A notable stgne or token. IndiciÛ & insigne sortunæ. Cic. A signe & token of his estate. Morbi insignia. Hor. Etat insigne quum ad arma concurri oporteret. Cæs. This was the token when they should, &c. Quod etat insigne, eum qui id faceret, facere ciuibus omnibus consilij sui copiam. Ci. Which was a token % he, &c. Insigne ad memoriam. Li. A thing worthy remembraunce. Insigne & quod frequentius dicitur, insignia, insignium, dicuntur, Vir. Sigues or tokens of honoures, estates, orders or degrees, as robes, masts, &c. The armes or cognisaunce of a gentleman. Insignia in vnaquaque dicÛtur re, quæ maximè conspicua sunt. Cic. Al things notable and manifest. Superbum insigne belli. Vir. Capitis summi præclarum insigne. Lucret. The dfademe: the crowne coial. Vittæ tenues insigne pudoris. Ouid. Insigne regni. Cic. The robe crowne or scepter royal. Decor insigne. Vir. Regium insigne. Tac.

Notable or marked that it may be knowue: cuident: apparauntimanifest. Infignis maculis. Vir. Insignis, per translationem. Excellent: renowmed: no torious: notably knowne for good or it. Insignis ad desormitatem. Ci. Very il fauoured & mishapÊ Res insignis ad decus & ad gloriã. Cicer. A thing notable or ercellent to procure honor & praise. Res insignis ad memoriam crudelitatis. Cic. A thing notable to make ones cruelsy remembred. Insignis auto & purpura. Liui. Goodly to see to with golde and purple, or easie to be knowne by his gorgeaus aray of purple and gbld. Ostro insignis & auro sonipes. Vir. Bellis insignior. Claud. Dies insignis duplici clade. Li. A day notable with a double staughter. Crinibus insignis Phœbus. Ouid. Facie insignis. Vir. Of a goodly or excellent fauour. Forma insignis Euryalus. Virg. Genere insignis. Cic. Of a very noble stocke. Prodigiosa corpora & monstris insignia. Qu. Notable with monstvous shapes. Insignis homo omnibus notis turpitudinis. Cicero. A man notable in al pointes of dishonestie. Insignes amoris notis epistolæ. Cic. Letters hauing euident tokens of entire loue. Equus insignis phaleris. Virg An harse with gorgeous trappite. Vir insignis pierate. Virg. Titulis insignis auorum. Lucan, Hauing many titles of neble auncetoures. Versibus insignem te pudet esse meis. Propert. Vitijs insignis. Ouid. Notable in vice. Camœna insignis. Hor. Facta insignia. Ouid. Excellent and noble nctes. Furor insignis aquarum. Vir. Improbitas insiguis. Cic. Impudentia insignis. Cicero. Cum aliquo insigni indicio meæ erga te beneuolentiæ. Ci. With some notable token of my harty good wil towarde you. Insiguis iniuria. Cic. Laude insigni ferre aliquem, Virgil. To ertol with notable praise. Malefacta insignia. Lucr. Metus insignis. Lucr. Great frare. Miseria infignis. Cic. Great miserie. Ne in ipsum quidem Clodium, meum insigne odium fuit vnquam. Cic. By batted toward Clodius himselfe was neuer great or notable. Insigni & nota re aliquid notare. Cic. Insigne atque illustre periurium. Cic. Notorions and cuident periurie. Insigne studium alicuius erga alterum. Cic. Temeritas insignis. Cic. Clara & insignis virtus viri alicuius posteris. Cicer. A mans vertue becomming famous and notable to his posteritie. Vitium insigne. Cic. A great and notorious fault. Iã diu causam quærebat senex quamobrem insigne aliquid faceret. Ter. The old man hath sought a quarrel nowe a great while to doe some notable & great matter.

A. Lit.: quod erat insigne, eum facere, etc., Cic. de Or. 3, 33, 133: Minerva singulare est insigne ejus gymnasii, id. Att. 1, 4, 3: bos in Aegypto etiam numinis vice colitur: Apim vocant. Insigne ei in dextro latere candicans macula, Plin. 8, 46, 71, 184.—Plur.: sibi haberent honores ... sibi triumphos, sibi alia praeclarae laudis insignia, Cic. Pis. 9, 26.—

B. A sign or badge of office or honor, a decoration: bulla erat indicium et insigne fortunae, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 58, 152; id. Div. 1, 17, 36; Liv. 25, 4; Suet. Aug. 35.—Esp. in plur., insignia, attire, uniform, costume, regalia, etc.: sedebat cum purpura, et sceptro, et insignibus illis regiis, Cic. Sest. 26, 57: imperatoris, Caes. B. C. 3, 96: sacerdotum, Liv. 3, 39: pontificalia, id. 10, 7: militaria, ornaments, probably on the helmets of the officers, Caes. B. G. 7, 45: triumphorum, Suet. Aug. 29: majestatis, Just. 10, 1, 3; cf.: horum (mundi et caeli) insignia, sol, luna, etc., Cic. N. D. 1, 36, 100: vocis, the costume of a public singer, Juv. 8, 227. —

C. A standard: navem Bruti, quae ex insigni facile agnosci poterat, i. e. the flag of the admiral's ship, Caes. B. C. 2, 6.—

D. A signal: in praetoria nave insigne nocturnum trium luminum fore, Liv. 29, 25, 11.—

II. Trop., an honor: insignia virtutis multi sine virtute adsecuti sunt, Cic. Fam. 3, 13, 1: laudis, id. Sull. 9, 26: orationis lumina et quodam modo insignia, brilliant passages, gems, id. Or. 39, 135 (v. the context): verborum et sententiarum insignia, id. de Or. 2, 9, 36; 3, 25, 96 al.