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1 significo
signĭfĭco, āvi, ātum, 1 ( dep. collat. form signĭfĭcor, acc. to Gell. 18, 12, 10, without an example), v. a. [signum-facio].I.In gen., to show by signs; to show, point out, express, publish, make known, indicate; to intimate, notify, signify, etc. (freq. and class.; syn.: monstro, declaro, indico).(α).With acc.:(β).aliquid alicui,
Plaut. Rud. 4, 1, 5:hoc mihi significasse et annuisse visus est,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 91, § 213:quae significari ac declarari volemus,
id. de Or. 3, 13, 49:gratulationem,
id. Att. 4, 1, 5:stultitiam,
id. Agr. 2, 12, 30:deditionem,
Caes. B. G. 7, 40:timorem fremitu et concursu,
id. ib. 4, 14:vir, quem ne inimicus quidem satis in appellando significare poterat,
Cic. Font. 17, 39 (13, 29):aliquid per gestum,
Ov. Tr. 5, 10, 36 et saep.— With two acc. (rare):ut eorum ornatus in his regem neminem significaret,
Nep. Ages. 8, 2; id. Them. 2, 7.—With object clause: hoc tibi non significandum solum, sed etiam [p. 1697] declarandum arbitror, nihil mihi esse potuisse tuis litteris gratius, Cic. Fam. 5, 13, 2; cf. id. Mil. 2, 4:(γ).provocationem a regibus fuisse significant nostri augurales,
id. Rep. 2, 31, 54:se esse admodum delectatos,
id. ib. 3, 30, 42:omnes voce significare coeperunt, sese, etc.,
Caes. B. G. 2, 13; 4, 3; cf.:hoc significant, sese ad statuas tuas pecuniam contulisse,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 60, § 148.—With rel. or interrog.-clause:(δ).neque unde, nec quo die datae essent (litterae), aut quo tempore te exspectarem, significabant,
Cic. Fam. 2, 19, 1:nutu significat, quid velit,
Ov. M. 3, 643:(anseres et canes) aluntur in Capitolio, ut significent, si fures venerint, etc.,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 20, 56:significare coeperunt, ut dimitterentur,
Caes. B. C. 1, 86.—With de:(ε).significare de fugā Romanis coeperunt,
Caes. B. G. 7, 26:est aliquid de virtute significatum tuā,
Cic. Planc. 21, 52.—Absol.:II.diversae state... Neve inter vos significetis,
Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 14:significare inter sese coeperunt,
Cic. de Or. 1, 26, 122:ut quam maxime significem,
id. Tusc. 2, 20, 46:ut fumo atque ignibus significabatur,
Caes. B. G. 2, 7 fin.:ubi major atque illustrior incidit res, clamore per agros regionesque significant,
id. ib. 7, 3.—In partic.A.To betoken, prognosticate, foreshow, portend, mean (syn. praedico):2.futura posse a quibusdam significari,
Cic. Div. 1, 1, 2:quid haec tanta celeritas festinatioque significat?
id. Rosc. Am. 34, 97:quid sibi significent, trepidantia consulit exta,
Ov. M. 15, 576; cf.:quid mihi significant ergo mea visa?
id. ib. 9, 495:significet placidos nuntia fibra deos,
Tib. 2, 1, 25:quae fato manent, quamvis significata, non vitantur,
Tac. H. 1, 18.—To betoken a change of weather (post-Aug.):B. C.ventus Africus tempestatem significat, etc.,
Col. 11, 2, 4 sq.:serenos dies (luna),
Plin. 18, 35, 79, § 348:imbrem (occasus Librae),
id. ib. 26, 66, § 246.— Absol.:terreni ignes proxime significant,
Plin. 18, 35, 84, § 357.—To mean, import, signify; of words:carere hoc significat, egere eo, quod habere velis, etc.,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 36, 88:multa verba aliud nunc ostendunt, aliud ante significabant, ut hostis,
Varr. L. L. 5, § 3 Müll.;9, § 85 ib.: videtis hoc uno verbo unde significare res duas, et ex quo et a quo loco,
Cic. Caecin. 30, 88.—Of a fable:haec significat fabula dominum videre plurimum,
