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SIG.NiTttB. (Id.),oris, m. a sealer, signer; 
one who attests a writing by affixing his 
seal, cippayiorfis. Sueton. Testamen- 
tum, non admissis signatoribus, nisi 
senatorii ordinis, recitavit. Sallust. 
fnlsus, h. e. one who makes and seals a 
false will. Juvenal. Venit cum signato¬ 
ribus, sc. of a marriage deed. 
SIGNaTORIuS (signator), a, um, adj. 
3 that is used to seal with. Val. Max. an¬ 
nulus, A. c. a seal-ring, signet. 
SIGNaTORX. (signo), ;c, f. a seal, signa- 
3 tare. Sueton. JVer. 17. Oautum ut in 
testamentis prim® du® cer®, testato- 
rum modo nomine inscripto, vacua sig- 
naturis ostenderentur. (But, in this 
passage, it seems to be the participle, 
and is to be rendered, tu those persons 
who were to seal it as witnesses.') 
SIGNaTuS, a, urn, particip. from signo. 
-ir Adj. plain, char, evident, manifest. 
TertuU. Signatius. 
SIGN 1 ! A, a, f. a town of Lat.ium, now Segni. 
— lienee, Signlnus, a, um, adj. belong¬ 
ing to Signia. Cels, vinum. Colum. 
opus, or, simply, Id. Signium, sc. opus, 
ft. e. a kind of plaster for pavements or 
walls made of potshards and mortar beaten 
ton-ether. Liv. Signini, ft. e. the inhabit¬ 
ants of Signia. 
SIGN1FXCI3 (signum & facio), is, a. 3. 
to signify. Pandect. 
SIGNIFER (signum & fero), era, erum, 
adj. bearing a mark, sign,,figure or images, 
or\piuo<$>6pos. Val. Place, crater, ft. c. 
embossed, wrought or-carved with figures 
or images upon it. — Particularly, of 
stars and constellations. Lucan, coe- 
lum, ft. e. starry, bearing the heavenly 
signs or constellations. — Hence, Cic. 
Orbis signifer, or, simply, Vitruv. Sig- 
nifer, ft. e. the zodiac. ——- 11 Also, car¬ 
rying a standard. Hence, subst.. one that 
bears a standard. Ovid. Signifer aqui- 
1®, ft. e. the Parthian who took the Roman 
carries. Also, one who bears the standard 
in roar, a standard-bearer, ensign. Cic. 
and Cies .— Hence, figur. a leader , head. 
Cic. calamitosorum. Id. juventutis. 
SIGNIFIX (signum & facio), icis, nr. 
3 one that makes images and all kinds of 
figures, particularly statues, a statuary, 
dya\p.aTinroi6s. Apul. 
SIGNIFIC ABTLIS (significo), e, adj. sig- 
2 nificative. Van. 
SIGNIFICaNTER (significans), adverb, 
dearly, evidently, plainly, expressly, sig¬ 
nificantly, intelligibly, fall of expression, 
£7ricnma)s, impav i-ikcos, epipariKivs. Quin- 
til. dicere. Cic. Signihcantius. Quin- 
til. decl. Significantissime. 
SIGNIF](CaN7'Ia (significo), ®, f. sig¬ 
nification, import, meaning, cypatria. 
Lactant. -11 Also, significancy, energy 
or emphasis of a word, e/Kpam;. Quintil. 
SIGNIFICaTIS (Id.), onis, f. a signify- 
inrr, revealing, intimation, expression, 
declaration, ayucicoins, emaypaala. Cic. 
voluntatis. Id. rerum futurarum. Id. 
literarum, A. e. intimation by letter. Id. 
deorum.-If Also, public marks of 
honor , expressions of esteem, praise or 
applause. Cic. populi. - IT Also, 
meaning, signification , sense , import, ac¬ 
ceptation. Cic. scripti. Quintil. verbo- 
rurri. -IT With orators, the lively rep¬ 
resentation of a thing, by which more is 
meant than meets the ear. Cic. Or. 40. 
