seal+up

dactylĭŏthēca, ae, f., = daktuliothêkê.

A casket to keep rings in, Mart. 11, 59, 4; 14, 123, title.—

Transf., a collection of seal-rings and jewels, Plin. 37, 1, 5, § 11; Caesaris, Murat. Inscr. 907, 3.

fĭgŭlus, i, m. [v. fingo], a potter, Varr. R. R. 3, 15, 2; Plin. 35, 12, 43, § 159: Col. 11, 1, 9; Inscr. Orell. 4190:

SIGILLATOR ( = sigillorum fictor),

a seal-maker, ib. 4191:

vas figuli,

Vulg. Psa. 2, 9 al. — Poet. of the builders of the brick walls of Babylon:

a figulis munita urbs,

Juv. 10, 171.

Fĭgŭlus, i, m., a Roman surname in the gens Marcia and Nigidia. So esp. P. Nigidius Figulus, a learned contemporary of Cicero, Cic. Univ. 1; id. Fam. 4, 13; Suet. Aug. 94. —

Marcius Figulus,

Cic. Att. 1, 2; id. Leg. 2, 25; Sall. C. 17.

fĭgŭlus, i, m. [v. fingo], a potter, Varr. R. R. 3, 15, 2; Plin. 35, 12, 43, § 159: Col. 11, 1, 9; Inscr. Orell. 4190:

SIGILLATOR ( = sigillorum fictor),

a seal-maker, ib. 4191:

vas figuli,

Vulg. Psa. 2, 9 al. — Poet. of the builders of the brick walls of Babylon:

a figulis munita urbs,

Juv. 10, 171.

Fĭgŭlus, i, m., a Roman surname in the gens Marcia and Nigidia. So esp. P. Nigidius Figulus, a learned contemporary of Cicero, Cic. Univ. 1; id. Fam. 4, 13; Suet. Aug. 94. —

Marcius Figulus,

Cic. Att. 1, 2; id. Leg. 2, 25; Sall. C. 17.

gemma, ae, f. [cf. Gr. gemô, to be full; Lat. gumia;

lit. a fulness, swelling. The ancients supposed the original meaning to be a precious stone,

Quint. 8, 6, 6; cf. Cic. Or. 24, 81; id. de Or. 3, 38, 155], a bud, eye, or gem on a plant.

Lit.:

ineunte vere exsistit tamquam ad articulos sarmentorum ea, quae gemma dicitur,

Cic. de Sen. 15, 53:

(pampinus) trudit gemmas et frondes explicat omnes,

Verg. G. 2, 335;

jam laeto turgent in palmite gemmae,

id. E. 7, 48; Col. 4, 29, 4.—

Transf. (from the resemblance to buds in shape and color), a precious stone, esp. one already cut, a jewel, gem, the predom. signif. of the word (opp. lapillus, one that is opaque, v. Dig. 34, 2, 19, § 17; cf.

also: margarita, unio): nego in Sicilia tota... ullam gemmam aut margaritam, quicquam ex auro aut ebore factum... quin conquisierit, etc.,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 1, § 1:

pocula ex auro gemmis distincta clarissimis,

id. ib. 2, 4, 27, §

62: vas vinarium ex una gemma pergrandi,

id. ib.:

Cyri ornatus Persicus multo auro multisque gemmis,

id. de Sen. 17, 59:

gemmas sunt qui non habeant,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 180:

cum virides gemmas collo circumdedit (mulier),

Juv. 6, 458:

non gemmis venale,

Hor. C. 2, 16, 7:

vitrea,

i. e. a false gem, Plin. 35, 6, 30, § 48;

also called facticia,

id. 37, 7, 26, § 98:

nec premit articulos lucida gemma meos,

Ov. H. 15, 74:

nec sufferre queat majoris pondera gemmae,

Juv. 1, 29: usus luxuriantis aetatis signaturas pretiosis gemmis coepit insculpere, Capitol. ap. Macr. S. 7, 13, 11; Vulg. Exod. 25, 7 et saep. —

Transf.