Phaedr. 2, 8, 27; 4, 10, 16.— Hence, signĭfĭcans, antis, P. a., in rhet. lang., of speech, full of meaning, expressive, significant; graphic, distinct, clear:locorum dilucida et significans descriptio,
Quint. 9, 2, 44:verba,
id. 11, 1, 2; cf. id. 4, 2, 36; 4, 2, 8, prooem. §31: demonstratio,
Plin. 8, 40, 61, § 147.— Transf., of orators:Atticos esse lucidos et significantes,
Quint. 12, 10, 21.— Comp.:quo nihil inveniri possit significantius,
Quint. 8, 2, 9; 8, 6, 6.— Sup.:significantissimum vocabulum,
Gell. 1, 15, 17.— Adv.: signĭfĭcanter, clearly, distinctly, expressly, significantly, graphically:breviter ac significanter ordinem rei protulisse,
Quint. 11, 1, 53:rem indicare (with proprie),
id. 12, 10, 52:dicere (with ornate),
id. 1, 7, 32.— Comp.:apertius, significantius dignitatem alicujus defendere,
Cic. Fam. 3, 12, 3:narrare,
Quint. 10, 1, 49:disponere,
id. 3, 6, 65:appellare aliquid (with consignatius),
Gell. 1, 25, 8:dicere (with probabilius),
id. 17, 2, 11.— Sup., Pseudo Quint. Decl. 247. -
2 significor
signĭfĭco, āvi, ātum, 1 ( dep. collat. form signĭfĭcor, acc. to Gell. 18, 12, 10, without an example), v. a. [signum-facio].I.In gen., to show by signs; to show, point out, express, publish, make known, indicate; to intimate, notify, signify, etc. (freq. and class.; syn.: monstro, declaro, indico).(α).With acc.:(β).aliquid alicui,
Plaut. Rud. 4, 1, 5:hoc mihi significasse et annuisse visus est,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 91, § 213:quae significari ac declarari volemus,
id. de Or. 3, 13, 49:gratulationem,
id. Att. 4, 1, 5:stultitiam,
id. Agr. 2, 12, 30:deditionem,
Caes. B. G. 7, 40:timorem fremitu et concursu,
id. ib. 4, 14:vir, quem ne inimicus quidem satis in appellando significare poterat,
Cic. Font. 17, 39 (13, 29):aliquid per gestum,
Ov. Tr. 5, 10, 36 et saep.— With two acc. (rare):ut eorum ornatus in his regem neminem significaret,
Nep. Ages. 8, 2; id. Them. 2, 7.—With object clause: hoc tibi non significandum solum, sed etiam [p. 1697] declarandum arbitror, nihil mihi esse potuisse tuis litteris gratius, Cic. Fam. 5, 13, 2; cf. id. Mil. 2, 4:(γ).provocationem a regibus fuisse significant nostri augurales,
id. Rep. 2, 31, 54:se esse admodum delectatos,
id. ib. 3, 30, 42:omnes voce significare coeperunt, sese, etc.,
Caes. B. G. 2, 13; 4, 3; cf.:hoc significant, sese ad statuas tuas pecuniam contulisse,
Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 60, § 148.—With rel. or interrog.-clause:(δ).neque unde, nec quo die datae essent (litterae), aut quo tempore te exspectarem, significabant,
Cic. Fam. 2, 19, 1:nutu significat, quid velit,
Ov. M. 3, 643:(anseres et canes) aluntur in Capitolio, ut significent, si fures venerint, etc.,
Cic. Rosc. Am. 20, 56:significare coeperunt, ut dimitterentur,
Caes. B. C. 1, 86.—With de:(ε).significare de fugā Romanis coeperunt,
Caes. B. G. 7, 26:est aliquid de virtute significatum tuā,
Cic. Planc. 21, 52.—Absol.:II.diversae state... Neve inter vos significetis,
Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 14:significare inter sese coeperunt,
Cic. de Or. 1, 26, 122:ut quam maxime significem,
id. Tusc. 2, 20, 46:ut fumo atque ignibus significabatur,
Caes. B. G. 2, 7 fin.:ubi major atque illustrior incidit res, clamore per agros regionesque significant,
id. ib. 7, 3.—In partic.A.To betoken, prognosticate, foreshow, portend, mean (syn. praedico):2.futura posse a quibusdam significari,
Cic. Div. 1, 1, 2:quid haec tanta celeritas festinatioque significat?
id. Rosc. Am. 34, 97:quid sibi significent, trepidantia consulit exta,
Ov. M. 15, 576; cf.:quid mihi significant ergo mea visa?
