(verb) : assigno (ads-, B. and K., Halm, Weissenb., Jahn, K. and H.), āvi, ātum, 1
* In gen.
* Lit., to mark out or appoint to one, to assign; hence also, to distribute, allot, give by assigning, as t. t. of the division of public lands to the colonists (cf. assignatio; syn.: ascribo, attribuo): uti agrum eis militibus, legioni Martiae et legioni quartae ita darent, adsignarent, ut quibus militibus amplissime dati, adsignati essent,Cic. Phil. 5, 19 fin.; so id. ib. 2, 17, 43; id. Agr. 3, 3, 12: qui (triumviri) ad agrum venerant adsignandum,Liv. 21, 25; 26, 21; Sic. Fl. p. 18 Goes.
* Esp.
* Trop., to ascribe, attribute, impute to one as a crime, or to reckon as a service (in the last sense not before the Aug. period; in Cic. only in the first signification).
* In mal. part.: nec vero id homini tum quisquam, sed tempori adsignandum putavit,Cic. Rab. Post. 10, 27: haec si minus apta videntur huic sermoni, Attico adsigna, qui etc.,id. Brut. 19, 74: ne hoc improbitati et sceleri meo potius quam imprudentiae miseriaeque adsignes,id. ad Q. Fr. 1, 4; so id. Fam. 6, 7, 3; id. Att. 6, 1, 11; 10, 4, 6; Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 18, 2: petit, ne unius amentiam civitati adsignarent,Liv. 35, 31' permixtum vehiculis agmen ac pleraque fortuita fraudi suae adsignantes, Tac. H. 2, 60; Nigid. ap. Gell. 4, 9, 2; and without dat.: me culpam fortunae adsignare, calamitatem crimini dare; me amissionem classis obicere, etc.,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 50 Zumpt.
* In bon. part.: nos omnia, quae prospera tibi evenere, tuo consilio adsignare; adversa casibus incertis belli et fortunae delegare,Liv. 28, 42, 7: Cypri devictae nulli adsignanda gloria est,Vell. 2, 38: sua fortia facta gloriae principis,Tac. G. 14: hoc sibi gloriae,Gell. 9, 9 fin.: si haec infinitas naturae omnium artifici possit adsignari,Plin. 2, 1, 1, § 3: inventionem ejus (molyos) Mercurio adsignat,id. 25, 4, 8, § 26 al.
* With the access. idea of object, design, to commit, consign, give over a thing to one to keep or take care of (rare, mostly post - Aug.): quibus deportanda Romam Regina Juno adsignata erat,Liv. 5, 22' Eumenem adsignari custodibus praecepit, Just. 14, 4 fin.; Dig. 18, 1, 62; 4, 9, 1.—Trop.: bonos juvenes adsignare famae,Plin. Ep. 6, 23, 2; so Sen. Ep. 110.
* To make a mark upon something, to seal it (post-Aug.): adsigna, Marce, tabellas,Pers. 5, 81: subscribente et adsignante domino,Dig. 45, 1, 126; 26, 8, 20: cum adsignavero iis fructum hunc, shall have sealed and sent, Vulg. Rom. 15, 28.—Trop.: verbum in clausulā positum adsignatur auditori et infigitur,is impressed upon,Quint. 9, 4, 29.