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A standard

  • 1 sīgnum

        sīgnum ī, n    a mark, token, sign, indication, proof: ostendisti signa nutrici? (i. e. crepundia), T.: fures earum rerum, quas ceperunt, signa commutant: in amicis deligendis habere quasi signa et notas, quibus eos iudicarent, etc.: pecori signum inpressit, V.: nulla ad speluncum signa ferebant, footprints, V.: dicere deos gallis signum dedisse cantandi: color pudoris signum, T.: timoris signa mittere, display, Cs.: Magnum hoc quoque signum est, dominam esse extra noxiam, T.: id erit signi me invitum facere, quod, etc.: quid signi?—A military standard, ensign, banner: signo amisso, Cs.: ut neque signiferi viam, nec signa milites cernerent, L.: Inter signa militaria, H.: signa sequi, to march in rank, S.: signa subsequi, to keep the order of battle, Cs.: signa servare, L.: ab signis discedere, to leave the ranks, Cs.: volonum exercitus ab signis discessit, disbanded, L.: signa relinquere, to run away, S.: signa ferre, i. e. to decamp, Cs.: mota e castris signa eorum, qui, etc., i. e. an advance of the troops, etc., L.: Signa movet, advances, V.: ferte signa in hostem, attack, L.: signa constituere, halt, Cs.: signa proferre, advance, L.: Romani conversa signa bipertito intulerunt, i. e. wheeled and attacked in two columns, Cs.: signa patriae inferens: qui signa contulit, engaged in close fight: conlatis signis, in regular battle: conlatis militaribus signis, having brought together, etc., Cs.: signa in laevum cornu confert, concentrates his troops, L.: signa transferre, to desert, Cs.: signa convellere, to take up the standards (from the ground), L.: legionem sub signis ducere, in rank and file: ante signa inter primores, in front of the army, L.—Esp., the standard of a cohort, ensign of a maniple (cf. aquila, the standard of the legion): cum fascīs, cum signa militaria (praemissa).—A cohort, maniple: unius signi milites, L.—A sign, signal, call, watchword, password: signum tubā dare, Cs.: receptui dare, L.: proeli exposcere, Cs.: concinere, Cs.: canere, S.: signum mittendis quadrigis dare (for the start in a race), L.: it bello tessera signum, V.—A sign, token, omen, prognostic, symptom: medici signa quaedam habent ex venis aegroti: Morborum signa docebo, V.: prospera signa dare, O.—An image, figure, statue, picture: Iovis Statoris: expressi voltūs per aënea signa, H.: palla signis auroque rigens, V. —A device on a seal, seal, signet: notum signum, imago avi tui, etc.: Imprimat his signa tabellis, H.: litterae integris signis praetoribus traduntur: volumen sub signo habere, under seal.—A sign in the heavens, constellation: signis omnibus ad principium steliisque revocatis: in signo Leonis: signorum obitūs ortūs, V.: pluviale Capellae, O.
    * * *
    battle standard; indication; seal; sign, proof; signal; image, statue

    Latin-English dictionary > sīgnum

  • 2 aquila

        aquila ae, f    an eagle: suspensis demissa alis, L.: fulva, V.: feroces, H.: ales Iovis, V.—Prov.: aquilae senectus (because it was fabled to renew its youth), T. — In war, an eagle, standard of a legion (carried by the senior centurion of the first cohort): decimae legionis, Cs.: argentea.—Poet.: locupletem aquilam tibi adferre, i. e. the office of first centurion. Iu. — In architecture, an ornament of the pediment, Ta.
    * * *
    I
    eagle; gable/pediment; kind of fish (eagle-ray?)
    II
    silver eagle on pole, standard of a legion; legion; post of standard-bearer

    Latin-English dictionary > aquila

  • 3 aquilifer

        aquilifer ferī, m    [aquila + FER-], an eaglebearer, standard-bearer, first centurion of the first cohort in a legion, Cs.
    * * *
    standard bearer of a legion, officer who carried the eagle standard