id. ib. 9, 495:significet placidos nuntia fibra deos,
Tib. 2, 1, 25:quae fato manent, quamvis significata, non vitantur,
Tac. H. 1, 18.—To betoken a change of weather (post-Aug.):B. C.ventus Africus tempestatem significat, etc.,
Col. 11, 2, 4 sq.:serenos dies (luna),
Plin. 18, 35, 79, § 348:imbrem (occasus Librae),
id. ib. 26, 66, § 246.— Absol.:terreni ignes proxime significant,
Plin. 18, 35, 84, § 357.—To mean, import, signify; of words:carere hoc significat, egere eo, quod habere velis, etc.,
Cic. Tusc. 1, 36, 88:multa verba aliud nunc ostendunt, aliud ante significabant, ut hostis,
Varr. L. L. 5, § 3 Müll.;9, § 85 ib.: videtis hoc uno verbo unde significare res duas, et ex quo et a quo loco,
Cic. Caecin. 30, 88.—Of a fable:haec significat fabula dominum videre plurimum,
Phaedr. 2, 8, 27; 4, 10, 16.— Hence, signĭfĭcans, antis, P. a., in rhet. lang., of speech, full of meaning, expressive, significant; graphic, distinct, clear:locorum dilucida et significans descriptio,
Quint. 9, 2, 44:verba,
id. 11, 1, 2; cf. id. 4, 2, 36; 4, 2, 8, prooem. §31: demonstratio,
Plin. 8, 40, 61, § 147.— Transf., of orators:Atticos esse lucidos et significantes,
Quint. 12, 10, 21.— Comp.:quo nihil inveniri possit significantius,
Quint. 8, 2, 9; 8, 6, 6.— Sup.:significantissimum vocabulum,
Gell. 1, 15, 17.— Adv.: signĭfĭcanter, clearly, distinctly, expressly, significantly, graphically:breviter ac significanter ordinem rei protulisse,
Quint. 11, 1, 53:rem indicare (with proprie),
id. 12, 10, 52:dicere (with ornate),
id. 1, 7, 32.— Comp.:apertius, significantius dignitatem alicujus defendere,
Cic. Fam. 3, 12, 3:narrare,
Quint. 10, 1, 49:disponere,
id. 3, 6, 65:appellare aliquid (with consignatius),
Gell. 1, 25, 8:dicere (with probabilius),
id. 17, 2, 11.— Sup., Pseudo Quint. Decl. 247. -
3 sīgnificō
sīgnificō āvī, ātus, āre [signum+2 FAC-], to make signs, show by signs, show, point out, express, publish, make known, indicate, intimate, notify, signify: inter se: ut fumo atque ignibus significabatur, Cs.: verbo sententiam tuam: hoc mihi: quae significari ac declarari volemus: deditionem, Cs.: Per gestum res est significanda mihi, O.: ut eorum ornatus in his regem neminem significaret, N.: nihil se te invitā dicere: omnes voce significare coeperunt, sese, etc., Cs.: omnibus rebus populus R. significat quid sentiat: quid velit, O.: ut dimitterentur, Cs.: de fugā Romanis, Cs.— To betoken, prognosticate, foreshow, portend, mean: futura: quid haec tanta celeritas significat?: Quid sibi significent, trepidantia consulit exta, O.— To mean, import, signify: videtis hoc uno verbo ‘unde’ significari duas res, et ex quo et a quo: significat fabula Dominum videre plurimum, Ph.* * *significare, significavi, significatus Vsignify, indicate, show
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Betoken — Be*to ken, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Betokened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Betokening}.] 1. To signify by some visible object; to show by signs or tokens. [1913 Webster] A dewy cloud, and in the cloud a bow . . . Betokening peace from God, and covenant new.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
betoken — index anticipate (prognosticate), denote, evince, exemplify, herald, indicate, label, manifest … Law dictionary
betoken — (v.) late 12c., from BE (Cf. be ) + O.E. tacnian to signify, from tacn sign (see TOKEN (Cf. token)). Related: Betokened; betokening … Etymology dictionary
betoken — bespeak, attest, *indicate, argue, prove Analogous words: presage, augur, portend, forebode (see FORETELL): import, signify, denote, *mean: evidence, manifest, *show, evince, demonstrate … New Dictionary of Synonyms
betoken — ► VERB literary ▪ be a warning or sign of … English terms dictionary
betoken — [bē tō′kən, bitō′kən] vt. [ME betocnen < be , BE + toknen < OE tacnian, to mark < tacen, TOKEN] 1. to be a token or sign of; indicate; show 2. to show beforehand; presage … English World dictionary
betoken — UK [bɪˈtəʊkən] / US [bɪˈtoʊkən] verb [transitive] Word forms betoken : present tense I/you/we/they betoken he/she/it betokens present participle betokening past tense betokened past participle betokened literary to be a sign that something exists … English dictionary
betoken — /bi toh keuhn/, v.t. 1. to give evidence of; indicate: to betoken one s fidelity with a vow; a kiss that betokens one s affection. 2. to be or give a token or sign of; portend: a thunderclap that betokens foul weather; an angry word that betokens … Universalium
betoken — transitive verb ( tokened; betokening) Date: 15th century 1. to typify beforehand ; presage 2. to give evidence of ; show … New Collegiate Dictionary
betoken — verb a) Signify by some visible object; show by signs or tokens. There be other 2 signes in often use of which the first is made thus + and betokeneth more : the other is thus made – and betokeneth lesse. b) Foreshow by present signs; indicate… … Wiktionary
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