-IT Also, a sign, token, mark. Cic. vir- 
tutis. Id. Dare significationem artificii. 
SIGNIFICaTIVOS (Id.), a, um, adj. de- 
3 notinir, signifying, significant, significa¬ 
tive, aypavrisds. Pandect. Q,u® res effi- 
cit, ut ea appellatio certisignificativasit. 
ft IG N T F l C aT 0IM B S (Id.), a, um, adj. 
3 denoting, signifying. Tertull. 
SIGNIFICaTuS (Id.) us, m. a betoken- 
2 in a, token, sign, intimation, prognostic. 
Vitruv. -IT Also, signification, mean¬ 
ing, import, sense. Oell. - IT Also, 
name, appellation. Arnob. 
STGNIFIC5 (signum & facio), as, avi, 
atum, a. 1. to give a sign, as with the 
voice, gestures, &c. to give notice or 
warning, signify, indicate, intimate, no- 
tify, make acquainted with, show, declare, 
express, manifest, oypalvio, 6y\6io. Cies. 
voce et manibus. Ovid. nutu. Cic. 
Uteris, or per literas, A. e. by writing. 
Id. Canes significant, si fures venerint. 
Id. Non significandum solum, sed etiam 
declarandum arbitror, ft. e. not merely to 
■point out obscurely, but to declare plainly 
-IT Also, of future things, to indicate, 
betoken, portend. Cic. futura. Colum. 
Ventus tempestatem significat. Plin. 
pluviam. Cic. Ex (by) aliquo monstro 
significatum. - If Also, to signify, 
mean, import. Cic. Uno verbo signifi- 
cari res duas. 
SIGNIXOS, a, um. See Signia. 
SIGNITENkNS (signum & teneo), tis, 
3 adj. starry. Enn. big®. 
SIGNS (signum), as, avi, atum, a. 1. to 
mark, mark out, aypeidoo. Plant,, locum. 
Ovid, mcenia aratro. Virg. regionem 
in cortice. Id. limite campum, or, 
Ovid, humum, A. e. to divide by bounda¬ 
ries. — Hence, to mark, for to touch, 
make, cover, &c. when marks of the 
touch, &c. are left behind. Horat. hu- 
nrum pede certo, A. e. to touch, treadupon. 
Prupert. humum cyclade, A. e. to touch. 
Virg. vestigia pulvere, ft. e. to make. 
Oviil. Cruor signaverat lierbam, ft. c. 
touched, moistened, covered. Id. lanugine 
malas, ft. e. to get his first beard. -IT Al¬ 
so, to mark with apen, graving-tool, pencil, 
&c. consequently, of writing, graving, 
painting, &c. Ovid, carmine saxum, A. e. 
to inscribe, grave. Virg. rent carmine. 
Martini, vultus imagine, ft. e. to express, 
form, paint. — Figur. Cic. Quasi signa- 
bitin aniinospeciem. Ovid, aliquidani- 
mo, ft. e. to mark, impress on one’s mind. 
Martial. Filia patrii signatur imagine 
vultus, ft. e. is the image of her father. 
-IT Also, to mark with a seal. Hence, 
to seal,. Ncpos. epistolam. Cic. libel- 
liun. — Also, without an accusat. to seal. 
Martial. Mea gemma signat. — Hence, 
figur. Martial, quinquennia lustro, ft. e. 
to close. Plin. Ep. vota, ft. c. to con¬ 
firm, strengthen. Varr. Sacra signata, 
ft. c. clausa, custodita. -IT A(so, to 
mark by words, gestures, &.C. to point 
out, express. Cic. aliqu’d nomine, ft. e. 
to name. Quintil. aliquid verbis, ft. e. 
to express. Id. Qua? proprie signari po- 
teranl, ft. e. expressed, said. Virg. Se 
signari oculis videt, A. e. that the eyes of 
all are directed to him. -IT Also, to 
murk with a stamp. Hence, to stamp, coin. 