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  • 4 improbus

    imprŏbus ( inpr-), a, um, adj. [2. inprobus], not according to the standard.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    Below the standard, i. e. of bad quality, bad, poor, inferior (rare;

    mostly post-Aug.): merces,

    Plaut. Rud. 2, 3, 43:

    opera araneorum et textura inproba,

    id. Stich. 2, 2, 24:

    panis,

    Mart. 10, 5, 5:

    improbiores postes,

    Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 139:

    tua sum opera et propter te inprobior,

    id. Bacch. 5, 2, 84.—
    B.
    Above or beyond the standard, i. e. enormous, monstrous, excessive:

    genua,

    Col. 6, 1, 3:

    arva,

    Val. Fl. 1, 510; 2, 631 (cf. Forbig. ad Verg. G. 1, 119; Orell. ad Hor. C. 3, 9, 22):

    Chilones a labris improbioribus,

    Charis. p. 78 P.:

    mons,

    Verg. A. 12, 687:

    tegmina plantae,

    Val. Fl. 6, 702:

    improbo somno, quem nec tertia saepe rumpit hora,

    Mart. 12, 18, 13:

    villus barbarum in capris,

    Plin. 12, 17, 37, § 73:

    reptatus (vitium),

    id. 14, 1, 3, § 13; Stat. Th. 6, 838:

    imber improbior,

    Sen. Q. N. 4, 4 fin. (in Sall. ap. Non. 366, 13; Hist. Fragm. 4, 40 Dietsch, the true read. is in prora).—
    II.
    Transf., of mind and character.
    A.
    Restless, indomitable, persistent (cf.:

    pervicax, perstans, vehemens, acer): labor omnia vincit improbus,

    Verg. G. 1, 146:

    tum cornix plena pluviam vocat improba voce,

    id. ib. 1, 388:

    quatit improbus hastam,

    id. A. 11, 767; cf. Hor. C. 3, 9, 23; Mart. 1, 105, 2; Ov. Tr. 1, 11, 41.—
    B.
    Morally bad; wicked, reprobate, abandoned, vile, base, impious, ungodly, unjust, dishonest; bold, shameless, impudent; violent, fierce, outrageous (syn.: malus, malignus, pravus, depravatus, nequam).
    1.
    Of living beings: NI TESTIMONIVM FARIATVR IMPROBVS INTESTABILISQVE ESTO, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Gell. 15, 13 fin.:

    qui improbi essent et scelesti,

    Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 137:

    nequam et improbus,

    Cic. Deiot. 7, 21:

    illud vero improbi esse hominis et perfidiosi,

    id. de Or. 2, 73, 297: Cresphontes, Enn. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 24, 38 (Trag. v. 156 Vahl.):

    populum aut inflammare in improbos aut incitatum in bonos mitigare,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 46, 202:

    longe post natos homines improbisssimus,

    id. Brut. 62, 224:

    cum in me tam improbus fuit,

    id. Att. 9, 15, 5:

    ab ingenio est improbus,

    Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 59:

    ut alias res est impense improbus,

    id. Ep. 4, 1, 39:

    negat improbus et te Neglegit, aut horret,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 63:

    anus,

    id. S. 2, 5, 84:

    cum eum, qui sit improbus, latronem dicimus,

    Quint. 8, 4, 1; 1, 8, 21:

    (anguis) piscibus atram inprobus ingluviem explet,

    voracious, Verg. G. 3, 431:

    lupus,

    id. A. 9, 62:

    Jovis ales,

    id. ib. 12, 250:

    annis,

    by his youth, Juv. 3, 282:

    Fortuna arridens infantibus,

    mischievous, id. 6, 605. — Comp.:

    inprobior satiram scribente cinaedo,

    Juv. 4, 106. —
    * (β).
    With gen.: conubii, Stat. Th. [p. 909] 7, 300. —
    2.
    Of inanim. and abstr. things:

    improbo Iracundior Hadria,

    Hor. C. 3, 9, 22:

    lavit improba taeter Ora (leonis) cruor,

    Verg. A. 10, 727:

    perfricare faciem et quasi improbam facere,

    shameless, impudent, Quint. 11, 3, 160; cf.:

    oris improbi homo,

    Suet. Gramm. 15:

    divitiae,

    Hor. C. 3, 24, 62:

    improba non fuerit si mea charta, dato,

    Mart. 8, 24, 2:

    satureia,

    exciting lust, id. 3, 75, 4:

    ingenio improbo,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 16:

    facta,

    id. Truc. 2, 7, 4:

    dicta,

    licentious, Ov. F. 5, 686:

    verba,

    id. A. A. 3, 796; cf.

