I.an ancient town in Latium which produced an astringent wine, now Segni, Liv. 1, 56; 2, 21 fin.; 8, 3; 32, 2; Plin. 14, 6. 8, § 65; Sil. 8, 380.—Hence, Signīnus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Signia, Signian: “vinum,” Cels. 4, 5; 4, 19 fin.; Mart. 13, 116: “pira,” Col. 5, 10, 18; Plin. 15, 15, 16, § 55; Juv. 11, 73 al.: “opus,” a kind of plaster for walls and pavements, made of potsherds and lime, Vitr. 2, 4; 7, 11; 8, 7; Col. 1, 6, 12; 8, 15, 3; 8, 17, 1.—As subst.
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