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  • 1 imago

    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.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    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.—
    2.
    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.—
    B.
    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.—
    (α).
    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.—
    (β).
    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.
    II.
    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.
    III.
    Trop.
    A.
    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.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    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.—
    2.
    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.—
    3.
    A representative: non in effigies mutas divinum (Augusti) spiritum transfusum;

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

    Tac. A. 4, 52.—
    4.
    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.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > imago

  • 2 signum

    signum, i, n. [perh. Sanscr. sag-, to cling to, adhere; cf. sigilla].
    I.
    In gen., a mark, token, sign, indication (very frequent in all styles and periods; cf.

    insigne): meo patri torulus inerit aureus Sub petaso: id signum Amphitruoni non erit,

    Plaut. Am. prol. 145 sq.:

    ut eam (nutricem) adducam et signa ostendam haec, i. e. crepundia,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 38; 5, 3, 5:

    ut fures earum rerum, quas ceperunt, signa commutant, etc.,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 25, 74; so (with notae) id. de Or. 2, 41, 174; id. Lael. 17, 62; cf.:

    omne probabile aut signum est aut credibile... Signum est, quod sub sensum aliquem cadit et quiddam significat, quod ex ipso profectum videtur, etc.,

    id. Inv. 1, 30, 47 sq.:

    aut pecori signum aut numeros inpressit acervis,

    Verg. G. 1, 263; cf.:

    servitii signum cervice gerens,

    Ov. M. 3, 16:

    jaculo mihi vulnera fecit.—Signa vides: apparet adhuc vetus ecce cicatrix,

    Ov. M. 12, 444:

    metam Constituit signum nautis pater, unde reverti Scirent, etc.,

    Verg. A. 5, 130:

    scutum signi gratia positum,

    Quint. 6, 3, 38:

    signa pedum,

    tracks, prints, Ov. M. 4, 543;

    and simply signa,

    Verg. A. 8, 212 al.:

    oculis mihi signum dedit, Ne se appellarem,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 1, 45:

    dare,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 11:

    dicere deos gallis signum dedisse cantandi,

    Cic. Div. 2, 26, 57 al.:

    signa esse ad salutem,

    Ter. And. 3, 2, 2:

    animi pudentis signum,

    id. Heaut. 1, 1, 68:

    color pudoris signum,

    id. And. 5, 3, 7:

    signa doloris ostendere,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 45, 190:

    mortis dare,

    Lucr. 6, 1182:

    timoris mittere,

    to exhibit, display, Caes. B. C. 1, 71 et saep.—With obj.-clause:

    magnum hoc quoque signum est, dominam esse extra noxiam,

    Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 57; Nep. Att. 17, 2.—In predic. gen. with neutr. pron.: hoc est signi;

    ubi primum poterit, se illinc subducet,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 1, 14:

    id erit signi me invitum facere, quod, etc.,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 30, 83; Auct. Her. 4, 5, 8; Cato, R. R. 38, 4; 88, 2:

    nil tamen est signi,

    Lucr. 5, 918; cf.:

    quid signi?

    Cic. Cael. 16, 38, 2.— Hence, a surname, epithet (rare):

    huic signum exercitus apposuit,

    Vop. Am. 6; cf. Capitol. Gord. 4.—
    II.
    In partic.
    A.
    In milit. lang.
    1.
    The distinctive sign of a division of an army.
    a.
    A military standard, ensign, banner (including the aquila):

    signifero interfecto, signo amisso,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 25:

    ut neque signiferi viam, nec signa milites cernerent,

    Liv. 33, 7:

    Hasdrubal ut procul signa legionum fulgentia vidit,

    id. 28, 14; 22, 21; Col. 9, 9, 4:

    inter signa militaria,

    Hor. Epod. 9, 15:

    cum unius signi militibus pergit ire,

    Liv. 33, 1:

    signa militaria ex proelio relata,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 99; so,

    militaria,

    id. B. G. 7, 2; Plin. 33, 33, 19, § 58.—

    Hence the expressions: signa sequi,

    to follow the standards, to march in military order, Sall. J. 80, 2; Liv. 24, 48, 11:

    signa subsequi,

    to keep in order of battle, Caes. B. G. 4, 26:

    signa observare,

    Sall. J. 51, 1:

    signa servare,

    Liv. 8, 34, 10; Veg. Mil. 1, 9:

    ab signis discedere,

    to desert the standards, leave the ranks, Caes. B. G. 5, 16; 5, 33 fin.; id. B. C. 1, 44; Liv. 25, 20 al.; cf.:

    ab ordinibus signisque discedere,

    Front. Strat. 1, 5, 3:

    signa relinquere,

    to desert, Sall. C. 9, 4; Liv. 5, 6 al.:

    signa deserere,

    Liv. 8, 34, 9: signa ferre, i. e. to break up the camp, Caes. B. G. 1, 39 fin.; 1, 40; Liv. 2, 49, 3; 10, 5 al.;

    for which: movere signa,

    id. 1, 14, 9; 27, 2, 12; Verg. G. 3, 236; and:

    tollere,

    Vell. 2, 61, 2; Auct. B. Alex. 57, 1;

    but: ferte signa in hostem,

    attack, Liv. 9, 23, 13:

    signa constituere,

    to halt, Caes. B. G. 7, 47; cf.:

    infestis contra hostes signis constiterunt,

    id. ib. 7, 51:

    signa proferre,

    to advance, Liv. 4, 32, 10: signa convertere, to wheel, turn, or face about, Caes. B. G. 1, 25 fin.; 2, 26: Liv. 8, 11; 2, 14; 4, 29; for which, [p. 1698] vertere signa, id. 9, 35:

    signa inferre (in aliquem),

    to advance to the attack, make an assault, Caes. B. G. 1, 25 fin.; 2, 26; 7, 67; id. B. C. 2, 42; Cic. Phil. 5, 8, 23; Sall. J. 56, 5; Liv. 2, 53; 9, 27; 44, 12 al; cf.:

    signa conferre cum aliquo,

    to engage with, engage in close fight, Cic. Att. 7, 5, 5; id. Pis. 21, 49;

    and cf.: collatis signis pugnare, superare aliquem, etc.,

    Plaut. Cas. 2, 5, 44; Liv. 1, 33; 2, 50; Cic. Imp. Pomp. 23, 66; but conferre signa also means simply to bring the standards together (to one place), Caes. B. G. 7, 2; 2, 25; Liv. 37, 21:

    signa in laevum cornu confert,

    concentrates his troops, id. 7, 15, 4:

    signa transferre,

    to desert, Caes. B. C. 1, 24: signa convellere, to take up the standards, which had been fixed in the ground, Liv. 3, 7, 3; 3, 54, 10; 5, 37, 4; so,

    vellere signa,

    id. 3, 50, 11; Verg. G. 4, 108:

    revellere signa,

    Luc. 7, 77; cf.:

    signa figere,

    to encamp, Amm. 27, 10, 9:

    defigere signa,

    Sil. 8, 625:

    sub signis ducere legiones, ire, esse, etc.,

    together, in order, in rank and file, Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 71 (with ordine); Cic. Att. 16, 8, 2; Liv. 3, 51; Tac. H. 2, 14:

    signa hostium turbare,

    to throw into disorder, Liv. 9, 73:

    ante signa,

    before the army, id. 5, 18; 6, 7; 7, 16:

    post signa,

    id. 2, 49.—
    (β).
    Transf., in gen.:

    infestis prope signis inferuntur Galli in Fonteium,

    Cic. Font. 20, 44 (16, 34).—
    b.
    Esp., the standard or ensign of single cohorts and maniples (opp. aquila, the standard of the entire legion):

    cum fasces, cum tubas, cum signa militaria, cum aquilam illam argenteam... scirem esse praemissam,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 6, 13; Galb. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 30, 5; Suet. Calig. 14 fin. Oud.; Tac. A. 1, 18; id. H. 2, 29 fin.; Plin. 13, 3, 4, § 23; Luc. 1, 6; 1, 224 al. (cf. aquila, 2.):

    manipulos exercitus minimas manus quae unum sequuntur signum,

    Varr. L. L. 5, § 88 Müll.—
    (β).
    Meton., a cohort, a maniple:

    octo cohortes in fronte constituit, reliquarum signa in subsidio artius collocat,

