signum

    crētula ae, f dim.    [creta], white clay, used for sealing: signum in cretulā.

    dē-cernō crēvī    (often decrēram, decrērim, etc.), crētus, ere.—Officially, to decide, determine, pronounce a decision, judge, decree, resolve, vote: inter quos iam decreverat decretumque mutabat, alias, etc.: si caedes facta, īdem (Druides) decernunt, i. e. pass judgment, Cs.: non decrevi solum, sed etiam ut vos decerneretis laboravi: qui ordo decrevit invitus, on compulsion: dierum viginti supplicationem, Cs.: vindicias secundum servitutem, in favor of slavery, i. e. restore the slave to his master, L.: triumphum Africano: praemium servo libertatem, S.: tres legatos: id quod senatus me auctore decrevit: provinciae privatis decernuntur, Cs.: meā diligentiā patefactam esse coniurationem decrevistis: supplicium sumendum decreverat, had voted, S.: senatus Romae decrevit, ut, etc., L.: mea sententia tibi decernit, ut regem reducas, etc.: senatus decrevit, darent operam consules, ut, etc., S.: ita censeo decernendum: acerbissime decernitur, Cs.: in parricidas rei p. decretum esse, S.: libere decernendi potestas, of voting freely, Cs.—In gen., to decide, determine, judge, fix, settle: rem dubiam decrevit vox opportune emissa, L.: utri utris imperent, sine magnā clade, L.: Duo talenta pro re nostrā ego esse decrevi satis, T.: in quo omnia mea posita esse decrevi: mihi decretum est, with acc. and inf, I am fully convinced, Ta.: alqm hostem, to proclaim an enemy: omnibus quae postulaverat decretis, S.: pauci ferocius decernunt, insist on harsher measures, S.—Of battle, to decide by combat, fight out, fight, combat, contend: Samnis Romanusne Italiam regant, decernamus, L.: gladiatorium certamen ferro decernitur: ne armis decernatur: cornibus inter se, V.: acie, L.: classe decreturi, N.: integriore exercitu, N.: lacessere ad decernendum, L. — In gen., to contend, compete, struggle: decernite criminibus, mox ferro decreturi, L.: cursibus et crudo caestu, V.: de salute rei p.: pro meā famā.—To decide, determine, form a purpose, resolve: num quis quicquam decernit invitus?: Rhenum transire decreverat, Cs.: decretumst pati, T.: certum atque decretum est non dare signum, L.: aetatem a rei p. procul habendam, S.: praetoris imperio parendum esse: hic decernit ut miser sit: quā suis opem ferrent, L.

    dē-fodiō fōdī, fossus, ere,    to dig deep, dig up, make by digging: specus, V.: terram, H. — To bury, cover with earth: thesaurum defossum esse sub lecto: signum in terram, L.: novaculam in comitio: alqm humo, O.: iacent defossa talenta, V.: abdita ac defossa (sc. loca), i. e. caves, Ta.— To hide, conceal, cover: defodiet (aetas) condetque nitentia, H.: Defossa in loculis sportula, Iu.

    dē-lābor lapsus, ī, dep.,    to fall, sink, slip down, glide down, descend: in mare (flumen), H.: medios delapsus in hostīs, V.: gradibus, by the steps, O.: signum de caelo delapsum: de manibus civium delapsa arma: ex equo, L.: ab astris, V.: per auras, O.: caelo, V.: Olympo, O.: capiti (i. e. de capite), V.: flumen in mare, H. — Fig., to come down, sink, descend, fall, slide, stoop, condescend: a sapientium familiaritatibus ad volgarīs amicitias oratio delabitur: eo, ut diceret, etc.: ad aequitatem, incline: in idem genus morbi: in hoc vitium: eo magis delabor ad Clodiam, I incline to Clodia. —Of sounds, to descend, be derived: ab his delapsa plura genera (vocum).

    dē-mōlior ītus, īrī, dep.,    to throw down, tear down, raze, demolish: hanc (domum): statuas: signum: tyrannidis propugnacula, N.—Fig., to abolish, demolish, destroy: Bacchanalia, L.: aevi prioris Robora, O.: ius, L.