Plin. denarium. Cic. Argentum signa- 
tum, ft. e. silver money. -If Also, to 
mark by way of honor, decorate, adorn. 
Virg. aliquem honore. - IT Also, to 
mark out, select. Martial. Myrrliina.- 
IT Also, to mark, observe, notice. Virg. 
■-IT Also, to write down, record, com¬ 
mit to writing. Ovid, and Plin. - 
IT See, also, Signalus, a, um. 
SIGNUM (from Ukos), i, n. a mark, sign, 
aypuov. JVepos. luxurise. Cic. Sig¬ 
num dare caritandi, ft. e. to give a sign. 
Prop. 1, 19 (18), 17. Signa dare, ft. e. to 
have marks of inward grief on one’s counte¬ 
nance. -IT Also, figur. a sign, proof. 
Cic. doloris. JVepo.s. Est signum, ft. e. 
it is a sign, proof. Cic. Est signo, A. c. 
it ii a proof, it proves. -IT Also, a 
sign of any thing future, a token, symp¬ 
tom, ominous appearance, prognostic, 
omen. Cic. Medici signa qutedam ha- 
bent ex veil is et ex spiritu ®groto. Id. 
Nec earn rem habuit religioni, objecto 
signo, lie coinmitteret prmlium. Virg. 
Signa dare.-IT Also, a signal in war 
for an attack, march, relief of a guard, 
&c. given by musical instruments or oth¬ 
erwise. Liv. Signum canere, A. e. to 
give bi) blowing. Id. Signum canit, for 
canitur. Terent. and Cats. Signum 
dare, ft. e. to give a signal, as, for an 
attack. Also, for a meeting. Cic. Yis 
innumerabilis in scenam, signo dato, 
irrupit. So, also, Liv. Signum propo- 
nere, A. e. by a purple cloth, or, rather, 
Jlag or standard, which was, perhaps, fixed, 
upon the general’s tent. Hence, proba¬ 
bly, Cic. Signum toilere, ft. e. to hoist a 
standard, erect a signal, give occasion for 
hope. — Signum denotes, also, a signal, 
watchword. Virg., Sueton., Cats. B. G. 
2, 20. Signum dandum. (But Signum 
tuba dandum in the same section, the 
signal for assembling.) Tac. Ann. 1, 7. — 
Hence, Senec. Virtutem jtibes signum 
petere, h. e. to be subject (to pleasure), 
wait the commands of pleasure). - 
IT Also, an image, whether wrought, cast, 
made of marble or other materials , a figure, 
statue, image. Cic. (lui signa fabrican 
tur, A. e. statues. Id. Signum eburneum 
h. e. figure, statue. Virg. Pallam signia 
auroque rigentem, ft. e. stiff with figures 
wrought in gold. — Also, of pictures. 
Plant. Signum pictum. — Hence, the im¬ 
age in a seal-ring, seal, aippayis- Cic. Vo- 
lumen epistolarum sub signo babeo, A. e. 
under a seal. — Figur. Cic. Sub signo 
claustrisque reipublic®, A. e. under lock 
and key, shut up safe, as it were, for in 
one’s neighborhood. — Also, the impression 
of a seal, seal. Cic. Verr. 1,45. Obsignata. 
non minus multis signis, quam lege opor- 
teat. Also, a constellation, celestial sign, 
aarpov. Cic. leonis. Id. Obitussignorum, 
— Also, a standard, banner, ensign. Cic- 
and Cies. Signa militaria,o?-, simply, Coes. 
signa. The standards went always be¬ 
fore in a march or attack ; hence, Cas, 
Signa inferre, A. e. to bear the standards 
against the enemy, to attack. Liv. por¬ 
ts, ft. e. to attack the gate. Cats, in hos- 
tes. Cic. and Liv. Signa conferre cum 
hoste, A. e. to join battle, to fight a regular 
battle. So, also, Liv. in lrovum cornu. 
