscr. sag-, to cling to, adhere; cf. sigilla].

In gen., a mark, token, sign, indication (very frequent in all styles and periods; cf.

insigne): meo patri torulus inerit aureus Sub petaso: id signum Amphitruoni non erit,

Plaut. Am. prol. 145 sq.:

ut eam (nutricem) adducam et signa ostendam haec, i. e. crepundia,

Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 38; 5, 3, 5:

ut fures earum rerum, quas ceperunt, signa commutant, etc.,

Cic. Fin. 5, 25, 74; so (with notae) id. de Or. 2, 41, 174; id. Lael. 17, 62; cf.:

omne probabile aut signum est aut credibile... Signum est, quod sub sensum aliquem cadit et quiddam significat, quod ex ipso profectum videtur, etc.,

id. Inv. 1, 30, 47 sq.:

aut pecori signum aut numeros inpressit acervis,

Verg. G. 1, 263; cf.:

servitii signum cervice gerens,

Ov. M. 3, 16:

jaculo mihi vulnera fecit.—Signa vides: apparet adhuc vetus ecce cicatrix,

Ov. M. 12, 444:

metam Constituit signum nautis pater, unde reverti Scirent, etc.,

Verg. A. 5, 130:

scutum signi gratia positum,

Quint. 6, 3, 38:

signa pedum,

tracks, prints, Ov. M. 4, 543;

and simply signa,

Verg. A. 8, 212 al.:

oculis mihi signum dedit, Ne se appellarem,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 45:

dare,

Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 11:

dicere deos gallis signum dedisse cantandi,

Cic. Div. 2, 26, 57 al.:

signa esse ad salutem,

Ter. And. 3, 2, 2:

animi pudentis signum,

id. Heaut. 1, 1, 68:

color pudoris signum,

id. And. 5, 3, 7:

signa doloris ostendere,

Cic. de Or. 2, 45, 190:

mortis dare,

Lucr. 6, 1182:

timoris mittere,

to exhibit, display, Caes. B. C. 1, 71 et saep.—With obj.-clause:

magnum hoc quoque signum est, dominam esse extra noxiam,

Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 57; Nep. Att. 17, 2.—In predic. gen. with neutr. pron.: hoc est signi;

ubi primum poterit, se illinc subducet,

Ter. Eun. 4, 1, 14:

id erit signi me invitum facere, quod, etc.,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 30, 83; Auct. Her. 4, 5, 8; Cato, R. R. 38, 4; 88, 2:

nil tamen est signi,

Lucr. 5, 918; cf.:

quid signi?

Cic. Cael. 16, 38, 2.— Hence, a surname, epithet (rare):

huic signum exercitus apposuit,

Vop. Am. 6; cf. Capitol. Gord. 4.—

In partic.

In milit. lang.

The distinctive sign of a division of an army.

A military standard, ensign, banner (including the aquila):

signifero interfecto, signo amisso,

Caes. B. G. 2, 25:

ut neque signiferi viam, nec signa milites cernerent,

Liv. 33, 7:

Hasdrubal ut procul signa legionum fulgentia vidit,

id. 28, 14; 22, 21; Col. 9, 9, 4:

inter signa militaria,

Hor. Epod. 9, 15:

cum unius signi militibus pergit ire,

Liv. 33, 1:

signa militaria ex proelio relata,

Caes. B. C. 3, 99; so,

militaria,

id. B. G. 7, 2; Plin. 33, 33, 19, § 58.—

Hence the expressions: signa sequi,

to follow the standards, to march in military order, Sall. J. 80, 2; Liv. 24, 48, 11:

signa subsequi,

to keep in order of battle, Caes. B. G. 4, 26:

signa observare,

Sall. J. 51, 1:

signa servare,

Liv. 8, 34, 10; Veg. Mil. 1, 9:

ab signis discedere,

to desert the standards, leave the ranks, Caes. B. G. 5, 16; 5, 33 fin.; id. B. C. 1, 44; Liv. 25, 20 al.; cf.:

