indicō

indictus, a, um, Part., from 2. indico.

in-dictus, a, um, adj.

Not said, unsaid (class.):

quod dictum, indictum'st: quod modo erat ratum, irritum est,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 58:

quae tum cecinerit, ea se nec, ut indicta sint, revocare posse,

Liv. 5, 15, 10:

nec tu carminibus nostris indictus abibis,

unsung, Verg. A. 7, 733:

dicam insigne, recens, adhuc Indictum ore alio,

Hor. C. 3, 25, 8: indictā causā, without a hearing, unheard:

ut dictator, quem vellet civium, indicta causa, impune posset occidere,

Cic. Leg. 1, 15, 42; so,

indicta causa in aliquem animadvertere,

id. Fam. 5, 2, 8; id. Rab. Perd. 4, 12; id. Verr. 2, 2, 17, § 43; id. Phil. 2, 23, 56; Liv. 29, 18 fin.; 38, 33 init. al. —

Unspeakable, ineffable (only postclass.):

Deum caelestem, indictum, innominabilem,

App. Dogm. Plat. 1, p. 3, 30.

indĭgĕto or indĭgĭto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. [2. indico], relig. t. t., to call upon, invoke a deity:

virgines Vestales ita indigetant, Apollo Medice, Apollo Paean,

Macr. S. 1, 17; cf.: indigitanto imprecanto, Paul. ex Fest. p. 114 Müll.: deam, Varr. ap. Non. 4, n. 319. —

Transf.:

precem,

to utter, proclaim, Tert. de Jejun. 16.

istāc, adv. ( = istā viā), there, that way (ante-class. and very rare):

exi istac per hortum,

Plaut. Ep. 5, 1, 53; so id. Pers. 3, 3, 39; Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 27.—

Trop. ( = eo modo), in that way, in such wise: nequaquam istuc istac ibit: magna inest certatio, Enn. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 25 fin. (Trag. v. 304 Vahl.):

istac indico,

on this side, Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 101.

monstro, āvi, ātum, (archaic mostro; v. Brix ad Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 61), 1, v. a. [like monstrum, from moneo], to show, point out, to indicate, intimate, inform, advise, teach, instruct, tell any thing (in class. prose very rare, and only in the lit. signif.; in Cic. only a few times; in Cæs. and Sall. not at all; syn.: indico, significo, ostendo, exhibeo).

In gen.: qui erranti comiter monstrat viam, Enn. ap. Cic. Off. 1, 16, 51 (Trag. v. 387 Vahl.); cf.: qui sibi semitam non sapiunt, alteri monstrant viam, id. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 58, 132 (Trag. v. 358 Vahl.):

iter,

Curt. 5, 13, 9:

palmam,

Cic. Leg. 1, 1, 2:

digito,

Hor. S. 2, 8, 26; Pers. 1, 28:

monstra quod bibam,

Plaut. Men. 5, 1, 42; Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 31:

tu... si quid librari... non intellegent, monstrabis, i. e. dices,

Cic. Fam. 16, 22, 1:

res gestae... Quo scribi possent numero, monstravit Homerus,

Hor. A. P. 73:

inulas ego primus amaras Monstravi incoquere,

id. S. 2, 8, 51 sq.:

monstrate mearum Vidistis si quam hic errantem forte sororum,

Verg. A. 1, 321:

cujus prudentia monstrat Summos posse viros... nasci, etc.,

Juv. 10, 48.— Pass.:

quod monstror digito praetereuntium,

Hor. C. 4, 3, 22.— Impers. pass.: si voles advortere animum, comiter monstrabitur, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 89 Müll. (Trag. v. 386 Vahl.).—

In partic.

To ordain, institute, appoint ( poet.):

monstratas excitat aras,

appointed, Verg. G. 4, 549:

piacula,

id. A. 4, 636:

ignis,

Ov. Tr. 3, 11, 53.—

To indict, impeach for a crime, to denounce, accuse, inform against (post-Aug.):

alii ab amicis monstrabantur,

were pointed out, informed against, Tac. H. 4, 1:

Nerone Scribonios fratres... ad exitium,

id. ib. 4, 41.—

To advise a person in any manner, or to do any thing:

alicui bene,

Plaut. Bacch. 1, 2, 25:

non periclumst ne quid recte monstres,

id. Ps. 1, 3, 55:

conferre manum pudor iraque monstrat,

advise, urge, Verg. A. 9, 44.—Hence, monstrātus, a, um, P. a., conspicuous, distinguished, remarkable (Tacitean):

et hostibus simul suisque monstrati,

Tac. G. 31:

propinquitate Galbae monstratus,

id. H. 1, 88.

nuntĭo ( nunc-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [nuntius], to announce, declare, report, relate, narrate, make known, inform, give intelligence of, etc. (cf.: narro, indico, trado, scribo, dico, certiorem facio, etc.).

In gen., alike of verbal and of written communications; constr. acc. of thing and dat. of person; for the acc. may stand an acc. and inf., a clause with ut or ne and subj., or subj. alone, or with de and abl.; for the dat. an acc. with ad (ante-class.); in pass., both personal and impersonal, the latter most usually, esp. in perf. nuntiatum est, [p. 1229] with subj.-clause.