Id. Collatis signis pugnare, ft. e. to fight 
in a regular battle. Cic. Collatis signis 
superare hostem, ft. e. in a pitched bat¬ 
tle. Hence, figuratively or facetiously, 
Cic. Att. 7, 5. Signa conferre, A. e. to 
fight. Further, Ca-.s. Signa conferre, ft. e.' 
to bring the standards together. Id. Signis 
in unum collatis, ft. e. joined. Liv. Signa 
conferre ad aliquem, ft. e. to join one’s 
army to that of another. Id. Signa ino- 
vere, ft. c. to break up a camp, to march 
an army. Id. vellere or convellere, ft. e. 
to pull the standards out of the ground, in 
order to march, consequently, to break vp 
an encampment, march away. Cies. con- 
vertere, ft. e. to direct one’s march to anoth 
er place, to wheel about. Sub signis, un¬ 
der the colors, h. e. together, in order, in 
rank and file; as, Plane, in Cic. E-p. Le- 
giones habeo sub signis. Cic. Legionem 
ducere sub signis. 
SIL (unc.), is, n. a kind of yellow earth or 
ochre, oo\pa. Plin. •— Hence, Silaceus, 
a, um, adj. yellowish like ochre. Plin. 
-IT Sil, or Sile, same as Scsclis. See 
Seselis. 
SILa, ®, f. a forest of the Bruttii in Italy, a 
part of the Apennine mountains. Cic. and 
Virg. 
STLaCEOS, a, um. See Sil. 
SIL ANOS (unc.), i,m. a conduit-pipe, afoun- 
3 tain, waler-spout, Kpovvog. acoXrjv. Lucrel. 
SHAKOS, i, m. a river of Lcucania, now 
Selo. Virg. 
SILXOS, i, m. a kind of parsley, small- 
age (Apium graveolens, L.). Plin. 
SILE. See Seselis. 
SILeNTER (sileo), adv. silently. Juvenc.3 
SILeNTTaRIOS (silentium), ii, m. at the 
3 Byzantine court, the title of an assessor in 
the privy council, the next in dignity to a 
senator. Cod. Just. -IT Also, in pri¬ 
vate houses, a kind of slave, whose duty 
it perhaps was to keep the other slaves in 
order, a kind of confidential slave. Salvian. 
SILeNTIoSOS (Id.), a, um, adj. full of 
3 silence, silent. Apul. 
SILENTIUM (sileo), ii, n. a being silent, 
criyfi. Cic. Ceteris silentium full, A. e. 
the rest were silent. Liv. Silentium te- 
nere, or obtinere, A. e. to keep silence, be 
silent. Virg. and Plin. Ep. rumpere, 
ft. e. to speak. Liv. Silentio patrum edi- 
. citur delectus, A. e. without opposition or 
objection on the part of the senate. Cic. 
De Parthis silentium est, ft. e. all is 
spent. Id. Silentio pneterire, or transi¬ 
re, ft. e. to pass over in silence. Ovid. 
Silentia longa facere, ft. e. to be silent for 
a long time. — Silentio pneterire denotes, 
alsoHo let any thing pass by in silence, to 
listen to it silently. Cic. -IT Hence, si¬ 
lence, when neither any one is speaking, 
nor any other noise is made by any pel- 
son. Terent. Silejitiuni dare, ft. c. to be si¬ 
lent. Plaut. facere, to be silent. (See Ovid. 
above.) Hence, Cic. Silentium fieri jus* 
sisti, A. e. commanded silence ; or, to cause 
silence. — Hence, Silentio, in silence, si- 
lently; as, Ces. egredi. Cic. Ferentes si¬ 
lentio, A. e. without a murmur, without cry- 
inir. Terent.. Adesse per silentium. Liv.; 
and Terent. Cum silentio, ft. c. silently. 
_U Also, in general, silence, stillness , 
quietness of anything. Ovid, ruris. Liv- 