A drinking-vessel, goblet or cup, made of a precious stone:

nec bibit e gemma divite nostra sitis,

Prop. 3, 5 (4, 4), 4; cf.:

ut gemmā bibat,

Verg. G. 2, 506:

gemmā ministrare,

Sen. Prov. 3 fin.; cf.

also: in gemma posuere merum,

Ov. M. 8, 572.—

A seal ring, signet:

protinus impressā signat sua crimina gemmā,

Ov. M. 9, 566; cf. Plin. 37, 1, 2, § 3; 37, 5, 20, § 78: arguit ipsorum quos littera gemmaque, Juv. 13, 138; 1, 68.—Hence, comically: Pl. Opsecro parentis ne meos mihi prohibeas? Cu. Quid? ego sub gemmane apstrussos habeo tuam matrem et patrem? i. e. under lock and key, Plaut. Curc. 5, 2, 8.—

A pearl ( poet.): legitur rubris gemma sub aequoribus. Prop. 1, 14, 12:

cedet Erythraeis eruta gemma vadis,

Mart. 8, 28, 14. —

The eyes of the peacock's tail:

gemmis caudam stellantibus implet,

Ov. M. 1, 723; cf.:

gemmea cauda,

Phaedr. 3, 18, 8). —

Trop., like gem in English, ornament, beauty (post-Aug. and very rare):

multas in digitis, plures in carmine gemmas Invenies,

Mart. 5, 11, 3:

Hesperius gemma amicorum,

Sid. Ep. 4, 22.

ĭmāgo, ĭnis, f. [cf. imitor], an imitation, copy of a thing, an image, likeness (i. e. a picture, statue, mask, an apparition, ghost, phantom; the latter only poet. and in post-Aug. prose; cf.: simulacrum, effigies, statua, sigillum): imago ab imitatione dicta, Paul. ex Fest. p. 112 Müll.; cf.: imago dicitur quasi imitago, Porphyr. Hor. C. 1, 12, 4.

Lit.

In gen., a representation, likeness (usu. of a person), statue, bust, picture:

Spartiates Agesilaus neque pictam neque fictam imaginem suam passus est esse... unus Xenophontis libellus in eo rege laudando facile omnes imagines omnium statuasque superavit,

Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 7:

Demosthenes, cujus nuper inter imagines tuas ac tuorum imaginem ex aere vidi,

id. Or. 31, 110:

Epicuri in poculis et in anulis,

id. Fin. 5, 1, 3: hominis imaginem gypso e facie ipsa primus omnium expressit ceraque in eam formam gypsi infusa emendare instituit Lysistratus Sicyonius, Plin. 35, 12, 44, § 153:

Africani,

Cic. Rep. 6, 10:

mulieris,

Quint. 7, 7, 5:

Antigoni,

id. 2, 13, 12:

depictam in tabula sipariove imaginem rei,

id. 6, 1, 32:

si in tabula mea aliquis pinxerit velut imaginem,

Gai. Inst. 2, 78:

cereae,

Hor. Epod. 17, 76; id. S. 1, 8, 43:

ut dignus venias hederis et imagine macra,

Juv. 7, 29:

hoc tibi sub nostra breve carmen imagine vivat,

Mart. 9, 1:

epistula atque imago me certum fecit,

i. e. the image on the seal, the signet, Plaut. Ps. 4, 6, 35; 4, 2, 29; 4, 7, 105:

nunc amici anne inimici sis imago, Alcesime, mihi, sciam,

i. e. will act like a friend, Plaut. Cas. 3, 1, 1.—

A phantom, ghost, apparition:

infelix simulacrum atque ipsius umbra Creusae Visa mihi ante oculos et nota major imago,

Verg. A. 2, 773; cf.:

et nunc magna mei sub terras ibit imago,

shade, spirit, Verg. A. 4, 654; Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 6; cf. id. ib. 1:

non vanae redeat sanguis imagini,

Hor. C. 1, 24, 15:

(somnus) Vanum nocturnis fallit imaginibus,

Tib. 3, 4, 56; cf. Hor. C. 3, 27, 40; Suet. Aug. 94; id. Calig. 50:

te videt in somnis, tua sacra et major imago humana turbat pavidum,

Juv. 13, 221:

quid natum totiens falsis Ludis imaginibus?