ab ordinibus signisque discedere,

Front. Strat. 1, 5, 3:

signa relinquere,

to desert, Sall. C. 9, 4; Liv. 5, 6 al.:

signa deserere,

Liv. 8, 34, 9: signa ferre, i. e. to break up the camp, Caes. B. G. 1, 39 fin.; 1, 40; Liv. 2, 49, 3; 10, 5 al.;

for which: movere signa,

id. 1, 14, 9; 27, 2, 12; Verg. G. 3, 236; and:

tollere,

Vell. 2, 61, 2; Auct. B. Alex. 57, 1;

but: ferte signa in hostem,

attack, Liv. 9, 23, 13:

signa constituere,

to halt, Caes. B. G. 7, 47; cf.:

infestis contra hostes signis constiterunt,

id. ib. 7, 51:

signa proferre,

to advance, Liv. 4, 32, 10: signa convertere, to wheel, turn, or face about, Caes. B. G. 1, 25 fin.; 2, 26: Liv. 8, 11; 2, 14; 4, 29; for which, [p. 1698] vertere signa, id. 9, 35:

signa inferre (in aliquem),

to advance to the attack, make an assault, Caes. B. G. 1, 25 fin.; 2, 26; 7, 67; id. B. C. 2, 42; Cic. Phil. 5, 8, 23; Sall. J. 56, 5; Liv. 2, 53; 9, 27; 44, 12 al; cf.:

signa conferre cum aliquo,

to engage with, engage in close fight, Cic. Att. 7, 5, 5; id. Pis. 21, 49;

and cf.: collatis signis pugnare, superare aliquem, etc.,

Plaut. Cas. 2, 5, 44; Liv. 1, 33; 2, 50; Cic. Imp. Pomp. 23, 66; but conferre signa also means simply to bring the standards together (to one place), Caes. B. G. 7, 2; 2, 25; Liv. 37, 21:

signa in laevum cornu confert,

concentrates his troops, id. 7, 15, 4:

signa transferre,

to desert, Caes. B. C. 1, 24: signa convellere, to take up the standards, which had been fixed in the ground, Liv. 3, 7, 3; 3, 54, 10; 5, 37, 4; so,

vellere signa,

id. 3, 50, 11; Verg. G. 4, 108:

revellere signa,

Luc. 7, 77; cf.:

signa figere,

to encamp, Amm. 27, 10, 9:

defigere signa,

Sil. 8, 625:

sub signis ducere legiones, ire, esse, etc.,

together, in order, in rank and file, Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 71 (with ordine); Cic. Att. 16, 8, 2; Liv. 3, 51; Tac. H. 2, 14:

signa hostium turbare,

to throw into disorder, Liv. 9, 73:

ante signa,

before the army, id. 5, 18; 6, 7; 7, 16:

post signa,

id. 2, 49.—

Transf., in gen.:

infestis prope signis inferuntur Galli in Fonteium,

Cic. Font. 20, 44 (16, 34).—

Esp., the standard or ensign of single cohorts and maniples (opp. aquila, the standard of the entire legion):

cum fasces, cum tubas, cum signa militaria, cum aquilam illam argenteam... scirem esse praemissam,

Cic. Cat. 2, 6, 13; Galb. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 30, 5; Suet. Calig. 14 fin. Oud.; Tac. A. 1, 18; id. H. 2, 29 fin.; Plin. 13, 3, 4, § 23; Luc. 1, 6; 1, 224 al. (cf. aquila, 2.):

manipulos exercitus minimas manus quae unum sequuntur signum,

Varr. L. L. 5, § 88 Müll.—

Meton., a cohort, a maniple:

octo cohortes in fronte constituit, reliquarum signa in subsidio artius collocat,

Sall. C. 59, 2; Liv. 8, 9; 25, 23 fin.; 33, 1; 27, 14; 28, 14; Auct. B. Hisp. 18, 3.—