With acc. of thing (dat. of person):

non dubito quin celerius tibi hoc rumor, quam ullius nostrum litterae nuntiārint,

Cic. Att. 1, 15, 1:

horas quinque puer nondum tibi nuntiat,

Mart. 8, 67, 1:

senatui ac populo victoriam,

Suet. Ner. 1:

ut nuntiarem nuntium exoptabilem,

Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 67:

voluptatem magnam,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 10:

quid est, quod percipi possit, si ne sensus quidem vera nuntiant,

Cic. Ac. 2, 25, 79:

talia tibi,

Plin. Ep. 5, 17, 6:

horas,

to tell the time of day, Mart. 8, 67, 1; 10, 48, 1; cf. Tac. A. 15, 30.—

With clause:

qui nuntiarent, prope omnes naves afflictas esse,

Caes. B. G. 5, 10; 4, 11, 6:

nuntiate regi vestro, regem Romanum deos facere testes,

Liv. 1, 22, 7:

litterae tuae laeta continebant, quod te in urbe teneri nuntiabant,

Plin. Ep. 5, 9, 1:

visus est talis, qualem esse eum tuae mihi litterae nuntiārant,

Cic. Att. 1, 19, 11.—With ut, ne, or subj.:

Catilinae nuntiare, ne eum Lentulus aliique terrerent,

Sall. C. 48, 4:

deligit centurionem qui nuntiaret regibus ne armis disceptarent,

Tac. A. 2, 65:

nuntiatum, ut prodiret,

Cic. de Or. 2, 86, 358:

Vibius nuntiavit Pisoni Romam ad dicendam causam veniret,

Tac. A. 2, 79:

jubet nuntiare miserae, dicendam ad causam postero die adesset,

id. ib. 11, 37; Dig. 49, 14, 44.—

With inf.:

ergo nuntiat patri abicere spem et uti necessitate,

Tac. A. 16, 11 init. —

Absol.: Ly. Salutem multam dicito patrono. Cu. Nuntiabo, I will do so, Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 38.—

Passive constructions.

Pers.:

utinam meus nunc mortuos pater ad me nuntietur,

Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 76:

aquatores premi nuntiantur,

Caes. B. C. 1, 73:

crebris motibus terrae ruere in agris nuntiabantur tecta,

Liv. 4, 21, 5:

(tribuni) summā vi restare nuntiabantur,

id. 4, 58, 4; 22, 54, 9:

hoc adeo celeriter fecit, ut simul adesse, et venire nuntiaretur,

Caes. B. G. 3, 36:

jamjam adesse ejus equites nuntiabantur,

id. ib. 1, 14; Plin. Ep. 3, 7, 1.—

Impers.:

conantibus, priusquam id effici posset, adesse Romanos nuntiatur,

Caes. B. G. 6, 4, 1:

Caesari nuntiatur Sulmonenses cupere, etc.,

id. B. C. 1, 18, 1:

nuntiatur Afranio magnos commeatus ad flumen constitisse,

id. ib. 1, 51, 1:

non dubie mihi nuntiabatur Parthos transīsse Euphratem,

Cic. Fam. 15, 1, 1; id. Verr. 2, 5, 34, § 87; id. Mil. 18, 48:

nuntiatum est nobis a M. Varrone, venisse eum Romā,

Cic. Ac. 1, 1, 1:

cum paulo esset de hoc incommodo nuntiatum,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 16, § 41:

nuntiatumque Hannibali est,

Liv. 23, 19, 11; Cic. Fam. 11, 12, 1; Tac. A. 2, 79.— Absol.:

occiso Sex. Roscio, qui primus Ameriam nuntiat?

who will be the first bearer of the tidings? Cic. Rosc. Am. 34, 96:

bene, ita me di ament, nuntias,

you bring good news, Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 20.—

In partic., in jurid. Lat., to denounce, inform against:

causam pecuniae fisco,

Dig. 49, 14, 39; cf.:

cum heres decessisset, exstitit qui bona nuntiaret,

ib. 29, 5, 22: opus novum, to inform against a work undertaken by another to one's injury:

opus novum, si tibi nuntiavero,

ib. 4, 7, 3; 16; 43, 20, 3.

nuntĭo ( nunc-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [nuntius], to announce, declare, report, relate, narrate, make known, inform, give intelligence of, etc. (cf.: narro, indico, trado, scribo, dico, certiorem facio, etc.).

In gen., alike of verbal and of written communications; constr. acc. of thing and dat. of person; for the acc. may stand an acc. and inf., a clause with ut or ne and subj., or subj. alone, or with de and abl.; for the dat. an acc. with ad (ante-class.); in pass., both personal and impersonal, the latter most usually, esp. in perf. nuntiatum est, [p. 1229] with subj.-clause.