phantoms, Verg. A. 1, 408:

ubique pavor et plurima mortis imago,

id. ib. 2, 369; cf.:

repetitaque mortis imago,

Ov. M. 10, 726:

lurida mortis imago,

Petr. 123, v. 257:

varia pereuntium forma et omni imagine mortium,

Tac. H. 3, 28:

caesorum insepultorumque,

id. A. 1, 62:

supremorum (i. e. funeris) imago,

id. H. 4, 45.— Poet.:

genitiva (with forma),

natural shape, figure, Ov. M. 3, 331; so,

rudis et sine imagine tellus (= informis),

shapeless, id. ib. 1, 87.—

In partic., an ancestral image of a distinguished Roman (of one who had been aedile, praetor, or consul; usually made of wax, and placed in the atrium of a Roman house, and carried in funeral processions.—

In plur.: obrepsisti ad honores errore hominum, commendatione fumosarum imaginum, quarum simile habes nihil praeter colorem, of smoky (i. e. old) ancestral images, Cic. Pis. 1, 1; cf. Sen. Ben. 3, 28, 1; Plin. 35, 2, 2, § 6:

si quid deliquero, nullae sunt imagines, quae me a vobis deprecentur,

no ancestors of distinction, Cic. Agr. 2, 36, 100; cf.:

quia imagines non habeo et quia mihi nova nobilitas est,

Sall. J. 85, 25:

qui imagines familiae suae consecuti sunt,

Cic. Agr. 2, 1, 1:

homo veteris prosapiae ac multarum imaginum,

Sall. J. 85, 10:

majorum imagines,

id. ib. 5, 5; Suet. Vesp. 1:

multis in familia senatoriis imaginibus,

id. Aug. 4:

esto beata, funus atque imagines Ducant triumphales tuum,

Hor. Epod. 8, 11:

qui stupet in titulis et imaginibus,

id. S. 1, 6, 17; Plin. 35, 2, 2, § 6 sqq.; Prop. 2, 13, 19; Suet. Vesp. 19.—

In sing. (rare):

jus imaginis,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 14, § 36:

imaginis ornandae causa,

id. Sest. 8, 19:

vir honoratissimae imaginis futurus ad posteros,

Liv. 3, 58, 2:

clarum hac fore imagine Scaptium,

would become an aristocrat, id. 3, 72, 4, v. Weissenb. ad loc.:

Tunc Cotta ne imago Libonis exsequias posterorum comitaretur censuit,

Tac. A. 2, 32.

Transf., a reverberation of sound, an echo (mostly poet.):

(mellaria facere oportet) potissimum ubi non resonent imagines,

Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 12:

concava pulsu Saxa sonant, vocisque offensa resultat imago,

Verg. G. 4, 50; cf. Sil. 14, 365:

alternae deceptus imagine vocis: Huc coëamus ait... Coëamus retulit Echo,

Ov. M. 3, 385:

cujus recinit jocosa Nomen imago,

Hor. C. 1, 12, 4; so,

jocosa Vaticani montis,

id. ib. 1, 20, 8:

vaga,

Val. Fl. 3, 596.

Trop.

In gen., an image or likeness of a thing formed in the mind, a conception, thought, imagination, idea:

Scipionis memoriam atque imaginem sibi proponere,

Cic. Lael. 27, 102:

magnam partem noctium in imagine tua vigil exigo,

Plin. Ep. 7, 5, 1:

Verginium cogito, Verginium video, Verginium jam vanis imaginibus audio,

id. ib. 2, 1, 12: imagines, quae eidôla nominant, quorum incursione non solum videmus, sed etiam cogitamus, Cic. Fin. 1, 6, 21; cf.:

imagines extrinsecus in animos nostros per corpus irrumpere,

id. Ac. 2, 40, 125: plena sunt imaginum omnia, nulla species cogitari potest nisi pulsu imaginum, etc.; id. Div. 2, 67, 137 sq.: unum aliquem te ex barbatis illis, exemplum imperii veteris, imaginem antiquitatis, columen rei publicae diceres intueri, an image of the olden time, id. Sest. 8, 19; cf.:

expressam imaginem vitae quotidianae videre,

id. Rosc. Am. 16, 47:

quidnam illi consules dictatoresve facturi essent, qui proconsularem imaginem tam saevam ac trucem fecerint, i. e. by cruelty in office,