A sign, signal; a watchword, password, given by a wind-instrument, by the tessera, or otherwise:

signum tubā dare,

Caes. B. G. 2, 20; 7, 81:

proelii committendi dare,

id. ib. 2, 21:

recipiendi dare,

id. ib. 7, 52:

receptui dare,

Liv. 4, 31; 26, 45; 3, 22; cf. Cic. Rep. 1, 2, 3:

signum dare ut, etc.,

Liv. 2, 20; 4, 39:

proelii exposcere,

Caes. B. G. 7, 19:

concinere,

id. B. C. 3, 92 fin.; Liv. 30, 5; cf. Tac. A. 1, 68:

canere,

Sall. C. 59, 1; id. J. 99, 1; Liv. 1, 1; 4, 31; 27, 47; Cic. Rep. 1, 3, 3 al. (v. cano).—For the chariot race:

signum mittendis quadrigis dare,

Liv. 8, 40, 3: signum mittere, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 48, 107: signo Felicitatis dato, the word, watchword, Felicitas, Auct. B. Afr. 83:

signum petere,

Suet. Calig. 56; id. Claud. 42; id. Ner. 9; cf.:

it bello tessera signum,

Verg. A. 7, 637.— Transf.:

tu illam (virtutem) jubes signum petere,

i. e. to be in subjection, Sen. Ben. 4, 2, 2.—

A sign or token of any thing to come; a prognostic, symptom (cf.:

portentum, indicium): ipse et equus ejus repente concidit: nec eam rem habuit religioni, objecto signo, ut peritis videbatur, ne committeret proelium,

Cic. Div. 1, 35, 77:

medici signa quaedam habent ex venis et ex spiritu aegroti,

id. ib. 2, 70, 145; cf. Verg. G. 3, 440; 3, 503; 4, 253; Cels. 2, 3:

prospera signa dare,

Ov. H. 18 (19), 152.—

An image, as a work of art; a figure, statue, picture, etc. (syn.: effigies, imago, simulacrum);

inerant (classi) signa expressa, Titani quomodo, etc.,

Naev. 2, 13: statuas deorum, exempla earum facierum, s gna domi pro supellectile statuere, Cato ap. Prisc. p. 782 P.:

signum pictum in pariete,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 44:

signum in fano,

id. Rud. 2, 7, 2:

aëna signa,

Lucr. 1, 318:

ante signum Jovis Statoris concidit,

Cic. Div. 1, 35, 77:

signum aeneum, marmoreum, eburneum,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 1, § 1; cf. id. Off. 1, 41, 147; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 248:

cratera impressum signis,

Verg. A. 5, 536; 5, 267; 9, 263:

(vestis) auro signisque ingentibus apta,

Lucr. 5, 1428:

ex ornatis aedibus per aulaea et signa,

Sall. H. 2, 23, 2 Dietsch:

pallam signis auroque rigentem,

Verg. A. 1, 648:

e Pario formatum marmore signum,

Ov. M. 3, 419; cf. id. ib. 5, 183;

12, 398: statuas, signa, picturas commendet,

Plin. Ep. 1, 20, 5.—

An image or device on a seal-ring; a seal, signet: ostendi tabellas Lentulo, et quaesivi, cognosceretne signum. Annuit. Est vero, inquam, notum signum, imago avi tui, etc., Cic. Cat. 3, 5, 10:

(patera) in cistulā obsignata signo est,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 265; cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 45, § 117:

tabulae maximae signis hominum nobilium consignantur,

id. Quint. 6, 25:

imprimat his signa tabellis,

Hor. S. 2, 6, 38:

litterae integris signis praetoribus traduntur,

Cic. Cat. 3, 3, 6; Sall. C. 47, 3:

signo laeso non insanire lagenae,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 134:

volumen sub signo habere,

to have under seal, Cic. Att. 9, 10, 4; cf.:

sub signo claustrisque rei publicae positum vectigal,

id. Agr. 1, 7, 21:

nec pacta conventaque inpressis signis custodirentur,

Sen. Ben. 3, 15, 1:

cum sol duodena peregit signa,

Ov. M. 13, 618.—

A sign in the heavens, a constellation (cf. sidus):

caeli subter labentia signa,

Lucr. 1, 2:

loca caelio Omnia, dispositis signis ornata,

id. 5, 695:

signorum ortus et obitus,

Cic. Inv. 1, 34, 59:

signis omnibus ad idem principium stellisque revocatis,

id. Rep. 6, 22, 24:

in signo leonis,

id. Div. 1, 53, 121:

signorum obitus speculari et ortus,

Verg. G. 1, 257; id. A. 7, 138:

signum pluviale Capellae,

Ov. F. 5, 113:

ponemusque suos ad vaga signa dies,

id. ib. 1, 310:

nox caelo diffundere signa parabat,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 10; cf. id. C. 2, 8, 11.—

Miraculous works (eccl. Lat.), Vulg. Dan. 3, 99; id. Matt. 24, 24; id. Joan. 2, 11 et saep.

tăbella, ae ( nom. plur. TABELAI, S. C. de Bacch. Corp. I. R. 196). f. dim. [tabula].

In gen., a small board, a little table or tablet (rare and mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

liminis,

i. e. the door-sill, Cat. 32, 5:

tabella aerea,

a brass plate, Plin. 33, 1, 6, § 19: hos (libellos) eme, quos artat brevibus membrana tabellis, little tablets, i. e. small pages, Mart. 1, 3, 3:

parva tabella capit ternos utrimque lapillos,

small gamingboards, Ov. A. A. 3, 365; id. Tr. 2. 481:

pistor multiplices struit tabellas,

i. e. thin cakes, Mart. 11, 31, 9.—Of the basket or cradle in which Romulus and Remus were exposed:

heu quantum fati parva tabella vehit,

the little bark, Ov. F. 2, 408.—

In partic. (class.).

A writing-tablet:

tabellis pro chartis utebantur antiqui, quibus ultro citro, sive privatim sive publice opus erat, certiores absentes faciebant, unde adhuc tabellarii dicuntur: et tabellae missae ab imperatoribus,

Fest. p. 359 Müll.:

tabellae Imponere manus,

Ov. P. 4, 2, 27:

abiegnae,

id. A. A. 3, 469:

litteras tabellae insculpere,

Quint. 1, 1, 27:

fecit et Libyn puerum tenentem tabellam,

Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 59.—

Hence, transf., in plur., a writing, written composition, letter, contract, will, etc.:

tabellas proferri jussimus... Recitatae sunt tabellae in eandem fere sententiam,

Cic. Cat. 3, 5, 10:

allatae sunt tabellae ad eam a Stratippocle, eum argentum sumpsisse,

Plaut. Ep. 2, 2, 68:

ex tabellis jam faxo scies,

id. Ps. 1, 1, 47:

tabellas consignare,

id. Curc. 2, 3, 86:

tu quidem tabellis obsignatis agis mecum,

with sealed writings, Cic. Tusc. 5, 11, 33:

publicae Heracleensium,

public records, id. Arch. 4, 9; cf. Liv. 43, 16, 13:

tabellae quaestionis plures proferuntur,

minutes of evidence, Cic. Clu. 65, 184:

cur totiens video mitti recipique tabellas?

Ov. Am. 3, 14, 31:

rasae,

id. A. A. 1, 437:

nuptiis tabellas dotis ipse consignavit,

the marriage contract, Suet. Claud. 29:

falsas signare tabellas,

forged wills, Juv. 8, 142:

laureatae,

a letter announcing a victory, Liv. 45, 1, 8.— Sing. (rare):

testimonium per tabellam dare,

in writing, Tac. Or. 36: ex tabellā pronuntiare sententiam, Suet. Claud. 15.—

A tablet for voting, a ballot.