With acc. of thing (dat. of person):

non dubito quin celerius tibi hoc rumor, quam ullius nostrum litterae nuntiārint,

Cic. Att. 1, 15, 1:

horas quinque puer nondum tibi nuntiat,

Mart. 8, 67, 1:

senatui ac populo victoriam,

Suet. Ner. 1:

ut nuntiarem nuntium exoptabilem,

Plaut. Stich. 2, 2, 67:

voluptatem magnam,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 2, 10:

quid est, quod percipi possit, si ne sensus quidem vera nuntiant,

Cic. Ac. 2, 25, 79:

talia tibi,

Plin. Ep. 5, 17, 6:

horas,

to tell the time of day, Mart. 8, 67, 1; 10, 48, 1; cf. Tac. A. 15, 30.—

With clause:

qui nuntiarent, prope omnes naves afflictas esse,

Caes. B. G. 5, 10; 4, 11, 6:

nuntiate regi vestro, regem Romanum deos facere testes,

Liv. 1, 22, 7:

litterae tuae laeta continebant, quod te in urbe teneri nuntiabant,

Plin. Ep. 5, 9, 1:

visus est talis, qualem esse eum tuae mihi litterae nuntiārant,

Cic. Att. 1, 19, 11.—With ut, ne, or subj.:

Catilinae nuntiare, ne eum Lentulus aliique terrerent,

Sall. C. 48, 4:

deligit centurionem qui nuntiaret regibus ne armis disceptarent,

Tac. A. 2, 65:

nuntiatum, ut prodiret,

Cic. de Or. 2, 86, 358:

Vibius nuntiavit Pisoni Romam ad dicendam causam veniret,

Tac. A. 2, 79:

jubet nuntiare miserae, dicendam ad causam postero die adesset,

id. ib. 11, 37; Dig. 49, 14, 44.—

With inf.:

ergo nuntiat patri abicere spem et uti necessitate,

Tac. A. 16, 11 init. —

Absol.: Ly. Salutem multam dicito patrono. Cu. Nuntiabo, I will do so, Plaut. Curc. 4, 2, 38.—

Passive constructions.

Pers.:

utinam meus nunc mortuos pater ad me nuntietur,

Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 76:

aquatores premi nuntiantur,

Caes. B. C. 1, 73:

crebris motibus terrae ruere in agris nuntiabantur tecta,

Liv. 4, 21, 5:

(tribuni) summā vi restare nuntiabantur,

id. 4, 58, 4; 22, 54, 9:

hoc adeo celeriter fecit, ut simul adesse, et venire nuntiaretur,

Caes. B. G. 3, 36:

jamjam adesse ejus equites nuntiabantur,

id. ib. 1, 14; Plin. Ep. 3, 7, 1.—

Impers.:

conantibus, priusquam id effici posset, adesse Romanos nuntiatur,

Caes. B. G. 6, 4, 1:

Caesari nuntiatur Sulmonenses cupere, etc.,

id. B. C. 1, 18, 1:

nuntiatur Afranio magnos commeatus ad flumen constitisse,

id. ib. 1, 51, 1:

non dubie mihi nuntiabatur Parthos transīsse Euphratem,

Cic. Fam. 15, 1, 1; id. Verr. 2, 5, 34, § 87; id. Mil. 18, 48:

nuntiatum est nobis a M. Varrone, venisse eum Romā,

Cic. Ac. 1, 1, 1:

cum paulo esset de hoc incommodo nuntiatum,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 16, § 41:

nuntiatumque Hannibali est,

Liv. 23, 19, 11; Cic. Fam. 11, 12, 1; Tac. A. 2, 79.— Absol.:

occiso Sex. Roscio, qui primus Ameriam nuntiat?

who will be the first bearer of the tidings? Cic. Rosc. Am. 34, 96:

bene, ita me di ament, nuntias,

you bring good news, Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 20.—

In partic., in jurid. Lat., to denounce, inform against:

causam pecuniae fisco,

Dig. 49, 14, 39; cf.:

cum heres decessisset, exstitit qui bona nuntiaret,

ib. 29, 5, 22: opus novum, to inform against a work undertaken by another to one's injury:

opus novum, si tibi nuntiavero,

ib. 4, 7, 3; 16; 43, 20, 3.

ostendo, di, sum, and tum (ostensus, Varr. ap. Prisc. p. 892 P.; Luc. 2, 192: ostentus, Att. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 22, 45; Pac. and Varr. ap. Prisc. l. l.; Tac. H. 1, 78:

ostensurus,

Suet. Ner. 13; App. ap. Prisc. p. 892 P.:

ostenturus,

Cato, Or. 52, 2; v. also the apoc. form: ostende ostendam, ut permultis aliis exemplis ejus generis manifestum est, Paul. ex Fest. p. 201 Müll.; perh. used by Cato, v. Müll. ad loc., and cf. the letter E), v. a. [obs-tendo], to stretch out or spread before one; hence, to expose to view, to show, exhibit, display (syn.: monstro, exhibeo).

Lit.

In gen.