Liv. 5, 2, 9:

naturae... urbis et populi,

Cic. Rep. 2, 39 fin.:

justitiae,

Quint. 2, 20, 6:

virtutis,

id. 10, 2, 15:

similitudines ad exprimendas rerum imagines compositae,

id. 8, 3, 72: illae rerum imagines, quas vocari phantasias indicavimus, id. 10, 7, 15:

conscripta formantur imagine templa,

plans, Stat. S. 3, 1, 117:

scipione determinata prius templi imagine in solo,

Plin. 28, 2, 4, § 15:

tua, pater Druse, imago,

memory, Tac. A. 1, 13:

magna illic imago tristium laetorumque,

recollection, id. ib. 2, 53:

si te nulla movet tantae pietatis imago,

Verg. A. 6, 405.—

In partic.

In rhet., a figurative representation, similitude, comparison:

comparabile est, quod in rebus diversis similem aliquam rationem continet. Ejus partes sunt tres: imago, collatio, exemplum. Imago est oratio demonstrans corporum aut naturarum similitudinem, etc.,

Cic. Inv. 1, 30, 49; cf.:

imago est formae cum forma cum quadam similitudine collatio,

Auct. Her. 4, 49, 62; Sen. Ep. 59, 92; Quint. 6, 1, 28; Hor. S. 2, 3, 320; id. Ep. 1, 7, 34.—

With the idea predominating of mere imitation, in opp. to what is original or real, a mere form, image, semblance, appearance, shadow:

consectatur nullam eminentem effigiem virtutis, sed adumbratam imaginem gloriae,

Cic. Tusc. 3, 2, 3:

nos veri juris germanaeque justitiae solidam et expressam effigiem nullam tenemus: umbra et imaginibus utimur,

id. Off. 3, 17, 69; cf.:

non in umbra et imagine civitatis, etc.,

id. Rep. 2, 30; and:

umbram equitis Romani et imaginem videtis,

id. Rab. Post. 15, 41:

haec ars tota dicendi, sive artis imago quaedam est et similitudo, habet hanc vim, ut, etc.,

id. de Or. 2, 87, 356:

judiciorum,

only the appearance of courts, id. Sest. 13, 30; cf.:

imaginem rei publicae nullam reliquissent,

id. Agr. 2, 32, 88:

his quoque imaginibus juris spretis,

Liv. 41, 8, 10:

imaginem retinendi largiendive penes nos, vim penes Parthos,

Tac. A. 15, 14:

habitu et ore ad exprimendam imaginem honesti exercitus,

the pretence, id. ib. 16, 32; 6, 27; id. H. 1, 84; 3, 70:

qui faciem eloquentiae, non imaginem praestaret,

id. Or. 34:

nec imagine rerum, sed rebus incendit,

Quint. 10, 1, 16:

in falsa rerum imagine detineri,

id. 10, 5, 17; cf.:

nullo quippe alio vincis discrimine, quam quod illi (hermae) marmoreum caput est, tua vivit imago,

Juv. 8, 55.—

A representative: non in effigies mutas divinum (Augusti) spiritum transfusum;

sed imaginem veram, caelesti sanguine ortam, intellegere discrimen, etc.,

Tac. A. 4, 52.—

That which suggests or recalls something by resemblance, a reminder:

me consolatur recordatio meorum temporum, quorum imaginem video in rebus tuis,

Cic. Fam. 1, 6, 2:

a Corbulone petierat, ne quam imaginem servitii Tiridates perferret,

nothing to suggest slavery, Tac. A. 15, 31; cf.:

moriar, si praeter te quemquam reliquum habeo, in quo possim imaginem antiquae et vernaculae festivitatis adgnoscere,

Cic. Fam. 9, 15, 2.

ob-lĭgo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.

Lit.

