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                    "description": "(v. a.P. a.) : signĭfĭco, āvi, ātum, 1 (\n* Dep. collat. form signĭfĭcor, acc. to Gell. 18, 12, 10, without an example), v. a. signum-facio.\n* In gen., to show by signs; to show, point out, express, publish, make known, indicate; to intimate, notify, signify, etc. (freq. and class.; syn.: monstro, declaro, indico).\n* With acc.: aliquid alicui,Plaut. Rud. 4, 1, 5: hoc mihi significasse et annuisse visus est,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 91, § 213: quae significari ac declarari volemus,id. de Or. 3, 13, 49: gratulationem,id. Att. 4, 1, 5: stultitiam,id. Agr. 2, 12, 30: deditionem,Caes. B. G. 7, 40: timorem fremitu et concursu,id. ib. 4, 14: vir, quem ne inimicus quidem satis in appellando significare poterat,Cic. Font. 17, 39 (13, 29): aliquid per gestum,Ov. Tr. 5, 10, 36 et saep.— With two acc. (rare): ut eorum ornatus in his regem neminem significaret,Nep. Ages. 8, 2; id. Them. 2, 7.\n* In partic.\n* With rel. or interrog.-clause: neque unde, nec quo die datae essent (litterae), aut quo tempore te exspectarem, significabant,Cic. Fam. 2, 19, 1: nutu significat, quid velit,Ov. M. 3, 643: (anseres et canes) aluntur in Capitolio, ut significent, si fures venerint, etc.,Cic. Rosc. Am. 20, 56: significare coeperunt, ut dimitterentur,Caes. B. C. 1, 86.\n* With de: significare de fugā Romanis coeperunt,Caes. B. G. 7, 26: est aliquid de virtute significatum tuā,Cic. Planc. 21, 52.—(ε) Absol.: diversae state ... Neve inter vos significetis,Plaut. Truc. 4, 3, 14: significare inter sese coeperunt,Cic. de Or. 1, 26, 122: ut quam maxime significem,id. Tusc. 2, 20, 46: ut fumo atque ignibus significabatur,Caes. B. G. 2, 7 fin.: ubi major atque illustrior incidit res, clamore per agros regionesque significant,id. ib. 7, 3.\n* To betoken, prognosticate, foreshow, portend, mean (syn. praedico): futura posse a quibusdam significari,Cic. Div. 1, 1, 2: quid haec tanta celeritas festinatioque significat?id. Rosc. Am. 34, 97: quid sibi significent, trepidantia consulit exta,Ov. M. 15, 576; cf.: quid mihi significant ergo mea visa?id. ib. 9, 495: significet placidos nuntia fibra deos,Tib. 2, 1, 25: quae fato manent, quamvis significata, non vitantur,Tac. H. 1, 18.\n* To betoken a change of weather (post-Aug.): ventus Africus tempestatem significat, etc.,Col. 11, 2, 4 sq.: serenos dies (luna),Plin. 18, 35, 79, § 348: imbrem (occasus Librae),id. ib. 26, 66, § 246.—Absol.: terreni ignes proxime significant,Plin. 18, 35, 84, § 357.\n* To call, name: quod Antoninum filium suum ipse significari voluit,Capitol. Gord. 16.\n* To mean, import, signify; of words: carere hoc significat, egere eo, quod habere velis, etc.,Cic. Tusc. 1, 36, 88: multa verba aliud nunc ostendunt, aliud ante significabant, ut hostis,Varr. L. L. 5, § 3 Müll.; 9, § 85 ib.: videtis hoc uno verbo unde significare res duas, et ex quo et a quo loco,Cic. Caecin. 30, 88.—Of a fable: haec significat fabula dominum videre plurimum,Phaedr. 2, 8, 27; 4, 10, 16.— Hence, signĭfĭcans, antis, P. a., in rhet. lang., of speech, full of meaning, expressive, significant; graphic, distinct, clear: locorum dilucida et significans descriptio,Quint. 9, 2, 44: verba,id. 11, 1, 2; cf. id. 4, 2, 36; 4, 2, 8, prooem. § 31: demonstratio,Plin. 8, 40, 61, § 147.—Transf., of orators: Atticos esse lucidos et significantes,Quint. 12, 10, 21.—Comp.: quo nihil inveniri possit significantius,Quint. 8, 2, 9; 8, 6, 6.— Sup.: significantissimum vocabulum,Gell. 1, 15, 17.—Adv.: signĭfĭcanter, clearly, distinctly, expressly, significantly, graphically: breviter ac significanter ordinem rei protulisse,Quint. 11, 1, 53: rem indicare (with proprie),id. 12, 10, 52: dicere (with ornate),id. 1, 7, 32.—Comp.: apertius, significantius dignitatem alicujus defendere,Cic. Fam. 3, 12, 3: narrare,Quint. 10, 1, 49: disponere,id. 3, 6, 65: appellare aliquid (with consignatius),Gell. 1, 25, 8: dicere (with probabilius),id. 17, 2, 11.— Sup., Pseudo Quint. Decl. 247."
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