   dō (old subj. duis, duit, duint, etc.), dedī, datus, are    [1 DA-], to hand over, deliver, give up, render, furnish, pay, surrender: dic quid vis dari tibi, T.: pretium: Apronio quod poposcerit: pecuniam praetori: pecuniam ob ius dicendum: pecunias eis faenori: abrotonum aegro, administer, H.: obsides, Cs.: ad sepulturam corpus: manibus lilia plenis, by handfuls, V.: ne servi in quaestionem dentur: catenis monstrum, H.: obsidibus quos dabant acceptis, offered, L.: cui Apollo citharam dabat, was ready to give, V.: Da noctis mediae, da, etc. (sc. cyathos), i. e. wine in honor of, H. — Of letters, to intrust (for delivery), send: litteras ad te numquam habui cui darem, by whom to send: ut ad illum det litteras, may write: tum datae sunt (epistulae), cum, etc., was written: ad quas (litteras) ipso eo die dederam, answered.—To give, bestow, present, grant, confer, make a present of: dat nemo largius, T.: vasa legatis muneri data, Ta.: multis beneficia, S.: Os homini sublime, O.: cratera, quem dat Dido, a present from, V.: divis Tura, offer, H.: munus inritamen amoris, O.: pretium dabitur tibi femina, O.— To give up, surrender, yield, abandon, devote, leave: diripiendam urbem: (filiam) altaribus, Iu.: Siculos eorum legibus: summam certaminis uni, O.: dant tela locum, let pass, V.: dat euntibus silva locum, makes way, V.: ut spatium pila coiciendi non daretur, left, Cs.: tribus horis exercitui ad quietem datis, Cs.: amori ludum, H.: unum pro multis dabitur caput, V.: Mille ovium morti, H.: se rei familiari: sese in cruciatum: se vento, Cs.: da te populo.—With manūs, to offer (for fetters), i. e. to surrender, yield: qui det manūs vincique se patiatur: donicum victi manūs dedissent, N.: dat permotus manūs, yields, Cs.: do manūs scientiae, H.— To grant, give, concede, yield, resign, furnish, afford, present, award, render, confer: des veniam oro, H.: Si das hoc, admit, H.: plurīs sibi auras ad reprehendendum: facultatem per provinciam itineris faciundi, Cs.: hostibus occasionem pugnandi, S.: imperium Caesari: mihi honorem: datus tibi plausus, H.: dextram iuveni (as a pledge), V.: senatus utrique datur, a hearing, S.: si verbis audacia detur, O.: peditibus suis hostīs paene victos, turn over, S.: unam ei cenam, entertain at dinner, T.: Dat somnos adimitque, V.: Dat veniam somnumque dies, i. e. leave to rest, H.: Quā data porta, V.: Das aliquid famae, make a concession, H.— To permit, suffer, allow, let, grant: Da mihi contingere, etc., O.: Di tibi dent classem reducere, H.: cur Non datur audire, etc., V.: da, femina ne sim, O.: date volnera lymphis Abluam, V.: ille dedit quod non... et ut, etc., it was of his bounty, O.: omnibus nobis ut res dant sese, ita, etc., just as circumstances permit, T.: Multa melius se nocte dedere, succeed, V. — To spare, give up, concede, surrender, forgive: da hunc populo, spare for the sake of: non id petulantiae suae, sed Verginio datum, L.: sanguini id dari, that concession is made, L.— To release, let go, give out, relax, spread: curru lora, V.: frena, O.: in altum Vela, set sail, V.: retrorsum Vela, turn back, H.: conversa domum lintea, H. — Meton., to set, put, place, bring, cause: ipsum gestio Dari mi in conspectum, T.: ad eundem numerum (milites), Cs.: corpora in rogos, O.: collo bracchia circum, V.: bracchia Cervici, H.: multum cruoris, shed, O.: in laqueum vestigia, Iu.: te me dextera Defensum dabit, V. — With se, to present oneself, plunge, rush: In medias sese acies, V.: saltu sese in fluvium, V. — To bring forward, cause, produce, yield, present, make, display (poet.): quas turbas dedit, T.: omnes Dant cuneum, form, V.: terga, turn, V.: aetas Terga dedit, passed away, O.: Vina dabant animos, O.: ex fumo lucem, H.: partu prolem, V.: liberos, Ct.: segetes frumenta daturae, H.: ore colores, V.: patientiae documentum, Ta.: Ludentis speciem, H.: spectacula Marti, H.: Da mihi te talem, O. — To represent (on the stage), produce, bring out: Menandri Phasma, T.: fabulam. — To impose, assign, apportion, allot, appoint, inflict: sibi damnum: finem laborum, grant, V.: Nomina ponto, H.: Volnera ferro, O.: genti meae data moenia, fated, V.: dat negotium Gallis, uti, etc., Cs.: quae legatis in mandatis dederat, Cs.: hospitibus te dare iura, are the lawgiver, V.: detur nobis locus, assigned, H.: volnera hosti, O.: Haec data poena diu viventibus, imposed, Iu.: dat (auribus) posse moveri, makes movable, O.— To excite, awaken, produce: sibi minus dubitationis, Cs.: risūsque iocosque, H.: ignīs (amoris), O.—Fig., of expression, to give expression to, give, utter, announce: in me iudicium: legem, enact: ei consilium: dabitur ius iurandum, Te esse, etc., I'll take my oath, T.: fidem, O.: signum recipiendi, Cs.: responsa, V.: cantūs, V.: Undis iura, O.: requiemque modumque remis, O. — Esp.: nomen, to give in, i. e. enlist, Cs.— To tell, communicate, relate, inform (poet.): quam ob rem has partīs didicerim, paucis dabo, T.: iste deus qui sit, da nobis, V.: Seu Aeneas eripuisse datur, O.— To apply, bestow, exercise, devote: paululum da mi operae, attend, T.: imperatori operam date, Cs.: virtuti opera danda est.—Of a penalty, to give, undergo, suffer, endure: consules poenas dederant, S.: Teucris det sanguine poenas, atone with his life, V. — With verba, to give (mere) words, attempt to deceive, pretend, mislead, cheat: Quoi verba dare difficilest, T.: verba dedimus, decepimus. — With dat, predic., to ascribe, impute, attribute, reckon, regard: quam rem vitio dent, T.: laudem Roscio culpae: quae tu commisisti Verri crimini daturus sum.