To bind or tie around, to bind or fasten to any thing (very rare):

obligatus corio,

bound in a leathern sack, Auct. Her. 1, 13, 23:

articulis muscus obligatus,

bound upon, Plin. 26, 11, 66, § 105: cibum ovis, to bind or unite with eggs, Apic. 4, 2:

amylo spisso obligare,

id. 2, 2; 8, 2.—

To bind together, bind up (rare):

pecua ad hanc collo in crumena ego obligata defero,

Plaut. Truc. 5, 1, 64: age obliga, obsigna cito, tie up (the letter, in order to seal it), id. Bacch. 4, 4, 96:

manipulos,

Col. 11, 2, 40.—

To bind up, bandage, swathe (class., esp. of wounds):

crus fractum,

Plaut. Men. 5, 3, 9:

vulnus,

Cic. N. D. 3, 22, 57; cf.:

medicum requirens, a quo obligetur,

to bind up his wounds, id. Tusc. 2, 16, 38; Suet. Vit. 2:

venas,

to bandage the veins, Tac. A. 6, 9:

surculum libro,

Varr. R. R. 1, 41, 2:

oculos,

Sen. Ira, 3, 11, 4:

ore obligato obsignatoque simulacrum,

Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 65.—

Trop.

In gen., to bind, oblige, put under an obligation, make liable, etc. (cf.:

obstringo, devincio): aliquem obligare militiae secundo sacramento,

bind by a second oath, swear in again, Cic. Off. 1, 11, 36:

vadem tribus milibus aeris,

to bind in the sum of, Liv. 3, 13:

voti sponsio, quā obligamur deo,

Cic. Leg. 2, 16, 41; Liv. 9, 11:

se nexu,

Cic. Mur. 2, 3: se in acta cujusquam, Tib. ap. Suet. Tib. 67:

se chirographo ad aliquid,

Dig. 30, 103:

aliquem sibi liberalitate,

to bind to one's self, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 14, 3:

obligabis me,

will oblige me, lay me under an obligation, Plin. Ep. 4, 4, 2; Cic. Q. Fr. 3, 1, 5:

obligari foedere,

Liv. 38, 33: pro amicis alicui obligari, to lay one's self under obligation, i. e. to solicit favors, Plin. Ep. 10, 3, 1:

obligor ipse tamen,

Ov. M. 9, 248:

obligatus ei nihil eram,

was under no obligation to him, Cic. Fam. 6, 11, 1:

me obligatum tibi fore,

id. Att. 13, 18:

obligati sunt interrogatum,

Amm. 28, 4, 10.— Poet.:

Prometheus obligatus aliti,

devoted, condemned to, Hor. Epod. 17, 67:

ergo obligatam redde Jovi dapem,

vowed, due, id. C. 2, 7, 17:

obligor, ut tangam laevi fera litora Ponti,

am compelled, Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 83.—

In partic.

To render liable through guilt, to make guilly:

cum populum Romanum scelere obligāsses,

Cic. Dom. 8, 20:

votis caput,

Hor. C. 2, 8, 5:

se scelere,

Suet. Caes. 42: se furti, Scaev. ap. Gell. 7, 15, 2.— Pass., to be guilty of, to commit an offence:

est enim periculum, ne aut neglectis iis impiā fraude, aut susceptis anili superstitione obligemur,

Cic. Div. 1, 4, 7; cf.:

lege Corneliā testamentariā obligatur,

offends against, Dig. 8, 10, 30.—

Jurid. t. t.

To bind, engage one (cf. obligatio, II. B.):

obligandi, solvendi sui causā,

Dig. 2, 13, 6, § 3:

se obligare,

ib. 4, 2, 7, § 1; 21, 1, 25, § 9.—

To pledge, pawn, mortgage a thing:

magistratui bona ejus obligantur,

Vitr. 10 praef.:

omnia praedia fratri,

Suet. Vesp. 4:

omnia bona sua pignori,

Dig. 20, 4, 21:

nam fundi et aedis obligatae sunt ob amoris praedium,

has a mortgage on it, Plaut. Truc. 2, 1, 4:

aedes pignori,

Dig. 39, 2, 44:

obligata praedia,

Cic. Agr. 3, 2, 9.—

Transf., beyond the jurid. sphere:

obligare fidem suam,

to pledge one's word, Cic. Phil. 5, 18, 51.—

To impede, restrain, embarrass: judicio districtum atque obligatum esse, Cic. Verr. 1, 9, 24.—Hence, oblĭ-gātus, a, um, P. a., bound, obliged:

iisdem (officiis) me tibi obligatum fore,

Cic. Fam. 13, 18, 2.— Comp.:

quanto quis melior et probior, tanto mihi obligatior abit,

Plin. Ep. 8, 2, 8:

ipsi obligati sunt,

ensnared, embarrassed, Vulg. Psa. 19, 9.

pŏlygŏnăton, i, n., = polugonaton.