    carmina,

    id. Tr. 2, 441:

    legis improbissimae poena,

    Cic. Fam. 14, 4, 2:

    testamentum,

    illegal, id. Verr. 2, 1, 42, § 107:

    mala et improba defensio,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 41, §

    101: amor,

    Verg. A. 4, 412; Hor. S. 1, 3, 24 (cf.:

    improbus, turpis, Schol. Cruq. ad loc.): spes,

    Quint. 12, 1, 13:

    improba ventris rabies,

    Verg. A. 2, 356:

    quo apertior adulatio, quo improbior, hoc citius expugnat,

    Sen. Q. N. 4 praef. med.:

    improba quamvis gratia fallaci praetoris vicerit urna,

    Juv. 13, 3.— Adv., in two forms, imprŏbē (class.) and improbĭter (perh. only once in Petr. 66).
    1.
    Beyond measure, immoderately, enormously (very rare):

    ad eos, quibus intestinum improbe prominet,

    Marc. Emp. 31 med.:

    de quodam procerae staturae improbiusque nato,

    i. e. uncommonly well furnished, Suet. Vesp. 23:

    Chilones improbius labrati,

    Charis. p. 78 P. —
    2.
    (Acc. to II.) Badly, wrongly, improperly:

    multa scelerate, multa audacter, multa improbe fecisti,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 36, 104:

    facere aliquid,

    Quint. 1, 3, 13:

    quibus improbe datum est,

    Cic. Off. 2, 22, 79:

    quid ego miror, si quid ab improbis de me improbe dicitur?

    id. Sull. 10, 30:

    praeda improbe parta,

    id. Fin. 1, 16, 51:

    aliquid petere,

    Quint. 6, 3, 95:

    non improbe litigabunt,

    id. 12, 7, 5:

    ignorantia et inscitia improbe dicentium, quae non intellegunt,

    incorrectly, Gell. 15, 5, 1;

    so with indocte,

    id. 15, 9, 4.— Comp.:

    estne aliquid, quod improbius fieri possit?

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 60, § 140:

    decerpere oscula,

    Cat. 68, 126. — Sup.:

    quas (res) improbissime fecit,

    Cic. Caecin. 9, 23:

    respondere,

    id. Pis. 6, 13.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > improbus

  • 5 inprobus

    imprŏbus ( inpr-), a, um, adj. [2. inprobus], not according to the standard.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    Below the standard, i. e. of bad quality, bad, poor, inferior (rare;

    mostly post-Aug.): merces,

    Plaut. Rud. 2, 3, 43:

    opera araneorum et textura inproba,

    id. Stich. 2, 2, 24:

    panis,

    Mart. 10, 5, 5:

    improbiores postes,

    Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 139:

    tua sum opera et propter te inprobior,

    id. Bacch. 5, 2, 84.—
    B.
    Above or beyond the standard, i. e. enormous, monstrous, excessive:

    genua,

    Col. 6, 1, 3:

    arva,

    Val. Fl. 1, 510; 2, 631 (cf. Forbig. ad Verg. G. 1, 119; Orell. ad Hor. C. 3, 9, 22):

    Chilones a labris improbioribus,

    Charis. p. 78 P.:

    mons,

    Verg. A. 12, 687:

    tegmina plantae,

    Val. Fl. 6, 702:

    improbo somno, quem nec tertia saepe rumpit hora,

    Mart. 12, 18, 13:

    villus barbarum in capris,

    Plin. 12, 17, 37, § 73:

    reptatus (vitium),

    id. 14, 1, 3, § 13; Stat. Th. 6, 838:

    imber improbior,

    Sen. Q. N. 4, 4 fin. (in Sall. ap. Non. 366, 13; Hist. Fragm. 4, 40 Dietsch, the true read. is in prora).—
    II.
    Transf., of mind and character.
    A.
    Restless, indomitable, persistent (cf.:

