sīgnum ī, n
a mark, token, sign, indication, proof
: ostendisti signa nutrici? (i. e. crepundia), T.:
fures earum rerum, quas ceperunt, signa commutant: in amicis
deligendis habere quasi signa et notas, quibus eos iudicarent, etc.:
pecori signum inpressit, V.: nulla ad speluncum signa
ferebant, footprints, V.: dicere deos gallis signum dedisse
cantandi: color pudoris signum, T.: timoris signa
mittere, display, Cs.: Magnum hoc quoque signum est,
dominam esse extra noxiam, T.: id erit signi me
invitum facere, quod, etc.: quid signi?—A military standard, ensign, banner:
signo amisso, Cs.: ut neque
signiferi viam, nec signa milites cernerent, L.: Inter
signa militaria, H.: signa sequi, to march in
rank, S.: signa subsequi, to keep the order of battle, Cs.:
signa servare, L.: ab signis
discedere, to leave the ranks, Cs.: volonum exercitus
ab signis discessit, disbanded, L.: signa
relinquere, to run away, S.: signa ferre, i. e.
to decamp, Cs.: mota e castris signa eorum, qui, etc., i.
e. an advance of the troops, etc., L.: Signa movet,
advances, V.: ferte signa in hostem, attack, L.: signa constituere, halt, Cs.: signa
proferre, advance, L.: Romani conversa signa bipertito
intulerunt, i. e. wheeled and attacked in two columns, Cs.: signa patriae inferens: qui signa contulit, engaged in close
fight: conlatis signis, in regular battle: conlatis militaribus signis, having brought together, etc., Cs.:
signa in laevum cornu confert, concentrates his troops,
L.: signa transferre, to desert, Cs.: signa convellere, to take up the standards (from the ground), L.:
legionem sub signis ducere, in rank and file: ante signa inter primores, in front of the army,
L.—Esp., the standard of a cohort, ensign of a maniple (cf. aquila, the
standard of the legion): cum fascīs, cum signa militaria
(praemissa).—A cohort, maniple: unius signi
milites, L.—A sign, signal, call, watchword, password: signum tubā dare, Cs.: receptui
dare, L.: proeli exposcere, Cs.: concinere, Cs.: canere, S.:
signum mittendis quadrigis dare (for the start in a
race), L.: it bello tessera signum,
V.—A sign, token, omen, prognostic, symptom: medici signa
quaedam habent ex venis aegroti: Morborum signa docebo, V.: prospera signa dare, O.—An image, figure, statue,
picture: Iovis Statoris: expressi voltūs per aënea
signa, H.: palla signis auroque rigens, V.
—A device on a seal, seal, signet: notum signum, imago avi
tui, etc.: Imprimat his signa tabellis, H.: litterae
integris signis praetoribus traduntur: volumen sub signo habere, under
seal.—A sign in the heavens, constellation: signis omnibus
ad principium steliisque revocatis: in signo Leonis: signorum obitūs
ortūs, V.: pluviale Capellae, O.