The plant called Solomon's seal:

Convallaria polygonatum (Linn.),

Plin. 27, 12, 91, § 113.—

Another name for leucacantha, Plin. 22, 17, 18, § 40.

prae-nŏto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. (postclass.).

To mark or note before or in front:

profert quosdam libros litteris ignorabilibus praenotatos,

App. M. 11, p. 268, 11: aureo anulo, to seal, id. ib. 10, p. 243, 3: psalmum inscriptione, Hilar. in Psa. 15, 1.—

To entitle, name:

ut de deo Socratis praenotaret librum, Aug. Civ. Dei, 8, 14: librum nomine Pamphili martyris,

Hier. Ep. 133, n. 3:

liber hoc titulo praenotatus,

Aug. Retract. 2, 14.—

To note or designate beforehand, to predict:

prophetae duos adventus Christi praenotarunt,

Tert. adv. Jud. 14: crux praenotata, Prud. steph. 10, 629.—

To note down, write down:

fabellam,

App. M. 6, p. 183, 26.

sĭgillārīcĭus ( - tĭus), a, um, adj. [sigilla].

Of or belonging to sealing:

anulus,

a seal-ring, signet-ring, Vop. Aur. 50.—

Subst.: sĭgillārīcĭa, ōrum, n., little images; v. Sigillaria, II. A. 1.

sĭgillārīcĭus ( - tĭus), a, um, adj. [sigilla].

Of or belonging to sealing:

anulus,

a seal-ring, signet-ring, Vop. Aur. 50.—

Subst.: sĭgillārīcĭa, ōrum, n., little images; v. Sigillaria, II. A. 1.

sĭgillārīcĭus ( - tĭus), a, um, adj. [sigilla].

Of or belonging to sealing:

anulus,

a seal-ring, signet-ring, Vop. Aur. 50.—

Subst.: sĭgillārīcĭa, ōrum, n., little images; v. Sigillaria, II. A. 1.

signācŭlum, i, n. [signo].

In gen., a mark, a sign (post-class.):

corporis,

i.e. circumcision, Tert. Apol. 21:

frontis inscripta oleo,

i.e. the sign of the cross, Prud. Psych. 360.—

In partic., a seal, signet, App. Flor. 2, p. 346; Dig. 16, 3, 1, § 36; Novat. Th. 2, tit. 16, c. 1, § 5.

signātor, ōris, m. [id.].

A sealer, signer.

One who attests a will by sealing it, a witness to a will (mostly postAug.;

not in Cic.): ex illis testes signatoresque falsos commodare,

Sall. C. 16, 2:

signator falso,

a forger, Juv. 1, 67; Suet. Aug. 33; id. Tib. 23; Val. Max. 7, 7, 2; Dig. 18, 3, 8; Vulg. 2, Esd. 10, 1.—

One who affixes his seal as witness to a marriage-contract, a witness to a marriage, Juv. 10, 336. —

One who stamps money, a coiner, Inscr. Grut. 1066, 5; 1070, 1; Inscr. Orell. 3229.

Sphinx, ngis (Gr. gen. Sphingos, Stat. Th. 1, 66), f., = Sphinx.

A fabulous monster near Thebes that used to propose riddles to travellers, and tear in pieces those who could not solve them; usually represented with the head of a woman and the body of a lion, afterwards also with the wings of a bird;

or, also, with the head of a man and the body of a lion,

Plin. 36, 12, 17, § 77 sqq.; Aus. Idyll. 11, 40; Sen. Phoen. 119; id. Oedip. 92; Stat. Th. 1, 66; Plaut. Poen. 1, 3, 35; Hyg. Fab. 67 al.—Augustus had the figure of a sphinx upon his seal, as a symbol of silence, Suet. Aug. 50; Plin. 37, 1, 4, § 10.— Plur.:

pedes formati in speciem sphingum, Fest. s. v. picati, p. 206.— In a lusus verbb.,

Quint. 6, 3, 98.—

A species of ape, perh. the chimpanzee, Plin. 8, 21, 30, § 72; Mel. 3, 9; Sol. 27 fin.