    pervicax, perstans, vehemens, acer): labor omnia vincit improbus,

    Verg. G. 1, 146:

    tum cornix plena pluviam vocat improba voce,

    id. ib. 1, 388:

    quatit improbus hastam,

    id. A. 11, 767; cf. Hor. C. 3, 9, 23; Mart. 1, 105, 2; Ov. Tr. 1, 11, 41.—
    B.
    Morally bad; wicked, reprobate, abandoned, vile, base, impious, ungodly, unjust, dishonest; bold, shameless, impudent; violent, fierce, outrageous (syn.: malus, malignus, pravus, depravatus, nequam).
    1.
    Of living beings: NI TESTIMONIVM FARIATVR IMPROBVS INTESTABILISQVE ESTO, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Gell. 15, 13 fin.:

    qui improbi essent et scelesti,

    Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 137:

    nequam et improbus,

    Cic. Deiot. 7, 21:

    illud vero improbi esse hominis et perfidiosi,

    id. de Or. 2, 73, 297: Cresphontes, Enn. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 24, 38 (Trag. v. 156 Vahl.):

    populum aut inflammare in improbos aut incitatum in bonos mitigare,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 46, 202:

    longe post natos homines improbisssimus,

    id. Brut. 62, 224:

    cum in me tam improbus fuit,

    id. Att. 9, 15, 5:

    ab ingenio est improbus,

    Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 59:

    ut alias res est impense improbus,

    id. Ep. 4, 1, 39:

    negat improbus et te Neglegit, aut horret,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 63:

    anus,

    id. S. 2, 5, 84:

    cum eum, qui sit improbus, latronem dicimus,

    Quint. 8, 4, 1; 1, 8, 21:

    (anguis) piscibus atram inprobus ingluviem explet,

    voracious, Verg. G. 3, 431:

    lupus,

    id. A. 9, 62:

    Jovis ales,

    id. ib. 12, 250:

    annis,

    by his youth, Juv. 3, 282:

    Fortuna arridens infantibus,

    mischievous, id. 6, 605. — Comp.:

    inprobior satiram scribente cinaedo,

    Juv. 4, 106. —
    * (β).
    With gen.: conubii, Stat. Th. [p. 909] 7, 300. —
    2.
    Of inanim. and abstr. things:

    improbo Iracundior Hadria,

    Hor. C. 3, 9, 22:

    lavit improba taeter Ora (leonis) cruor,

    Verg. A. 10, 727:

    perfricare faciem et quasi improbam facere,

    shameless, impudent, Quint. 11, 3, 160; cf.:

    oris improbi homo,

    Suet. Gramm. 15:

    divitiae,

    Hor. C. 3, 24, 62:

    improba non fuerit si mea charta, dato,

    Mart. 8, 24, 2:

    satureia,

    exciting lust, id. 3, 75, 4:

    ingenio improbo,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 16:

    facta,

    id. Truc. 2, 7, 4:

    dicta,

    licentious, Ov. F. 5, 686:

    verba,

    id. A. A. 3, 796; cf.

    carmina,

    id. Tr. 2, 441:

    legis improbissimae poena,

    Cic. Fam. 14, 4, 2:

    testamentum,

    illegal, id. Verr. 2, 1, 42, § 107:

    mala et improba defensio,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 41, §

    101: amor,

    Verg. A. 4, 412; Hor. S. 1, 3, 24 (cf.:

    improbus, turpis, Schol. Cruq. ad loc.): spes,

    Quint. 12, 1, 13:

    improba ventris rabies,

    Verg. A. 2, 356:

    quo apertior adulatio, quo improbior, hoc citius expugnat,

    Sen. Q. N. 4 praef. med.:

    improba quamvis gratia fallaci praetoris vicerit urna,

    Juv. 13, 3.— Adv., in two forms, imprŏbē (class.) and improbĭter (perh. only once in Petr. 66).
    1.
    Beyond measure, immoderately, enormously (very rare):

    ad eos, quibus intestinum improbe prominet,

    Marc. Emp. 31 med.:

    de quodam procerae staturae improbiusque nato,

    i. e. uncommonly well furnished, Suet. Vesp. 23:

    Chilones improbius labrati,

    Charis. p. 78 P. —
    2.
    (Acc. to II.) Badly, wrongly, improperly:

    multa scelerate, multa audacter, multa improbe fecisti,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 36, 104:

    facere aliquid,

    Quint. 1, 3, 13:

    quibus improbe datum est,

    Cic. Off. 2, 22, 79:

    quid ego miror, si quid ab improbis de me improbe dicitur?

    id. Sull. 10, 30:

    praeda improbe parta,

    id. Fin. 1, 16, 51:

    aliquid petere,

    Quint. 6, 3, 95:

    non improbe litigabunt,

    id. 12, 7, 5:

    ignorantia et inscitia improbe dicentium, quae non intellegunt,

    incorrectly, Gell. 15, 5, 1;

    so with indocte,

    id. 15, 9, 4.— Comp.:

    estne aliquid, quod improbius fieri possit?

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 60, § 140:

    decerpere oscula,

    Cat. 68, 126. — Sup.:

    quas (res) improbissime fecit,

    Cic. Caecin. 9, 23:

    respondere,

    id. Pis. 6, 13.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > inprobus

  • 6 signum

    signum, i, n. [perh. Sanscr. sag-, to cling to, adhere; cf. sigilla].
    I.
    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.—
    II.
    In partic.
    A.
    In milit. lang.
    1.
    The distinctive sign of a division of an army.
    a.
    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.—
    (β).
    Transf., in gen.:

    infestis prope signis inferuntur Galli in Fonteium,

    Cic. Font. 20, 44 (16, 34).—
    b.
    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.—
    (β).
    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.—
    2.
    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.—
    B.
    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.—
    C.
    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.—
    D.
    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.—
    E.
    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.—
    F.
    Miraculous works (eccl. Lat.), Vulg. Dan. 3, 99; id. Matt. 24, 24; id. Joan. 2, 11 et saep.

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  • 7 mālus

        mālus ī, m    [1 MAC-], an upright pole, beam, mast: antemnas ad malos destinare, Cs.: malum erigi imperavit: altus, V.: saucius, injured, H.: summo malo, O.— A standard, prop, staff: in circo instabilis, L.: turrium mali, Cs.
    * * *
    I
    mala -um, pejor -or -us, - ADJ
    bad, evil, wicked; ugly; unlucky
    II III
    mast; beam; tall pole, upright pole; standard, prop, staff

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  • 8 nōrma

        nōrma ae, f    [GNA-], a measure, standard: ad istorum (Stoicorum) normam sapientes.— A rule, pattern, precept: vitam ad certam rationis normam dirigere: iuris: loquendi, H.
    * * *
    carpenter's square; standard, pattern

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  • 9 sīgnifer

        sīgnifer fera, ferum, adj.    [signum+1 FER-], sign-bearing, bearing the constellations, starry: orbis, the zodiac.—As subst m., a standard-bearer, ensign: signifero interfecto, Cs.: primi hastati: signum omni vi moliente signifero convelli nequire, L.— A leader, head, chief: nostrae causae quasi signiferi: iuventutis.
    * * *

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  • 10 subsīgnānus

        subsīgnānus adj.    [sub+signum], that serves under the standard: miles, reserves to strengthen the centre, Ta.
    * * *
    I
    subsignana, subsignanum ADJ
    II
    reserve legionaire (w/milites)

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  • 11 talentum

        talentum ī （ gen plur. talentūm, C., L.), n, τάλαντον, a talent, half a hundred-weight (a Grecian standard of weight): auri eborisque talenta, V.—A talent (a Grecian standard of value, usu. of sixty minae, equal to about £233 sterling or $1132 in gold): quinquaginta ei talenta adferre: decem milia talentūm: argenti, V.: Mille talenta rotundentur, H.; cf. talentum ne minus pondo octaginta Romanis ponderibus pendat (i. e. the great talent of eighty minae), L.
    * * *
    talent; sum of money

