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signĭfĭcātĭo, ōnis, f. [id.].I.A pointing out, indicating, denoting, signifying; an expression, indication, mark, sign, token, = indicium, signum, episêmasia, etc. (freq. and class.).(α).Absol.:(β).gestus sententiam non demonstratione sed significatione declarans,
Cic. de Or. 3, 59, 220:aliquem nutu significationeque appellare,
id. Fam. 1, 9, 20: ignibus significatione factā. Caes. B. G. 2, 33:significatione per castella fumo factā,
id. B. C. 3, 65; id. B. G. 7, 81.—With subj. gen.:ex significatione Gallorum,
Caes. B. G. 7, 12 fin.:litterarum,
Cic. Imp. Pomp. 3, 7.—With obj. gen. (so most freq.):(γ).voluntatis,
Cic. Clu. 11, 31:victoriae,
Caes. B. G. 5, 53:adventus,
id. ib. 6, 29 fin.:virtutis,
Cic. Lael. 14, 48; cf. id. Off. 1, 15, 46:significatio calamitatum,
id. Div. 2, 25, 54:artificii,
id. de Or. 2, 30, 153:probitatis,
id. Lael. 9, 32; id. Fam. 5, 7, 2 et saep.— Plur.:valetudinis significationes,
Cic. Div. 2, 69, 142:rerum futurarum,
id. N. D. 2, 66, 166. —With object-clause (very rare):II.ex quibus magna significatio fit, non adesse constantiam,
Cic. Off. 1, 36, 131.— Plur.:multas nec dubias significationes saepe jecit: ne reliquis quidem se parsurum senatoribus,
Suet. Ner. 37.—In partic.A.Pregn., like the Gr. episêmasia, a sign or token of assent, an expression of approbation, applause:B.populi judiciis atque omni significatione florere,
Cic. Sest. 49, 105; cf. id. ib. 57, 122;59, 127: ut ex ipsā significatione potuit cognosci,
Caes. B. C. 1, 86.— Plur., Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 14, § 42:significationibus acclamationibus multitudinis,
Liv. 31, 15, 2 (corresp. to assentatio).—Also, like episêmasia, a sign, token, foretoken, prognostic of the weather (Plinian):C.est et aquarum significatio, etc.... caeli quidem murmur non dubiam habet significationem. Praesagiunt et animalia,
Plin. 18, 35, 85, § 359 sq. —In rhet. lang., significance, emphasis:D.significatio est, quae plus in suspicione relinquit, quam positum est in oratione,
Auct. Her. 4, 53, 67; Cic. de Or. 3, 53, 203; id. Or. 40, 139; Quint. 9, 2, 3 (as a transl. of the Gr. emphasis).—In gram., meaning, sense, import, signification of a word or phrase:E.verbi,
Varr. L. L. 9, § 40 Müll.:scripti,
Cic. Part. Or. 31, 108; cf. id. ib. 38, 132:est igitur tropus sermo a naturali et principali significatione translatus ad aliam,
Quint. 9, 1, 4:ejusdem verbi contraria significatio,
id. 9, 3, 68:voces eaedem diversā in significatione ponuntur,
id. 9, 3, 69:verborum,
id. 10, 1, 10:latens,
id. 10, 1, 90:propriae,
Gell. 12, 13, 2.—So the titles of the lexical works of Aelius Gallus, Verrius Flaccus, Festus, etc.: De verborum Significatione or Significationibus.—Meaning, intent:duas significationes habet propositio vestra,
includes two assertions, Sen. Ep. 87, 28.
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