    Sall. C. 59, 2; Liv. 8, 9; 25, 23 fin.; 33, 1; 27, 14; 28, 14; Auct. B. Hisp. 18, 3.—
    2.
    A sign, signal; a watchword, password, given by a wind-instrument, by the tessera, or otherwise:

    signum tubā dare,

    Caes. B. G. 2, 20; 7, 81:

    proelii committendi dare,

    id. ib. 2, 21:

    recipiendi dare,

    id. ib. 7, 52:

    receptui dare,

    Liv. 4, 31; 26, 45; 3, 22; cf. Cic. Rep. 1, 2, 3:

    signum dare ut, etc.,

    Liv. 2, 20; 4, 39:

    proelii exposcere,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 19:

    concinere,

    id. B. C. 3, 92 fin.; Liv. 30, 5; cf. Tac. A. 1, 68:

    canere,

    Sall. C. 59, 1; id. J. 99, 1; Liv. 1, 1; 4, 31; 27, 47; Cic. Rep. 1, 3, 3 al. (v. cano).—For the chariot race:

    signum mittendis quadrigis dare,

    Liv. 8, 40, 3: signum mittere, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 1, 48, 107: signo Felicitatis dato, the word, watchword, Felicitas, Auct. B. Afr. 83:

    signum petere,

    Suet. Calig. 56; id. Claud. 42; id. Ner. 9; cf.:

    it bello tessera signum,

    Verg. A. 7, 637.— Transf.:

    tu illam (virtutem) jubes signum petere,

    i. e. to be in subjection, Sen. Ben. 4, 2, 2.—
    B.
    A sign or token of any thing to come; a prognostic, symptom (cf.:

    portentum, indicium): ipse et equus ejus repente concidit: nec eam rem habuit religioni, objecto signo, ut peritis videbatur, ne committeret proelium,

    Cic. Div. 1, 35, 77:

    medici signa quaedam habent ex venis et ex spiritu aegroti,

    id. ib. 2, 70, 145; cf. Verg. G. 3, 440; 3, 503; 4, 253; Cels. 2, 3:

    prospera signa dare,

    Ov. H. 18 (19), 152.—
    C.
    An image, as a work of art; a figure, statue, picture, etc. (syn.: effigies, imago, simulacrum);

    inerant (classi) signa expressa, Titani quomodo, etc.,

    Naev. 2, 13: statuas deorum, exempla earum facierum, s gna domi pro supellectile statuere, Cato ap. Prisc. p. 782 P.:

    signum pictum in pariete,

    Plaut. Merc. 2, 2, 44:

    signum in fano,

    id. Rud. 2, 7, 2:

    aëna signa,

    Lucr. 1, 318:

    ante signum Jovis Statoris concidit,

    Cic. Div. 1, 35, 77:

    signum aeneum, marmoreum, eburneum,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 1, § 1; cf. id. Off. 1, 41, 147; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 248:

    cratera impressum signis,

    Verg. A. 5, 536; 5, 267; 9, 263:

    (vestis) auro signisque ingentibus apta,

    Lucr. 5, 1428:

    ex ornatis aedibus per aulaea et signa,

    Sall. H. 2, 23, 2 Dietsch:

    pallam signis auroque rigentem,

    Verg. A. 1, 648:

    e Pario formatum marmore signum,

    Ov. M. 3, 419; cf. id. ib. 5, 183;

    12, 398: statuas, signa, picturas commendet,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 20, 5.—
    D.
    An image or device on a seal-ring; a seal, signet: ostendi tabellas Lentulo, et quaesivi, cognosceretne signum. Annuit. Est vero, inquam, notum signum, imago avi tui, etc., Cic. Cat. 3, 5, 10:

    (patera) in cistulā obsignata signo est,

    Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 265; cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 45, § 117:

    tabulae maximae signis hominum nobilium consignantur,

    id. Quint. 6, 25:

    imprimat his signa tabellis,

    Hor. S. 2, 6, 38:

    litterae integris signis praetoribus traduntur,

    Cic. Cat. 3, 3, 6; Sall. C. 47, 3:

    signo laeso non insanire lagenae,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 134:

    volumen sub signo habere,

    to have under seal, Cic. Att. 9, 10, 4; cf.:

    sub signo claustrisque rei publicae positum vectigal,

    id. Agr. 1, 7, 21:

    nec pacta conventaque inpressis signis custodirentur,

    Sen. Ben. 3, 15, 1:

    cum sol duodena peregit signa,

    Ov. M. 13, 618.—
    E.
    A sign in the heavens, a constellation (cf. sidus):

    caeli subter labentia signa,

    Lucr. 1, 2:

    loca caelio Omnia, dispositis signis ornata,

    id. 5, 695:

    signorum ortus et obitus,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 34, 59:

    signis omnibus ad idem principium stellisque revocatis,

    id. Rep. 6, 22, 24:

    in signo leonis,

    id. Div. 1, 53, 121:

    signorum obitus speculari et ortus,

    Verg. G. 1, 257; id. A. 7, 138:

    signum pluviale Capellae,

    Ov. F. 5, 113:

    ponemusque suos ad vaga signa dies,

    id. ib. 1, 310:

    nox caelo diffundere signa parabat,

    Hor. S. 1, 5, 10; cf. id. C. 2, 8, 11.—
    F.
    Miraculous works (eccl. Lat.), Vulg. Dan. 3, 99; id. Matt. 24, 24; id. Joan. 2, 11 et saep.

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  • 3 sīgnum

        sīgnum ī, n    a mark, token, sign, indication, proof: ostendisti signa nutrici? (i. e. crepundia), T.: fures earum rerum, quas ceperunt, signa commutant: in amicis deligendis habere quasi signa et notas, quibus eos iudicarent, etc.: pecori signum inpressit, V.: nulla ad speluncum signa ferebant, footprints, V.: dicere deos gallis signum dedisse cantandi: color pudoris signum, T.: timoris signa mittere, display, Cs.: Magnum hoc quoque signum est, dominam esse extra noxiam, T.: id erit signi me invitum facere, quod, etc.: quid signi?—A military standard, ensign, banner: signo amisso, Cs.: ut neque signiferi viam, nec signa milites cernerent, L.: Inter signa militaria, H.: signa sequi, to march in rank, S.: signa subsequi, to keep the order of battle, Cs.: signa servare, L.: ab signis discedere, to leave the ranks, Cs.: volonum exercitus ab signis discessit, disbanded, L.: signa relinquere, to run away, S.: signa ferre, i. e. to decamp, Cs.: mota e castris signa eorum, qui, etc., i. e. an advance of the troops, etc., L.: Signa movet, advances, V.: ferte signa in hostem, attack, L.: signa constituere, halt, Cs.: signa proferre, advance, L.: Romani conversa signa bipertito intulerunt, i. e. wheeled and attacked in two columns, Cs.: signa patriae inferens: qui signa contulit, engaged in close fight: conlatis signis, in regular battle: conlatis militaribus signis, having brought together, etc., Cs.: signa in laevum cornu confert, concentrates his troops, L.: signa transferre, to desert, Cs.: signa convellere, to take up the standards (from the ground), L.: legionem sub signis ducere, in rank and file: ante signa inter primores, in front of the army, L.—Esp., the standard of a cohort, ensign of a maniple (cf. aquila, the standard of the legion): cum fascīs, cum signa militaria (praemissa).—A cohort, maniple: unius signi milites, L.—A sign, signal, call, watchword, password: signum tubā dare, Cs.: receptui dare, L.: proeli exposcere, Cs.: concinere, Cs.: canere, S.: signum mittendis quadrigis dare (for the start in a race), L.: it bello tessera signum, V.—A sign, token, omen, prognostic, symptom: medici signa quaedam habent ex venis aegroti: Morborum signa docebo, V.: prospera signa dare, O.—An image, figure, statue, picture: Iovis Statoris: expressi voltūs per aënea signa, H.: palla signis auroque rigens, V. —A device on a seal, seal, signet: notum signum, imago avi tui, etc.: Imprimat his signa tabellis, H.: litterae integris signis praetoribus traduntur: volumen sub signo habere, under seal.—A sign in the heavens, constellation: signis omnibus ad principium steliisque revocatis: in signo Leonis: signorum obitūs ortūs, V.: pluviale Capellae, O.
    * * *
    battle standard; indication; seal; sign, proof; signal; image, statue