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  • 12 vēxillārius

        vēxillārius ī, m    [vexillum], a standard-bearer, ensign, L., Ta.—Under the empire, the oldest class of veterans, Ta.
    * * *
    standard-bearer; ensign; oldest class of veterans (under Empire); troops (pl.) serving for the time being in a special detachment

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  • 13 vēxillum

        vēxillum ī, n dim.    [vēlum], a military ensign, standard, banner, flag: sub vexillo unā mitti, i. e. were placed in the ranks, Cs.: ut vexillum tolleres. — A signal-flag: vexillum proponendum, i. e. the signal for battle, Cs.—The troops following a standard, a company, troop, L.
    * * *
    flag, banner

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  • 14 aquilifera

    standard bearer of a legion, officer who carried the eagle standard

    Latin-English dictionary > aquilifera

  • 15 canon

    I
    catalog of sacred writings admitted by rule, the_Canon; cannon/guns (pl.)
    II
    canon, member of cathedral chapter or canonry, Augustinian
    III
    sounding-board/channel of water organ; model/standard; measuring line, rule
    IV
    canonos/is N M
    sounding-board/channel of water organ; model/standard; measuring line, rule

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  • 16 Semioptera

    —
    1. LAT Semioptera ( Gould)
    3. ENG standard-winged bird of paradise, Wallace’s standard-wing
    5. FRA paradisier m de Wallace

    VOCABULARIUM NOMINUM ANIMALIUM QUINQUELINGUE — AVES > Semioptera

  • 17 Semioptera wallacei

    —
    3. ENG standard-winged bird of paradise, Wallace’s standard-wing
    5. FRA paradisier m de Wallace

    VOCABULARIUM NOMINUM ANIMALIUM QUINQUELINGUE — AVES > Semioptera wallacei

  • 18 Aquila

    1.
    ăquĭla, ae, f. [ gen. aquilāï, Cic. Arat 372) [perh. from aquilus, from its common color, Gr melanaetos; cf. Engl. eagle; Fr. aigle; Germ. Adler], an eagle.
    I.
    Lit.: Falco melanaëtus, Linn.; Plin. 10, 3, 3, § 6 sqq.; Cic. Div 1, 15, 26; 2, 70, 144; Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 4, Liv 1, 34, 8; Verg. A. 11, 751; Ov. M. 1, 506; Hor. C. 4, 4, 32:

    aquilis velociores,

    Vulg. 2 Reg. 1, 23 si exaltatus fueris ut aquila, ib. Abd. 4:

    dilata calvitium tuum ut aquila,

    ib. Mich. 1, 16.— Poet., the lightningbearer of Jupiter. Jovis satelles, Cic. Tusc. 2, 10, 24: armigera Jovis, Plin. l. l.; cf. Serv ad Verg. A. 1, 398.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    The eagle, as the principal standard of a Roman legion (while signa are the standards of the single cohorts; cf. Schwarz ad Plin. Pan. 82; Web. ad Luc. 7, 164;

    Smith, Dict. Antiq.): aquila argentea,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 9, 24; aquilae duae, signa sexaginta sunt relata Antonii, Galba ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 30; Plin. 13, 3, 4, § 23 et saep.— Poet.:

    ut locupletem aquilam tibi sexagesimus annus Adferat,

    the office of a standard-bearer, Juv. 14, 197.—Hence, meton., a legion: erat acies tredecim aquilis constituta, Auct. B. Hisp. 30; Luc. 5, 238.—
    * B.
    In arch.: aquilae, as in Gr. aetoi and aetômata, the highest parts of a building, which supported the front of a gable. sustinentes fastigium aquilae, Tac. H. 3, 71.—
    * C.
    The Eagle, a constellation, Cic. Arat. 372.—
    D.
    A species of fish of the ray genus, the sea-eagle: Raja aquila, Linn.; Plin. 9, 24, 40, § 78.—
    E.
    Aquilae senectus, prov., acc. to Donatus, of an old man fond of drinking (since it was believed that the eagle, in old age, drank more than it ate; but more prob., a vigorous old age), Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 10, ubi v. Don.
    2.
    Ăquĭla, ae, m., a Roman proper name.
    I.
    L. Pontius Aquna, Cic. Phil. 11, 6.—
    II.
    Julius Aquila, Tac. A. 12, 15.—
    III.
    Vedius Aquila. Tac. A. 12, 15.—
    IV.
    Aquila [p. 149] Romanus, author of a work De Figuris Sententiarum et Elocutionis; v. Teuffel, Rom. Lit. § 384.—
    V.
    Julius Aquila, a Roman jurist, author of Liber Responsorum, of which there are extracts in Dig.; v. Bach, Hist. Jurisp. Rom. III. 3.—
    VI.
    Aquila, the name of a Christian Jew, Vulg. Act. 18, 2; ib. Rom. 16, 3.