Ostendo manus, Plaut. Ep. 5, 2, 17:

os suum populo Romano ostendere audet,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 1, § 1:

pectora,

Sil. 2, 669:

umeros,

Verg. A. 5, 376:

dentem,

Suet. Vesp. 5:

se,

to show one's self, appear, Ter. Hec. 4, 4, 5:

aciem,

to display, Liv. 29, 7:

equites sese ostendunt,

show themselves, appear, Caes. B. C. 1, 63. —

Transf.:

vocem,

to make heard, Phaedr. 1, 13, 9.—

In partic., to lay open, expose ( poet.):

Aquiloni glaebas,

Verg. G. 2, 261:

lucos Phoebo,

Stat. Th. 6, 90:

ager qui soli ostentus erit,

Cato, R. R. 6, 2. —

Trop.

In gen., to show, disclose, exhibit, manifest: ille dies cum gloriā maximā sese nobis ostendat, Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 880 P. (Ann. v. 384 Vahl.):

non ego illi extemplo ita meum ostendam sensum,

Plaut. Most. 5, 1, 21:

verum hoc facto sese ostendit,

he has exposed himself, id. As. 5, 2, 12:

sententiam,

Ter. Heaut. 2, 1, 7:

potestatem,

id. Eun. 5, 8, 3:

spem, metum,

i. e. to promise, threaten, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 34, § 75 et saep.—With two acc.:

aliquem nocentem,

Plin. Ep. 3, 9, 2; cf. Tit. ap. Gell. 2, 27, 5.—Mid., to show itself, appear:

nisi cum major spes ostenderetur,

Suet. Aug. 25.—

In partic.

To show, express, indicate by speech or signs; to give to understand, to declare, say, tell, make known, etc. (syn.: indico, declaro, significo).—With acc.:

illud ostendit,

Cic. Att. 1, 1, 4.—With obj. - or rel.-clause:

ostendit se cum rege colloqui velle,

Nep. Con. 3, 2:

quid sui consilii sit, ostendit,

Caes. B. G. 1, 21; cf. id. ib. 5, 2, 3.— Absol.:

ut ostendimus supra,

as we showed above, Nep. Ages. 1, 5:

sed aliter, atque ostenderam, facio,

Cic. Fam. 2, 3, 2:

signum est per quod ostenditur idonea perficiendi facultas esse quaesita,

Auct. Her. 2, 4, 6:

primum ostendendum est,

id. ib. 2, 16, 23.—

To hold up conspicuously, flourish (ironically):

sed quaedam mihi magnifica et praeclara ejus defensio ostenditur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 1, § 1.—Hence, osten-tus, a, um, P. a.

Exposed (ante-class.):

ager soli ostentus,

Cato, R. R. 6, 2; so id. ib. 6, 4; Varr. R. R. 1, 24, 1; 1, 25.—

Subst.: ostentum, i, n.

Lit., a prodigy, wonder, that announces something about to happen, a portent (class.;

syn.: monstrum, portentum): praedictiones vero et praesensiones rerum futurarum quid aliud declarant, nisi hominibus ea, quae futura sunt, ostendi, monstrari, portendi, praedici? ex quo illa ostenta, monstra, portenta, prodigia dicuntur,

Cic. N. D. 2, 3, 7; cf. id. Div. 1, 42, 93; id. Verr. 2, 4, 49, § 108; Suet. Caes. 32.—

Transf., a wondrous thing, prodigy: scis Appium ostenta facere, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 14, 4:

ostenti prorsus genus,

Just. 10, 1, 6.

pistris or pristis, is (also pistrix or pristix, ĭcis), f., = pistris, pristis.

Lit., any sea-monster; a whale, shark, sawfish:

postrema immani corpore pistrix (of Scylla),

Verg. A. 3, 427:

in Indico mari pristes ducenum cubitorum,

Plin. 9, 3, 2, § 4:

jamque agmine toto Pistris adest,

Val. Fl. 2, 530:

marina pistrix,

Flor. 3, 5, 16.—

Transf.

The constellation of the Whale:

ad Pistricis terga,

Cic. Arat. 152:

Auster Pistrin agit,

German. Arat. 358.—

A species of swift-sailing ship, Quadrig. ap. Non. 535, 26; Liv. 35, 26, 1.—

Name of a ship in the fleet of Æneas, Verg. A. 5, 116.

prō-pōno, pŏsŭi, pŏsĭtum, 3, v. a., to put or set forth, to set or lay out, to place before, expose to view, to display (class.).

Lit.:

proponere vexillum,

Caes. B. G. 2, 20:

pallentesque manus, sanguineumque caput,

Ov. Tr. 3, 9, 30:

i puer et citus haec aliquā propone columnā,

Prop. 3 (4), 23, 23:

aliquid venale,

to expose for sale, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 32, § 78; cf. Suet. Ner. 16:

geminum pugnae proponit honorem,

proposes, offers, Verg. A. 5, 365:

singulis diebus ediscendos fastos populo proposuit,

Cic. Mur. 11, 25:

legem in publicum,

id. Agr. 2, 5, 13:

in publico epistulam,

id. Att. 8, 9, 2; id. Pis. 36, 88:

vectigalia,

to publish, publicly advertise, Suet. Calig. 41:

oppida Romanis proposita ad copiam commeatūs,

Caes. B. G. 7, 14:

ne quid volucre proponeretur, praeter, etc.,

should be served up, Plin. 10, 50, 71, § 139 (al. poneretur).—

Trop.

