Lewis Short
(v. a.P. a.) : dē-nŏto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.
* Lit., to mark, set a mark on, with chalk, color, etc.: pedes venalium creta,Plin. 35, 17, 58, § 199: lineam conspicuo colore,Col. 3, 15.
* Transf.
* To mark out, point out, specify, indicate, denote, designate (rare but class.—cf. demonstro): qui uno nuntio atque una significatione litterarum civis Romanos necandos trucidandosque denotavit,Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 3, 7: haud dubie Icilios denotante senatu,Liv. 4, 55.
* Trop., to stigmatize, scandalize, brand with reproach or infamy: mollem et effeminatum omni probro,Suet. Cal. 56 fin.: turpia legata, quae denotandi legatarii gratia scribuntur,Dig. 30, 54 init.: qui gaudet iniquitate denotabitur,Vulg. Sir. 19, 5 sq.—Hence, P. a., dēnŏtātus, marked out, conspicuous.—Comp.: denotatior ad contumeliae morsum,Tert. adv. Marc. 1, 19.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary