Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 1759.signum on page 1759
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signum sign
signum is a Latin Noun that primarily means sign.
Definitions for signum
Wheelock's Latin
Noun
- 1
sign, signal, indication, seal
English derivatives:
assign consign countersign design ensign insignia resignseal signet
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Noun
- 1
A mark written, impressed, affixed, etc., for establishing position, ownership, etc. (b) (geom.) a point (orig. as marked in a diagram).
- 2
The impression of a signet or the piece of wax or sim. which bears this impression, a seal: also, a signet or the ring containing it.
- 3
A sign by which one recognizes an object, person, etc., distinguishing mark or feature. (b) a trinket or other object serving to identify a child in the event of kidnapping, exposure, etc. (c) a mark on the body. (d) (usu. abl.) a name etc. which one is familiarly known, nickname, etc. (e) a brief indication (of a subject, etc.).
Sentences with signum
Latin to English
Aeneadum genetrix, hominum divomque voluptas, alma Venus, caeli subter labentia signa quae mare navigerum, quae terras frugiferentis concelebras, per te quoniam genus omne animantum concipitur visitque exortum lumina solis. [De Rerum Natura,I,1]Compare Mother of Aeneas and his race, darling of men and gods, nurturing Venus, who beneath the smooth-moving heavenly signs fillest with thyself the ship-bearing sea and the fertile earth, since through thee every generation of living things is conceived and rising up looks on the light of the sun. [Tr. W. H. D. Rouse]
Militiae species amor est; discedite segnes! Non sunt haec timidis signa tuenda viris.Compare Love is a kind of warfare; avaunt, ye laggards! These banners are not for timid men to guard.
Infero signum, et vado in hostis.Compare The standards must be advanced, and we must charge the enemy.
Certus res certus signum praecurro arbitror.Compare They think that certain signs precede certain events.
Ille arma mitto, cornu, tuba, falx, signum, legio.Compare He sent arms, horns, trumpets, hooks, standards, and legions.
Clamor orior, concinoque tuba, et signum infero.Compare There rises a shout, and the trumpets sound, and the standards are advanced.
Sequor, qui capio signum ab hostis prohibeo.Compare Let those follow, who are going to prevent the standard from being taken by the enemy.
Quum ocius signum convello iubeo, et ipse in equus insilio, equus repente corruo, consulque lapsus super caput effundo.Compare When he was ordering the standards to be moved with more haste, and had himself leapt on his horse, the animal suddenly fell, and threw the consul over his head.
Declension table for signum
Cactus2000
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nom. | signum | signa |
| Gen. | signī | signōrum |
| Dat. | signō | signīs |
| Acc. | signum | signa |
| Abl. | signō | signīs |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 85.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 1759.
- Word frequencies
- Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
- Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 120.
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Diederich, Paul B. The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings. PhD diss., Columbia University, 1939.
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "signum, signī (n.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 22, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/signum-signi.
Entry created on . Last updated on .
Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 85.signum, signī on page 85