    dubiē adv., doubtfully, uncertainly    [dubius]: signum datum: gaudere, O.—Usu. with a negative (haud, less frequently non or nec), without doubt, certainly, unquestionably: non dubie nuntiabatur, etc.: nec dubie ludibrio esse, etc., L.: haud dubie iam victor, S.

    eburneus adj.    [ebur], of ivory: dentes, elephants' tusks: signum: colla, white as ivory, O.

    efflāgitō āvī, ātus, āre    [ex + flagito], to demand urgently, request earnestly, solicit, insist: tribunicia potestas efflagitata est: notum ensem, V.: ab ducibus signum pugnae, L.: epistulam hanc efflagitarunt codicilli tui, required: a Dolabellā, ut se mitteret: a multis efflagitatus, dixit, etc.

   effodiō (exf-, ecf-) fōdī, fossus, ere    [ex + fodio], to dig out, dig up, mine, excavate: ferrum: opes, O.: signum, L.: de limite saxum, Iu.: terram, L.: effossis eorum domibus, ransacked, Cs.: portūs, i. e. make by digging, V.: oculi illi ecfodientur, will be torn out, T.: singulis effossis oculis, Cs.

    excelsus adj. with comp. and sup.    [P. of excello], elevated, lofty, high: locus, T.: mons, Cs.: vertex montis, V.: signum: in excelsiore loco: cornu excelsius, Cs.: mons excelsissimus, Cs.—As subst n., a height: simulacrum in excelso conlocare: ab excelso, O.—Fig., high, lofty, distinguished, excellent, noble: te natura excelsum genuit: animus: gloria, Ta.: orator quodam modo excelsior: excelsissima sedes dignitatis.—As subst n., an elevated station: in excelso aetatem agere, S.: excelsa sperare, L. I II

    ex-pōscō popōscī, —, ere,    to ask earnestly, beg, request, entreat, implore: quam (misericordiam): signum proeli, Cs.: pacem precibus, L.: pacem Teucris (dat.), V.: alqd deos, L.: Aenean acciri, V.: audire labores, V.: precibus plebem, sibi civem donarent, L.—To demand, require the surrender of, claim (as a prisoner, or for punishment): ad exposcendos eos missi, L.: ab Atheniensibus exposci publice, N.: alqm ad poenam, Ta.