To set before the eyes, to propose mentally; to imagine, conceive:

propone tibi duos reges,

Cic. Deiot. 14, 40:

aliquid sibi exemplar,

id. Univ. 2:

sibi aliquem ad imitandum,

id. de Or. 2, 22, 93:

vos ante oculos animosque vestros... Apronii regnum proponite,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 23, § 58:

eam (vitam) ante oculos vestros proponite,

id. Sull. 26, 72:

condicio supplicii in bello timiditati militis proposita,

id. Clu. 46, 129; 56, 154; 12, 42:

vim fortunae animo,

Liv. 30, 30:

spem libertatis,

Cic. Rab. Perd. 5, 15:

nihil ad scribendum,

id. Att. 5, 10, 4.—

To expose:

omnibus telis fortunae proposita est vita nostra,

Cic. Fam. 5, 16, 2:

tabernis apertis proposita omnia in medio vidit,

Liv. 6, 25, 9.—

To point out, declare, represent, report, say, relate, set forth, publish, etc. (cf.:

indico, denuntio): ut proponat, quid dicturus sit,

Cic. Or. 40, 137; id. Brut. 60, 217:

extremum illud est de iis, quae proposueram,

id. Fam. 15, 14, 6:

contione habitā, rem gestam proponit,

Caes. B. G. 5, 50:

in exemplum proponere,

Quint. 7, 1, 41; 12, 2, 27.—With de:

de Galliae Germaniaeque moribus, et quo differant eae nationes inter se,

Caes. B. G. 6, 11.—With object-clause:

quod ante tacuerat, proponit, esse nonnullos, quorum, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 1, 17:

cui (morbo) remedia celeria faciliaque proponebantur,

were proposed, suggested, believed to be efficient, Nep. Att. 21, 2.—

To offer, propose as a reward:

Xerxes praemium proposuit, qui invenisset novam voluptatem,

Cic. Tusc. 5, 7, 20:

populo congiarium, militi donativum,

Suet. Ner. 7.—

In a bad sense, to threaten, denounce:

cui cum publicatio bonorum, exsilium, mors proponeretur,

Cic. Planc. 41, 97:

injuriae, quae propositae sunt a Catone,

id. Fam. 1, 5, b, 2:

contentiones, quae mihi proponuntur,

id. Att. 2, 19, 1:

improbis poenam,

id. Fin. 2, 17, 57:

damnationem et mortem sibi proponat ante oculos,

Liv. 2, 54, 6; Just. 16, 5, 2.—

To lay before, to propose for an answer: aliquam quaestionem, Nep Att. 20, 2:

aenigma,

Vulg. Ezech. 17, 2.—

To purpose, resolve, intend, design, determine:

consecutus id, quod animo proposuerat,

Caes. B. G. 7, 47:

cum id mihi propositum initio non fuisset,

I had not proposed it to myself, had not intended it, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 6.— With inf.:

neque propositum nobis est hoc loco (laudare), etc.,

I am resolved, Cic. Brut. 6, 25.—With ut:

propositum est, non ut eloquentiam meam perspicias, sed ut,

the design is, Cic. Brut. 92, 318.—

To say or mention beforehand (post-Aug.), Col. 8, 17, 8.—

To state the first premise of a syllogism:

cum proponimus,

Cic. Inv. 1, 39, 70; 1, 40, 72.—

To impose (post-class.):

novam mihi propono dicendi legem,

Mamert. Genethl. 5.—Hence, prōpŏsĭtum, i, n.

A plan, intention, design, resolution, purpose (class.):

quidnam Pompeius propositi aut voluntatis ad dimicandum haberet,

Caes. B. C. 3, 84:

assequi,

to attain, Cic. Fin. 3, 6, 22:

est enim propositum, ut iratum efficiat judicem,

id. Part. 4, 14:

tenere,

to keep to one's purpose, Nep. Eum. 3, 5; Liv. 3, 41, 4; Caes. B. C. 1, 83; 3, 42; 64:

propositum peragere,

Nep. Att. 22, 2:

tenax propositi,

Hor. C. 3, 3, 1: in proposito manere. Suet. Gram. 24:

reprehendendi habere,

Plin. Ep. 9, 19, 7:

omne propositum operis a nobis destinati,

Quint. 2, 10, 15; 2, 19, 1; 12, 9, 14.—

The first premise of a syllogism, Cic. de Or. 2, 53, 215; Sen. Q. N. 1, 8, 4.—

An argument: nam est in proposito finis fides, Cic. Part. 3, 9.—

The main point, principal subject, theme:

a proposito declinare aliquantulum,

Cic. Or. 40, 137:

egredi a proposito ornandi causā,

id. Brut. 21, 82:

a proposito aberrare,

id. Fin. 5, 28, 83:

redire ad propositum,

id. de Or. 3, 53, 203:

ad propositum revertamur,

id. Off. 3, 9, 39:

a proposito aversus,

Liv. 2, 8, 8:

propositum totius operis,

Sen. Ep. 65, 4 sq.; 65, 8:

vitae,

Cels. 5, 26, 6:

meum,

Phaedr. 1, 5, 2:

tuum,

Sen. Ep. 68, 3.—

A way, manner, or course of life ( poet. and post-Aug.):

mutandum tibi propositum est et vitae genus,

Phaedr. prol. 3, 15:

vir proposito sanctissimus,

Vell. 2, 2, 2.

rĕ-nuntĭo ( rĕnuncĭo), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.