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  • 19 aquila

    1.
    ăquĭla, ae, f. [ gen. aquilāï, Cic. Arat 372) [perh. from aquilus, from its common color, Gr melanaetos; cf. Engl. eagle; Fr. aigle; Germ. Adler], an eagle.
    I.
    Lit.: Falco melanaëtus, Linn.; Plin. 10, 3, 3, § 6 sqq.; Cic. Div 1, 15, 26; 2, 70, 144; Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 4, Liv 1, 34, 8; Verg. A. 11, 751; Ov. M. 1, 506; Hor. C. 4, 4, 32:

    aquilis velociores,

    Vulg. 2 Reg. 1, 23 si exaltatus fueris ut aquila, ib. Abd. 4:

    dilata calvitium tuum ut aquila,

    ib. Mich. 1, 16.— Poet., the lightningbearer of Jupiter. Jovis satelles, Cic. Tusc. 2, 10, 24: armigera Jovis, Plin. l. l.; cf. Serv ad Verg. A. 1, 398.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    The eagle, as the principal standard of a Roman legion (while signa are the standards of the single cohorts; cf. Schwarz ad Plin. Pan. 82; Web. ad Luc. 7, 164;

    Smith, Dict. Antiq.): aquila argentea,

    Cic. Cat. 1, 9, 24; aquilae duae, signa sexaginta sunt relata Antonii, Galba ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 30; Plin. 13, 3, 4, § 23 et saep.— Poet.:

    ut locupletem aquilam tibi sexagesimus annus Adferat,

    the office of a standard-bearer, Juv. 14, 197.—Hence, meton., a legion: erat acies tredecim aquilis constituta, Auct. B. Hisp. 30; Luc. 5, 238.—
    * B.
    In arch.: aquilae, as in Gr. aetoi and aetômata, the highest parts of a building, which supported the front of a gable. sustinentes fastigium aquilae, Tac. H. 3, 71.—
    * C.
    The Eagle, a constellation, Cic. Arat. 372.—
    D.
    A species of fish of the ray genus, the sea-eagle: Raja aquila, Linn.; Plin. 9, 24, 40, § 78.—
    E.
    Aquilae senectus, prov., acc. to Donatus, of an old man fond of drinking (since it was believed that the eagle, in old age, drank more than it ate; but more prob., a vigorous old age), Ter. Heaut. 3, 2, 10, ubi v. Don.
    2.
    Ăquĭla, ae, m., a Roman proper name.
    I.
    L. Pontius Aquna, Cic. Phil. 11, 6.—
    II.
    Julius Aquila, Tac. A. 12, 15.—
    III.
    Vedius Aquila. Tac. A. 12, 15.—
    IV.
    Aquila [p. 149] Romanus, author of a work De Figuris Sententiarum et Elocutionis; v. Teuffel, Rom. Lit. § 384.—
    V.
    Julius Aquila, a Roman jurist, author of Liber Responsorum, of which there are extracts in Dig.; v. Bach, Hist. Jurisp. Rom. III. 3.—
    VI.
    Aquila, the name of a Christian Jew, Vulg. Act. 18, 2; ib. Rom. 16, 3.

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  • 20 aquilifer

    ăquĭlĭfer, fēri, m. [aquila-fero], an eaglebearer, standard-bearer, an officer who carried the chief standard of the Roman legion, Caes. B. G. 5, 37; id. B. C. 3, 64; Suet. Aug. 10; Inscr. Orell. 3389; 3477; 4729.

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