    faciō fēcī (old fut perf. faxo; subj. faxim), factus, ere; imper. fac (old, face); pass. fīō, fierī; pass imper. fī    [2 FAC-], to make, construct, fashion, frame, build, erect, produce, compose: Lectulos faciundos dedit, T.: navīs: candelabrum factum e gemmis: de marmore signum, O.: pontem in Arare, Cs.: (fanum) a civitatibus factum, founded, L.: duumviri ad aedem faciendam, L.: statuam faciendam locare: (valvae) ad cludendum factae: comoedias, T.: sermonem: epigramma: verbum, speak: carmina, Iu.: scutis ex cortice factis, Cs.: auri pondera facti, wrought, V.—Of actions, to do, perform, make, carry on, execute: Opus, T.: officium, T.: Si tibi quid feci quod placeat, T.: proelium, join, Cs.: iter, Cs.: clamores: clamor fit: eruptiones ex oppido, Cs.: gradum: imperata, Cs.: promissum, fulfil: iudicium: deditionem, S.: fac periclum in litteris, put (him) to the test, T.: me advorsum omnia, oppose me in everything, T.: omnia amici causā: multa crudeliter, N.: initium, begin: praeter aetatem Facere, work too hard for your years, T.: perfacile factu esse, conata perficere, Cs.— To make, produce, cause, occasion, bring about, bring to pass: turbam, T.: ignem ex lignis: iniuriam, Cs.: causas morae, S.: ducis admirationem, excite, L.: luxuriae modum, impose, S.: fugam ex ripā fecit (i. e. fugavit), L.: somnum, induce, Iu.: metum insidiarum, excite, L.: silentio facto, L.: ne qua eius adventūs significatio fiat, become known, Cs.: faciam ut intellegatis: facito, ut sciam: putasne te posse facere, ut, etc.?: fieri potest, ut recte quis sentiat, it may happen: ita fit, ut adsint, it happens: faciendum mihi est, ut exponam, is incumbent: me Facit ut te moneam, compels, T.: facere non possum, quin mittam, etc., I cannot forbear: di faxint ne sit alter (cui, etc.): fac ne quid aliud cures, take care: domi adsitis, facite, T.: ita fac cupidus sis, ut, etc., be sure: iam faxo scies, T.: nulla res magis talīs oratores videri facit, quales, etc. (i. e. ut viderentur): hoc me Flere facit, O.— To make, acquire, obtain, gather, accumulate, gain, take, receive, incur, suffer: rem, T.: praedam, Cs.: pecuniam: stipendia, earn, S.: corhortīs, form, Cs.: corpus, grow fat, Ph.: viam sibi, force, L.: alqm suum, win as a friend, T.: terram suam, i. e. conquer, Cs.: vitae iacturam, Cs.: naufragium: damnum.— To make, render, grant, give, impart, confer: arbitria, H.: potestatem dicendi: sibi iure iurando fidem, give assurance, Cs.: Romanis animum, inspire, L.: copiam pugnandi militibus, L.: audientiam orationi: cui si libido Fecerit auspicium, i. e. if the whim seize him, H.: cognomen colli, L.: mihi medicinam, administer: nobis otia, V.: alcui dolorem: desiderium decemviros creandi, L.— To celebrate, conduct, give, perform, represent: cenas: res divinas: sacra pro civibus: cui (Iunoni), make offerings: vitulā pro frugibus, make sacrifice, V.: cum pro populo fieret: ut fieret, edere, L. — To practise, follow: naviculariam: mercaturas.