sĭgilla (noun N) : (sing.: SIGILLVM VOLKANI, Inscr. Marin. Fratr. Arv. p. 357; v. also infra, II.), dim. signum.
* Little figures or images: apposuit patellam, in quā sigilla erant egregia,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 22, § 48: Tyrrhena sigilla,Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 180: parva,Lact. 2, 4, 19: perparvula,Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 43, § 85; Plin. 36, 24, 59, § 183; Ov. A. A. 1, 407: quattuor certamina brevibus distincta sigillis, woven or wrought in, id. M. 6, 86.— Of the figures on seal-rings: sigilla anulo imprimere,Cic. Ac. 2, 26, 86.
* Transf., a seal, Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 3; Vulg. Apoc. 5, 1; 6, 1 et saep.—*
* In the sing. for signum, a sign, mark, trace, Ven. Vit. S. Mart. 2, 326.