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dignus, a, um, adj. [i. e. DIC-nus; root in Sanscr. daç-as, fame; Gr. dokeô, doxa; Lat.: decet, decus], worthy, deserving (in a good or ill sense), of things, suitable, fitting, becoming, proper (very freq. in all periods and kinds of writing).—Constr., in the most finished models of composition, with the abl. pretii, a relative sentence, or absol.; in the Aug. poets also freq. with the inf.; otherwise with ut, the gen., or the acc. of a neutr. pron. or adj.

With abl. (so most freq.):

dignus domino servus,

Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 227; cf.:

vir patre, avo, majoribus suis dignissimus,

Cic. Phil. 3, 10, 25; id. Fam. 2, 18 fin.;

juvenes patre digni,

Hor. A. P. 24 et saep.:

dignus es verberibus multis,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 71:

amici novi digni amicitiā,

Cic. Lael. 19:

summa laude digni,

id. Rep. 3, 4; 3, 17 et saep.:

omnibus probris, quae improbis viris Digna sunt, dignior nullus est homo,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 3, 9:

assentatio, quae non modo amico, sed ne libero quidem digna est,

Cic. Lael. 24, 89; Quint. 11, 1, 40:

dignius odio scelus,

id. 7, 2, 36:

o fons, dulci digne mero,

Hor. C. 3, 13, 2:

munera digna venustissima Venere,

Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 4; for which; diem dignum Veneri (abl. v. Venus), id. ib. 1, 2, 45:

ut te dignam mala malam aetatem exigas,

id. Aul. 1, 1, 4; cf. id. Trin. 1, 2, 122; id. Rud. 3, 2, 26 et saep.:

dicendum dignum aliquid horum auribus,

Cic. Rep. 3, 13:

aliquid memoria dignum consequi,

id. ib. 1, 8; * Caes. B. G. 7, 25, 1; Phaedr. 4, 21, 3 al.:

si quid antea admisissem piaculo dignum,

Liv. 40, 13 et saep.:

tribuere id cuique, quod sit quoque dignum,

Cic. Rep. 3, 11:

neque enim decorum est neque dis dignum,

id. Div. 1, 52:

quicquid dignum sapiente bonoque,

Hor. Ep. 1, 4, 5 et saep.:

dicere Cinnā digna,

Verg. E. 9, 36.—Esp. freq. with supine in u:

digna memoratu produntur,

Plin. 6, 23, 26, § 97:

nihil dignum dictu,

Liv. 4, 30, 4; 9, 43, 6; 25, 1, 5; Suet. Aug. 43; Val. Max. 1, 5, 9; Sen. Ep. 94, 56; Tac. Agr. 1.—

With rel. clause (freq., though not in the Aug. poets):

non videre dignus, qui liber sies,

Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 17; cf. id. Rud. 2, 6, 38; id. Mil. 4, 2, 52:

qui modeste paret, videtur, qui aliquando imperet, dignus esse,

Cic. Leg. 3, 2:

homines dignos, quibuscum disseratur putant,

id. Ac. 2, 6, 18; Quint. 10, 1, 131 et saep.—So with rel. adv.:

sive adeo digna res est ubi tu nervos intendas tuos,

if the thing is really worth your bending your energies to it, Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 20; cf.

also: dignos esse, qui armis cepissent, eorum urbem agrumque Bolanum esse, i. e. ut eorum urbs esset,

Liv. 4, 49, 11 Weissenb. (Madv. dignum, cf. d infra).—

Absol. (that of which some one or something is worthy, to be supplied from the context): Mi. Quem ament igitur? Sy. Alium quemlibet;

Nam nostrorum nemo dignus est (sc. amari),

Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 39; cf. id. Curc. 4, 2, 28:

ut ne nimis cito diligere incipiant neve non dignos, etc.,

Cic. Lael. 21, 78 sq.:

illud exemplum ab dignis et idoneis ad indignos et non idoneos transfertur,

Sall. C. 51, 27 Kritz.:

dignis ait esse paratus,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 22:

omnes, ait, malle laudatos a se, dignos indignosque, quam, etc.,

Liv. 24, 16 et saep.:

quem dices digniorem esse hominem hodie Athenis alterum?

Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 24; cf. Suet. Aug. 54:

dignus patronus,

Q. Cic. Pet. Cons. 1, 2: dignior heres, Hor. C. 2, 14, 25:

digna causa,

Liv. 21, 6:

dignum operae pretium,

Quint. 12, 6, 7:

dignas grates persolvere,

Verg. A. 1, 600; 2, 537:

digna gloria ruris,

id. G. 1, 168 et saep.:

ad tuam formam illa digna est,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 1, 21; so, quod supplicium dignum libidini ejus invenias? (where the dat. depends on the verb), Cic. Verr. 2, 26, 16, § 40:

id, cum ipse per se dignus putaretur, impetravit,

id. Arch. 4, 6.—So as subst.: "nulla contumelia est, quam facit dignus;" primum quid est dignus? nam etiam malo multi digni, sicut ipse (Antonius), Cic. Phil. 3, 9, 22; so, dignum est, it is fit, proper, becoming, = aequum est, decet, convenit, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 129; id. Merc. 1, 2, 22; Ter. Ph. 2, 3, 55; 129; Cic. Tusc. 2, 5, 14; Liv. 1, 14; Sen. de Ira, 1, 12; Verg. G. 3, 391 al.—So comp., Liv. 8, 26, 6; Cic. Clu. 53, 146.— Sup., Cic. Rosc. Am. 3, 8.—

