to mark out, point out, trace, designate, define (often
confounded with dissigno): urbem aratro, V.: moenia
fossā, V.: templo Iovis
finīs, L.: circo designatus locus est,
L.: Europen, depicts (in a web), O.—Fig., to
point out, mark, denote, designate, describe, represent, brand: haec
verbis designata: hac oratione Dumnorigem designari, Cs.: oculis ad caedem unumquemque nostrum: quem (mundum)
deum.—To appoint, choose, elect (to office): consul es designatus:
comitiis designatus aedilis: sperans si designatus foret, etc., S.—P. perf.,
elect, chosen (to an office): consul: tribuni plebis: xvir: praetor.— Of a
child unborn: designatus civis; see dissigno.
Lewis, Charlton, T. An Elementary Latin Dictionary. New York, Cincinnati, and Chicago. American Book Company. 1890.
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