In the comitia, used in electing a magistrate or deciding upon the acceptance of a proposed law: in the former case the elector wrote down the name of a candidate; in the latter, each voter received two tablets, on one of which were the letters U. R., i. e. uti rogas, denoting approval;

on the other, A., i. e. antiquo (for the old law), denoting rejection: me universa civitas non prius tabellā quam voce priorem consulem declaravit,

Cic. Pis. 1, 3:

an ego exspectem, dum de te quinque et septuaginta tabellae dirimantur?

id. ib. 40, 96:

tabella modo detur nobis, sicut populo data est,

id. Phil. 11, 8, 19; cf.:

si populo grata est tabella, quae frontis aperit hominum,

id. Planc. 6, 16. —

In courts of justice; here each judge usually received three tablets; one of which, inscribed A., i. e. absolvo, denoted acquittal; another, with C., i. e. condemno, written on it, denoted condemnation;

and the third, with N. L., i. e. non liquet (it is not clear), left the case undecided: cum tabella vobis dabitur, judices, non de Flacco dabitur solum: dabitur de bonis omnibus,

Cic. Fl. 39, 99:

huic judicialis tabella committetur?

id. Verr. 2, 2, 32, § 79:

de quibusdam etiam imperitus judex dimittere tabellam potest,

give his vote, Sen. Ben. 3, 7, 5:

quamlibet austeras de me ferat urna tabellas,

Prop. 4 (5), 11, 49; Caes. B. C. 3, 83; cf. Suet. Aug. 33. —

A painted tablet, a small picture or painting:

ea (exhedria) volebam tabellis ornare,

Cic. Fam. 7, 23, 3:

priscis sparsa tabellis Porticus,

Ov. A. A. 1, 71:

inveniat plures nulla tabella modos,

id. ib. 2, 680:

comicae tabellae,

Plin. 35, 10, 37, § 114; cf.:

cubicula tabellis adornavit,

Suet. Tib. 43:

Tyrrhena sigilla, tabellas, Sunt qui non habeant,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 180:

Pausiaca,

id. S. 2, 7, 95.—

A votive tablet, hung up in a temple, and on which one acknowledged by writing or painting the favor or aid he had received from a deity:

nunc, dea, nunc succurre mihi, nam posse mederi, Picta docet templis multa tabella tuis,

Tib. 1, 3, 28:

et posita est meritae multa tabella deae,

Ov. F. 3, 268:

votiva,

Hor. S. 2, 1, 33; so Juv. 12, 27:

memores,

Ov. M. 8, 744. —

A fan:

quos (ventos) faciet nostrā mota tabella manu,

Ov. Am. 3, 2, 38.

Tyrrhēni, ōrum, m., = Turrênoi, the Tyrrhenians, a Pelasgian people who migrated to Italy and formed the parent stock of the Etrurians, Verg. A. 11, 171; 11, 733; Plin. 3, 5, 8, § 50.—Hence,

Tyrrhē-nus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Tyrrhenians or Etrurians, Tyrrhenian, Etrurian, Tuscan:

mare,

Mel. 1, 3, 3; Plin. 3, 5, 10, § 75; Hor. C. 1, 11, 6; 3, 24, 4:

aequor,

id. ib. 4, 15, 3; Verg. A. 1, 67.—Also personified: Tyrrhēnus, i, m., the Tuscan Sea, Val. Fl. 4, 715:

flumen,

i. e. the Tiber, Verg. A. 7, 663:

orae,

id. ib. 7, 647:

gens,

Ov. M. 3, 576:

rex,

Verg. A. 8, 555:

regum progenies,

Hor. C. 3, 29, 1:

parens,

id. ib. 3, 10, 12:

corpora,

i. e. of Tyrrhenians, Ov. M. 4, 23:

sigilla,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 180.— Poet., for Italian:

pubes,

Sil. 1, 111.—

Tyr-rhēnĭa, ae, f., the country of the Tyrrhenians, Tyrrhenia, Etruria, Ov. M. 14, 452.—

Tyrrhēnĭcus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to the Tyrrhenians or Etruscans, Tyrrhenian, Etrurian:

Tarraco,

situated on the Tuscan Sea, Aus. Ep. 24, 88; Suet. Claud. 42.