To bring or carry back word, to report, give notice, declare, announce.

In gen. (rare and mostly ante-class.;

syn. refero): quid nunc renuntiem abs te responsum, Chreme?

Ter. Heaut. 4, 8, 18:

hoc alii mihi renuntiant,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 6; cf. id. ib. 1, 5, 36:

quia nihil a quoquam renuntiabatur,

no answer was brought, Suet. Ner. 47:

teque ad patrem esse mortuum renuntiem,

Plaut. Bacch. 1, 2, 49.—With obj.clause:

istaec quae tibi renuntiantur, filium te velle circumducere,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 15:

quasi non tibi renuntiata sint haec, sic fore,

Ter. And. 3, 2, 28:

Alexandro regi renuntiatam adeo divitem (insulam),

Plin. 6, 31, 36, § 198:

is me nunc renuntiare repudium jussit tibi,

Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 54; Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 72:

deliberet renuntietque hodie mihi, Velintne annon,

id. Hec. 3, 5, 58:

hunc metuebam, ne meae Uxori renuntiaret de pallā,

Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 67.— Impers., Plaut. Aul. 4, 1, 18: posteaquam mihi renuntiatum est de obitu Tulliae filiae tuae, Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 1:

tibi renuntiari sic me habere in animo,

Cic. Clu. 5, 17.— Absol.:

abi et renuntia,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 2, 10; Ter. Heaut. 4, 4, 5:

rus abiisse aiebant, nunc domum renuntio,

Plaut. Merc. 4, 5, 2:

huc,

Ter. And. 3, 4, 15:

ita mihi renuntiatum est, quibus credo satis,

Plaut. Poen. 3, 5, 19; so,

renuntiatum est,

Ter. And. 3, 2, 21.—

In partic., publicists' and jurid. t. t., to state officially, to report, declare, proclaim, announce, etc. (freq. and class.;

syn. indico): legati ex auctoritate haec Caesari renuntiant, Intelligere se, etc.,

Caes. B. C. 1, 35:

Volusenus perspectis regionibus... ad Caesarem revertitur quaeque ibi perspexisset, renuntiat,

id. B. G. 4, 21 fin.; cf. id. ib. 7, 5:

Roscius postulata Caesaris renuntiat,

id. B. C. 1, 10:

Caesari renuntiaverunt, pulverem majorem in eā parte videri,

id. B. G. 4, 32:

Caesar cognoscit Considium timore perterritum, quod non vidisset, pro viso sibi renuntiasse,

id. ib. 1, 22:

si ille vir legationem renuntiare potuisset,

had been able to give an account of his mission, Cic. Phil. 9, 1, 1; so,

legationem,

Liv. 9, 4; 23, 6; 35, 32; 36, 35; 39, 33; Plin. Ep. 4, 9, 20 al.; cf.:

haec dicta legatis renuntiataque in consilium,

Liv. 29, 3:

nunc imperant pullario: ille renuntiat,

Cic. Div. 2, 35, 74; cf. Liv. 34, 44:

haec cum renuntiata essent,

id. 36, 1, 4:

renuntiat collegae facturum se quod is censeret,

id. 37, 1, 8:

tribuni revocaturos se easdem tribus renuntiarunt,

id. 45, 36 fin.:

hostium numerum,

Cic. ad Q. Fr. 3, 2, 2:

acta et imperia tua domum ad senatum suum renuntiaverunt,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 31, § 73.— Esp. of the official announcement of an election (either by the praeco or the presiding magistrate), to declare or announce elected, to make the return: coepti sunt a praecone renuntiari, quem quaeque [p. 1566] tribus fecerint aedilem, Varr. R. R. 3, 17; cf.:

cum esset praetor renuntiatus,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 15, § 38:

cum propter dilationem comitiorum ter praetor primus centuriis cunctis renuntiatus sum,

id. Imp. Pomp. 1, 2:

eo modo sacerdos Climarchias renuntiatus est,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 52, § 129:

qui (magistratus) priusquam renuntiarentur,

Liv. 5, 18 et saep.:

aliquem consulem,

Cic. Mur. 1, 1; cf. id. de Or. 2, 64, 260:

ut hostis renuntiaretur,

declared a public enemy, Spart. Jul. 5, 3:

dictator comitia consularia habuit aemulumque decoris sui absentem M. Valerium Corvum consulem renuntiavit,

Liv. 7, 26; Plin. Pan. 92, 3; Val. Max. 3, 8, ext. 3: renuntiare repudium, v. h. v.—

Transf., in gen., to announce, report, declare:

assentior vero renuntioque vobis, nihil esse, quod adhuc de re publicā dictum putemus,

Cic. Rep. 2, 44, 71.—

Renuntiare sibi, to report to one ' s self, impress on one ' s own mind, i. e. reflect, think: qui renuntient sibi, quanta sit humani ingenii vis, quam potens efficiendi, quae velit, represent to themselves, i. e. think, meditate, Quint. 12, 11, 10; cf.:

potest et illa res a luctu te prohibere nimio, si tibi ipse renuntiaveris, nihil horum, quae facis, posse subduco,

Sen. ad Polyb. 6 (25), 1.—

( Re negative or qs. rejecting.) To retract, revoke, recall, refuse; to give up, break off, protest against, disclaim, renounce (good prose): Pa. Ad cenam hercle alio promisi foras. Ge. Jube domi cenam coqui Atque ad illum renuntiari, Plaut. Stich. 4, 2, 19; cf.:

renuntiari extemplo amicis, quos in consilium rogaverat, imperavit,

Sen. Clem. 1, 9:

ego illi ad prandium promisissem, and prandium renuntiassem,

id. Suas. 2, 12: incensus hospitium ei renuntiat;

domo ejus emigrat,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 36, § 89:

societatem et amicitiam alicui,

Liv. 36, 3; so,

societatem alicui,

id. 38, 31:

amicitiam alicui,

id. 42, 25, 1; Tac. A. 2, 70; Suet. Calig. 3:

renuntiat Habonius illam decisionem tutoribus,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 54, § 141; cf. id. ib. 1, 6, 16.— Absol.:

quid imprudentius publicanis renuntiantibus?

Cic. Att. 2, 1, 8:

nemo ingemuit, etc.... pedem nemo in illo judicio supplosit, credo, ne Stoicis renuntiaretur,

id. de Or. 1, 53:

civilibus officiis,

Quint. 10, 7, 1; Plin. Ep. 2, 1, 8:

vitae,

Suet. Galb. 11:

foro,

id. Rhet. 6:

Campaniae,

Sen. Q. N. 6, 1, 10:

inertiae,

Plin. Pan. 59, 2:

nuptiis,

Tert. ad Uxor. 1, 1:

societati,

Dig. 17, 19, 65, § 3.

rĕ-nuntĭo ( rĕnuncĭo), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.

To bring or carry back word, to report, give notice, declare, announce.

In gen. (rare and mostly ante-class.;

syn. refero): quid nunc renuntiem abs te responsum, Chreme?

Ter. Heaut. 4, 8, 18:

hoc alii mihi renuntiant,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 6; cf. id. ib. 1, 5, 36:

quia nihil a quoquam renuntiabatur,

no answer was brought, Suet. Ner. 47:

teque ad patrem esse mortuum renuntiem,

Plaut. Bacch. 1, 2, 49.—With obj.clause:

istaec quae tibi renuntiantur, filium te velle circumducere,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 15:

quasi non tibi renuntiata sint haec, sic fore,

Ter. And. 3, 2, 28:

Alexandro regi renuntiatam adeo divitem (insulam),

Plin. 6, 31, 36, § 198:

is me nunc renuntiare repudium jussit tibi,

Plaut. Aul. 4, 10, 54; Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 72:

deliberet renuntietque hodie mihi, Velintne annon,

id. Hec. 3, 5, 58:

hunc metuebam, ne meae Uxori renuntiaret de pallā,

Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 67.— Impers., Plaut. Aul. 4, 1, 18: posteaquam mihi renuntiatum est de obitu Tulliae filiae tuae, Sulp. ap. Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 1:

tibi renuntiari sic me habere in animo,

Cic. Clu. 5, 17.— Absol.:

abi et renuntia,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 2, 10; Ter. Heaut. 4, 4, 5:

rus abiisse aiebant, nunc domum renuntio,

Plaut. Merc. 4, 5, 2:

huc,

Ter. And. 3, 4, 15:

ita mihi renuntiatum est, quibus credo satis,

Plaut. Poen. 3, 5, 19; so,

renuntiatum est,

Ter. And. 3, 2, 21.—

In partic., publicists' and jurid. t. t., to state officially, to report, declare, proclaim, announce, etc. (freq. and class.;

syn. indico): legati ex auctoritate haec Caesari renuntiant, Intelligere se, etc.,

Caes. B. C. 1, 35:

Volusenus perspectis regionibus... ad Caesarem revertitur quaeque ibi perspexisset, renuntiat,

id. B. G. 4, 21 fin.; cf. id. ib. 7, 5:

Roscius postulata Caesaris renuntiat,

id. B. C. 1, 10:

Caesari renuntiaverunt, pulverem majorem in eā parte videri,

id. B. G. 4, 32:

Caesar cognoscit Considium timore perterritum, quod non vidisset, pro viso sibi renuntiasse,

id. ib. 1, 22:

si ille vir legationem renuntiare potuisset,

had been able to give an account of his mission, Cic. Phil. 9, 1, 1; so,

legationem,

Liv. 9, 4; 23, 6; 35, 32; 36, 35; 39, 33; Plin. Ep. 4, 9, 20 al.; cf.:

haec dicta legatis renuntiataque in consilium,

Liv. 29, 3:

nunc imperant pullario: ille renuntiat,

Cic. Div. 2, 35, 74; cf. Liv. 34, 44:

haec cum renuntiata essent,

id. 36, 1, 4:

renuntiat collegae facturum se quod is censeret,

id. 37, 1, 8:

tribuni revocaturos se easdem tribus renuntiarunt,

id. 45, 36 fin.:

hostium numerum,

Cic. ad Q. Fr. 3, 2, 2:

acta et imperia tua domum ad senatum suum renuntiaverunt,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 31, § 73.— Esp. of the official announcement of an election (either by the praeco or the presiding magistrate), to declare or announce elected, to make the return: coepti sunt a praecone renuntiari, quem quaeque [p. 1566] tribus fecerint aedilem, Varr. R. R. 3, 17; cf.:

cum esset praetor renuntiatus,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 15, § 38:

cum propter dilationem comitiorum ter praetor primus centuriis cunctis renuntiatus sum,

id. Imp. Pomp. 1, 2:

eo modo sacerdos Climarchias renuntiatus est,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 52, § 129:

qui (magistratus) priusquam renuntiarentur,

Liv. 5, 18 et saep.:

aliquem consulem,

Cic. Mur. 1, 1; cf. id. de Or. 2, 64, 260:

ut hostis renuntiaretur,

declared a public enemy, Spart. Jul. 5, 3:

dictator comitia consularia habuit aemulumque decoris sui absentem M. Valerium Corvum consulem renuntiavit,

Liv. 7, 26; Plin. Pan. 92, 3; Val. Max. 3, 8, ext. 3: renuntiare repudium, v. h. v.—

Transf., in gen., to announce, report, declare:

assentior vero renuntioque vobis, nihil esse, quod adhuc de re publicā dictum putemus,

Cic. Rep. 2, 44, 71.—

Renuntiare sibi, to report to one ' s self, impress on one ' s own mind, i. e. reflect, think: qui renuntient sibi, quanta sit humani ingenii vis, quam potens efficiendi, quae velit, represent to themselves, i. e. think, meditate, Quint. 12, 11, 10; cf.:

potest et illa res a luctu te prohibere nimio, si tibi ipse renuntiaveris, nihil horum, quae facis, posse subduco,

Sen. ad Polyb. 6 (25), 1.—

( Re negative or qs. rejecting.) To retract, revoke, recall, refuse; to give up, break off, protest against, disclaim, renounce (good prose): Pa. Ad cenam hercle alio promisi foras. Ge. Jube domi cenam coqui Atque ad illum renuntiari, Plaut. Stich. 4, 2, 19; cf.:

renuntiari extemplo amicis, quos in consilium rogaverat, imperavit,

Sen. Clem. 1, 9:

ego illi ad prandium promisissem, and prandium renuntiassem,

id. Suas. 2, 12: incensus hospitium ei renuntiat;

domo ejus emigrat,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 36, § 89:

societatem et amicitiam alicui,

Liv. 36, 3; so,

societatem alicui,

id. 38, 31:

amicitiam alicui,

id. 42, 25, 1; Tac. A. 2, 70; Suet. Calig. 3:

renuntiat Habonius illam decisionem tutoribus,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 54, § 141; cf. id. ib. 1, 6, 16.— Absol.:

quid imprudentius publicanis renuntiantibus?

Cic. Att. 2, 1, 8:

nemo ingemuit, etc.... pedem nemo in illo judicio supplosit, credo, ne Stoicis renuntiaretur,

id. de Or. 1, 53:

civilibus officiis,

Quint. 10, 7, 1; Plin. Ep. 2, 1, 8:

vitae,

Suet. Galb. 11:

foro,

id. Rhet. 6:

Campaniae,

Sen. Q. N. 6, 1, 10:

inertiae,

Plin. Pan. 59, 2:

nuptiis,

Tert. ad Uxor. 1, 1:

societati,

Dig. 17, 19, 65, § 3.

signĭfĭco, āvi, ātum, 1 ( dep. collat. form signĭfĭcor, acc. to Gell. 18, 12, 10, without an example), v. a. [signum-facio].

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).

With acc.:

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:

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:

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:

significare de fugā Romanis coeperunt,

Caes. B. G. 7, 26:

est aliquid de virtute significatum tuā,

Cic. Planc. 21, 52.—

Absol.:

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.

To betoken, prognosticate, foreshow, portend, mean (syn. praedico):

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.):

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 call, name:

quod Antoninum filium suum ipse significari voluit,

Capitol. Gord. 16.—

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.

signĭfĭco, āvi, ātum, 1 ( dep. collat. form signĭfĭcor, acc. to Gell. 18, 12, 10, without an example), v. a. [signum-facio].

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).

With acc.:

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:

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:

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:

significare de fugā Romanis coeperunt,

Caes. B. G. 7, 26:

est aliquid de virtute significatum tuā,

Cic. Planc. 21, 52.—

Absol.:

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.

To betoken, prognosticate, foreshow, portend, mean (syn. praedico):

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.):

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 call, name:

quod Antoninum filium suum ipse significari voluit,

Capitol. Gord. 16.—

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.