With inf. (freq. in the Aug. poets;

not in Cic.): concedere,

Cat. 68, 131:

unā perire,

Ov. M. 1, 241:

credere,

id. ib. 3, 311:

fuisse conjux,

id. ib. 14, 833:

decurrere spatium vitae,

id. Tr. 3, 4, 34:

ponere annos,

id. ib. 4, 8, 14 al.; and more freq. in the pass.:

cantari dignus,

Verg. E. 5, 54:

amari,

id. ib. 89:

rapi,

Ov. M. 7, 697:

describi,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 3:

notari,

id. ib. 1, 3, 24:

legi,

id. ib. 1, 10, 72: Quint. 10, 1, 96 et saep.:

auctoribus hoc dedi, quibus dignius credi est,

Liv. 8, 26 fin.; cf.:

uterque optimus erat, dignusque alter elegi, alter eligere,

Plin. Pan. 7, 4.—

With ut:

non sum dignus prae te, ut figam palum in parietem,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 4, 4; Liv. 24, 16: eras dignus ut haberes integram manum; Quint. 8, 5, 12; 12, 11, 24.—

With gen. (acc. to the Gr. axios tinos—so freq. in Inscr. v. Wordsworth, Fragm. p. 494):

dignus salutis,

Plaut. Trin. 5, 2, 29; cogitatio dignissima tuae virtutis, Balb. ap. Cic. Att. 8, 15 A.:

quidquid putabit dignum esse memoriae,

Phaedr. 4, 20, 3:

probae,

Ov. Tr. 4, 3, 57.—

With acc. of a neutr. pron. or adj.:

non me censes scire quid dignus siem?

Plaut. Capt. 5, 2, 16; Ter. Ph. 3, 2, 34:

si exoptem, quantum dignus, tantum dent (di tibi), etc.,

Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 26.—

With ad (very rare):

ad tuam formam illa una digna est,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 1, 21:

amicus, dignus huic ad imitandum,

Cic. Rep. 1, 18, 30.—

With pro:

si digna poena pro factis eorum reperitur,

Sall. C. 51, 8; Cic. Div. in Caecil. 13, 42; Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 24.— Adv.: dignē, worthily, fitly, becomingly:

quam digne ornata incedit, haud meretricie!

Plaut. Mil. 3, 2, 58; id. Cas. 4, 1, 14; Cic. de Sen. 1, 2; Cassius in Cic. Fam. 12, 13; Vell. 2, 67; Suet. Aug. 66; Hor. C. 1, 6, 14; id. Ep. 2, 1, 164 al.— Comp., Hor. S. 2, 7, 47.— Sup. seems not to occur.

nŏto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [nota], to mark, to designate with a mark (syn.: signo, designo).

Lit.:

tabellam cerā,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 32, § 79:

ungue genas,

Ov. Am. 1, 7, 50:

pueri rubor ora notavit,

id. M. 4, 329:

rugis uterum,

id. A. A. 3, 785:

ova atramento,

Col. 8, 11, 12:

corpus nulla litura notet,

not a wrinkle, Mart. 7, 18, 2.—

Transf.

To write:

scribit, damnatque tabellas, Et notat et delet,

Ov. M. 9, 522.—

In partic., to write in short-hand or cipher, to set down in a summary form:

notando consequi,

Quint. 1 prooem. § 7; 11, 2, 19;

4, 5, 22: notata, non perscripta erat summa,

Suet. Galb. 5.—

To make remarks or notes on a writing, to remark:

idque et Labeo probat, sed Proculus apud eum notat, non semper debere dari,

Dig. 3, 5, 9:

Marcellus apud Julianum notat: Non dubitamus, etc.,

ib. 35, 1, 19; 50, 4, 18, § 26. —

Trop.

To signify, indicate, denote:

quae notant et designant turpitudinem aliquam non turpiter,

Cic. de Or. 2, 58, 236:

notare res nominibus novis,

id. Fin. 3, 2, 4:

illa, quae temporis naturam notant,

id. Part. 11, 37.—

In partic.: aliquem, to allude to, hint at one:

senatum gestu,

Suet. Ner. 39; cf.:

conjunx visa est duro vultu Dicta tulisse Jovis, seque indoluisse notatam,

Ov. M. 9, 261.—

To mark, note, observe:

numerum in cadentibus guttis notare possumus,

Cic. de Or. 3, 48, 186:

animadvertere et notare sidera,

id. Div. 2, 43, 91:

cantus avium,

id. ib. 1, 42, 94:

id caput notavi, et descriptum tibi misi,

id. Fam. 7, 22: veris initium iste a Favoniā notare, id. Verr. 2, 5, 10, § 27; Plin. 2, 8, 6, § 29; Petr. 6 init. —

Publicist's t. t., esp. of the censors, to mark or brand with infamy (nota) on account of a crime or fault, to censure, reprimand:

quos censores furti et captarum pecuniarum nomine notaverunt,

Cic. Clu. 42, 120:

eques Romanus impolitiae notabatur,

Gell. 4, 12, 2:

ita senatus rem, non hominem notavit,

Cic. Mil. 11, 31; id. Clu. 47, 130:

aliquem ignominiā,

id. Phil. 7, 9, 23: luxuria Cornelii non crimine aliquo libidinis, sed communi maledicto notabatur id. Balb. 25, 56:

ne is dedecore, maculā, turpissimā ignominiā notetur,

id. Quint. 31, 99:

cujus improbitatem veteres Atticorum comoediae notaverunt,

id. Brut. 62, 224:

stultus et improbus hic amor est dignusque notari,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 24:

notante judice, quo nosti, populo,

id. ib. 1, 6, 14:

aliquem joco,

Suet. Ner. 5:

scripta famosa quibus primores viri notabantur,

id. Dom. 8. Hence, * nŏtātus, a, um, P. a., marked, perceptible:

notatior similitudo,

Auct. Her. 3, 22, 37 Orell. (al. notior).