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  • 4 anulus

    1.
    ānŭlus (not ann-), i, m. [2. anus, like circulus from circum, not a dim.], a ring, esp. for the finger, a finger-ring; and for sealing, a seal-ring, signet-ring.
    I.
    Lit.:

    ille suum anulum opposuit,

    Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 76:

    de digito anulum Detraho,

    Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 37; id. Ad. 3, 2, 49; id. Hec. 5, 3, 31 et saep.; Lucr. 1, 312; 6, 1008; 6, 1014:

    (Gyges) anulum detraxit,

    Cic. Off. 3, 9, 38:

    gemmatus,

    Liv. 1, 11; Suet. Ner. 46; id. Caes. 33; id. Tib. 73 et saep.:

    anulo tabulas obsignare,

    Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 67:

    sigilla anulo imprimere,

    Cic. Ac. 2, 26, 85; id. ad Q. Fr. 1, 1, 4; Plin. 33, 1, 5 sqq. et saep.—The right to wear a gold ring was possessed, in the time of the Republic, only by the knights (equites); hence, equestris, * Hor. S. 2, 7, 53:

    anulum invenit = eques factus est,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 76.—So also jus anulorum = dignitas equestris, Suet. Caes. 33:

    donatus anulo aureo,

    id. ib. 39; so id. Galb. 10; 14; id. Vit. 12 al.; cf. Mayor ad Juv. 7, 89; Smith. Dict. Antiq.—
    II.
    Of other articles in the form of rings.
    A.
    A ring for curtains:

    velares anuli,

    Plin. 13, 9, 18, § 62. —
    B.
    A link of a chain, Plin. 34, 15, 43, § 150; cf. Mart. 2, 29.— Irons for the feet, fetters:

    anulus cruribus aptus,

    Mart. 14, 169.—
    C.
    A curled lock of hair, a ringlet:

    comarum anulus,

    Mart. 2, 66.—
    D.
    A round ornament upon the capitals of Doric columns:

    anuli columnarum,

    Vitr. 4, 3.—
    E.
    Anuli virgei, rings made of willow rods, Plin. 15, 29, 37, § 124.
    2.
    ānŭlus, i, m. dim. [1. anus], the posteriors, fundament, Cato, R. R. 159.

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  • 5 gemma

    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.
    I.
    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.—
    II.
    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. —
    2.
    Transf.
    a.
    Things made of precious stones.
    (α).
    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.—
    (β).
    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.—
    b.
    A pearl ( poet.): legitur rubris gemma sub aequoribus. Prop. 1, 14, 12:

    cedet Erythraeis eruta gemma vadis,

    Mart. 8, 28, 14. —
    c.
    The eyes of the peacock's tail:

    gemmis caudam stellantibus implet,

    Ov. M. 1, 723; cf.:

    gemmea cauda,

    Phaedr. 3, 18, 8). —
    B.
    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.

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  • 6 anularius

    ānŭlārĭus, a, um, adj. [id.], of or pertaining to a signet-ring:

    creta = anulare (v. anularis),

    Vitr. 7, 14: * Scalae anulariae, a place in Rome, in the eighth district (the origin of the name is unknown), Suet. Aug. 72.—Hence, subst.: ānŭlārĭus, ii, m., a ring-maker, Cic. Ac. 2, 26, 86.

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  • 7 signaculum

    signācŭlum, i, n. [signo].
    I.
    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.—
    II.
    In partic., a seal, signet, App. Flor. 2, p. 346; Dig. 16, 3, 1, § 36; Novat. Th. 2, tit. 16, c. 1, § 5.

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  • 8 aposphragisma

    ăposphrāgisma, ătis, n., = aposphragisma, the figure engraved upon a signet-ring, Plin. Ep. 10, 16 fin.

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