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insigne (noun N) : insignis
* A mark, sign, signal;a distinctive mark, a badge of office (class.).
* Lit.: quod erat insigne, eum facere, etc.,Cic. de Or. 3, 33, 133: Minerva singulare est insigne ejus gymnasii,id. Att. 1, 4, 3: bos in Aegypto etiam numinis vice colitur: Apim vocant. Insigne ei in dextro latere candicans macula,Plin. 8, 46, 71, § 184.—Plur.: sibi haberent honores ... sibi triumphos, sibi alia praeclarae laudis insignia,Cic. Pis. 9, 26.
* Trop., an honor: insignia virtutis multi sine virtute adsecuti sunt,Cic. Fam. 3, 13, 1: laudis,id. Sull. 9, 26: orationis lumina et quodam modo insignia,brilliant passages, gems,id. Or. 39, 135 (v. the context): verborum et sententiarum insignia,id. de Or. 2, 9, 36; 3, 25, 96 al.
* A standard: navem Bruti, quae ex insigni facile agnosci poterat, i. e. the flag of the admiral's ship, Caes. B. C. 2, 6.
* A signal: in praetoria nave insigne nocturnum trium luminum fore,Liv. 29, 25, 11.
* A mark, sign, signal;a distinctive mark, a badge of office (class.).
* Lit.: quod erat insigne, eum facere, etc.,Cic. de Or. 3, 33, 133: Minerva singulare est insigne ejus gymnasii,id. Att. 1, 4, 3: bos in Aegypto etiam numinis vice colitur: Apim vocant. Insigne ei in dextro latere candicans macula,Plin. 8, 46, 71, § 184.—Plur.: sibi haberent honores ... sibi triumphos, sibi alia praeclarae laudis insignia,Cic. Pis. 9, 26.
* Trop., an honor: insignia virtutis multi sine virtute adsecuti sunt,Cic. Fam. 3, 13, 1: laudis,id. Sull. 9, 26: orationis lumina et quodam modo insignia,brilliant passages, gems,id. Or. 39, 135 (v. the context): verborum et sententiarum insignia,id. de Or. 2, 9, 36; 3, 25, 96 al.
* A standard: navem Bruti, quae ex insigni facile agnosci poterat, i. e. the flag of the admiral's ship, Caes. B. C. 2, 6.
* A signal: in praetoria nave insigne nocturnum trium luminum fore,Liv. 29, 25, 11.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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