— To make, depict, represent, assert, say, pretend: in libro se exeuntem e senatu: pugnam ex auro, V.: me unum ex iis feci, qui, etc., pretended to be: ex industriā factus ad imitationem stultitiae, L.: inpendere apud inferos saxum Tantalo: Fecerat et fetam Procubuisse lupam, V.: facio me alias res agere, make as if.—To suppose, assume, grant, admit (only imper. with obj clause): fac audisse (Glauciam): fac ita esse: fac (me) velle, V.— To make, constitute, choose, appoint, render: senatum firmiorem vestrā auctoritate: heredem filiam: exercitum sibi fidum, S.: iter factum conruptius imbri, H.: hi consules facti sunt: ex coriis utres fierent, S.: Candida de nigris, O.: si ille factus esset, had been chosen (consul): alqm certiorem facere, inform ; see certus: ne hoc quidem sibi reliqui facit, ut, etc., does not leave himself so much character.—Pass., to become, be turned into, be made: fit Aurum ingens coluber, V.: sua cuique deus fit dira cupido? V.— To put in possession of, subject to, refer to: omnia quae mulieris fuerunt, viri fiunt: omnem oram Romanae dicionis fecit, L.: dicionis alienae facti, L.— To value, esteem, regard, appraise, prize: parum id facio, S.: te maxumi, T.: quos plurimi faciunt: voluptatem minimi: dolorem nihili: istuc Aequi bonique facio, am content with, T.— To do (resuming the meaning of another verb): cessas ire ac facere, i. e. do as I say, T.: oppidani bellum parare: idem nostri facere, S.: ‘evolve eius librum’—‘Feci mehercule:’ bestiae simile quiddam faciunt (i. e. patiuntur): aut facere aut non promisse, Ct.: Sicuti fieri consuevit, to happen, S.— To do, act, deal, conduct oneself: Facere contra huic aegre, T.: tuis dignum factis feceris, will act like yourself, T.: bene: adroganter, Cs.: per malitiam, with malice: aliter, S.: facere quam dicere malle, act, S.: mature facto opus est, prompt action, S. — To act, take part, take sides: idem plebes facit, S.: idem sentire et secum facere Sullam: cum veritas cum hoc faciat, is on his side: nihilo magis ab adversariis quam a nobis: eae res contra nos faciunt: adversus quos fecerint, N.— To arrange, adjust, set: Vela, spread, V.: pedem, brace, V.— To be fit, be useful, make, serve, answer, do: Ad talem formam non facit iste locus, O.: ad scelus omne, O.: Stemmata quid faciunt? avail, Iu. 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    fīniō īvī, ītus, īre    [finis], to limit, bound, enclose within boundaries: populi R. imperium, Cs.: signum animo, L.: lingua finita dentibus.— To stop, close, shut: cavernas, O.—Fig., to set bounds to, restrain, check: loqui de cupiditatibus finiendis.— To prescribe, determine, fix, set, appoint, assign: sepulcris novis modum: spatia temporis numero noctium, Cs.: mors est omnibus finita: (silva) non aliter finiri potest, i. e. has no definite boundaries, Cs.: finire senatūs consulto, ne, etc., L.: de pecuniā finitur, Ne maior consumeretur, etc., L.— To put an end to, finish, terminate: bellum, Cs.: nigris prandia moris, H.: dolores morte: sitim, H.: ut sententiae verbis finiantur, end with verbs: Sic fuit utilius finiri ipsi, die.—To make an end, come to an end, cease: paeone posteriore: Finierat Paean, ceased speaking, O.: sic finivit, died, Ta.

    ille illa, illud,    gen. illīus or illius (old forms: dat. ollī, C., V.; plur. ollī, ollīs, C., V.; ollōs, olla, C.), pron dem.—In reference to something remote from the speaker, or near or related to a third person, that: sol me ille admonuit, yon sun: in illā vitā.—As subst, he, she, it: tum ille, Non sum, inquit, etc.: de illius Alexandreā discessu: ne illi sanguinem nostrum largiantur, S.—Opp. to hic, of that which is more remote, or less important: huius (Catonis) facta, illius (Socratis) dicta laudantur: hic enim noster (Ennius)... at vero ille sapiens (Solon).—In partial enumeration: hic et ille, one and another, one or two, a few: non dicam illinc hoc signum ablatum esse et illud.—In emphatic reference: in quibus etiam, sive ille inridens, sive... me proferebat: Sic oculos, sic ille manūs, sic ora ferebat, V.—Praegn., that, the ancient, the well-known, the famous: Antipater ille Sidonius: auditor Panaeti illius: testulā illā multatus est, that well-known custom of ostracism, N.: ille annus egregius: idem ille tyrannus.—In phrases, ille aut ille, such and such, one or another: quaesisse, num ille aut ille defensurus esset.— With quidem, followed by sed, autem, or verum, certainly... but still, to be sure... however, indeed... but yet: philosophi quidam, minime mali illi quidem, sed, etc.: ludo autem et ioco uti illo quidem licet, sed, etc.—Ex illo (sc. tempore), from that time, since then, V., O.

    inchoō āvī, ātus, āre,    to begin, commence: signum ab alio incohatum absolvere: initium sedis ab saltu, Ta.: Stygio regi aras, i. e. begins to sacrifice, V.: spem longam, entertain, H.—Of a writer or speaker, to essay to treat, open, begin to discuss, propose: res attigit hic versibus atque incohavit: alqd mihi nuper de oratoribus: nil altum, V.: incohante Caesare de, etc., Ta.

    īn-fīgō fīxī, fīxus, ere,    to fasten, implant, drive in, affix: ferreis hamis infixis, Cs.: portae infigitur hasta, V.: signum: infixum volnus, i. e. deep, V.: laevo infixa est lateri manus, was nailed to, V.: sagitta infigitur arbore, V.: Haerent infixi pectore voltūs, seated, V.—Fig., to infix, impress, imprint: cura infixa animo, seated: religio infixa animo, L.: Vologesi vetus infixum erat vitandi, etc., had a settled purpose, Ta.

    īnsīgnis e, adj. with comp.    [1 in+signum], distinguished by a mark, remarkable, noted, eminent, distinguished, prominent, extraordinary: alae, V.: vestis, L.: insigniora monumenta, L.: virtus: vis: studium erga me: insignis totā cantabitur urbe, notorious, H.: calamitas, Cs.: honorum pagina, glorious, Iu.: insigne aliquid facere eis, i. e. make an example of, T.: maculus insignis et albo (i. e. maculis albis), V.: notis turpitudinis: praeclaro nomine, Iu.

    intentus adj. with comp. and sup.    [P. of intendo], attentive, intent, waiting, eager: Romani intenti festinare, S.: milites pugnae proventum exspectabant, Cs.: intenti ora tenebant, V.: intentis oculis contemplari: in eā re intentis animis, Cs.: aliis negotiis, S.: dimicationi ultimae, L.: celerandae victoriae intentior, Ta.: quem pueri intenti ludo exercent, V.: aliquo negotio intentus, S.: intenti quam mox signum daretur, eagerly awaiting, L.: intenti paratique si lacesserentur, i. e. to see whether, etc., L.: intentus, sive... sive, etc., watchful, L.: eo intentior ad victoriam niti, S.: intentiore eum custodiā observare, L.: intentior disciplina, stricter, Ta.: intentissima conquisitio, L.: omnia intentissimā curā acta, L.—Of style, vigorous, nervous: sermo: pars orationis.

    labefactō āvī, ātus, āre, freq.    [labefacio], to cause to totter, shake, overthrow: signum vectibus. —Fig., to shake, throw down, overthrow, destroy, ruin, weaken: illius dignitatem: ad iudicem causam labefactari animadvertunt: labefactarat aratores superior annus: fidem pretio.— To weaken in purpose, move: ab eā astute labefactarier, T.