Insigne, insignis, Substant. n. g. Pli. 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.
Insignio, insignis, insigníui, insignîtÛ, pe. pro. insignîre. Author ad Her. To note with some figue: to doube knights.Barba gemina insigniuntur inferiore labro. Pli. They haue the marke of a double beard on the neather iaw.Auro insignibat clypeum. Vir. He made his tergate goodly to see to with golde.Insignire annum cladibus. Tac. To make a yeare notorious with sundry slaughters.Insignire aliquem.Plin. iun.To marke one.
Insignis, & hoc insigne, Signo deridatur 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 & mishapÊRes 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.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
insigne, is, n. [insignis], a mark, sign, signal;a distinctive mark, a badge of office (class.). 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.
insignĭo, īvi or ĭi, ītum, 4 (imperf. insignibat, Verg. A. 7, 790; Stat. Th. 7, 56), v. a. [insignis], to put a mark upon, to mark; to distinguish (mostly post-Aug.): pueri insigniti, marked with some bodily defect, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Fest. p. 375, 19 (id. Mil. 3, 1, 127 Weise): clipeum auro, Verg. A. 7, 790: mulli insigniuntur barba gemina inferiori labro, Plin. 9, 17, 30, 64: oratorem fucatis et meretriciis vestibus, Tac. Or. 26: nec insigniri, nec misceri omnibus, to distinguish one's self, Sen. Ep. 18: cum omnis annus funeribus et cladibus insigniretur,
was distinguished by
,
remarkable for
, Tac. Agr. 41: aliquem,
to make known
,
to name
, Plin. Ep. 8, 22, 4.—Hence, insig-nītus, a, um, P. a.A.Marked, clear, plain: englyphus, id est bene insignitus, Ambros. in Psa. 118, Serm. 16, 42: utendum imaginibus agentibus, acribus, insignitis, Cic. de Or. 2, 87, 358: conformatio, id. Top. 5, 27: notae veritatis, id. Div. 1, 30, 64. — B.Distinguished, striking, remarkable, notable: injuriae, Cato ap. Gell. 10, 3, 17: ignominia (al. insignior), Liv. 7, 15, 10: lacus nomen ab hac recentiore insignitius fabula est, id. 7, 6, 6: flagitium, Tac. A. 4, 51: infamia, id. ib. 3, 70. — C.Arrayed with banners, with standards: insigneita fere tum milia militum octo duxit, Enn. ap. Prisc. 1, p. 556 P. (Ann. v. 336 Vahl.).— D.Subst.: insignīta, ōrum, n., bruises, black and blue marks, Plin. 27, 4, 5, 18; 27, 12, 105, 128.— Adv.: insignītē, remarkably, extraordinarily, notably: mihi insignite facta est magna injuria, Plaut. Cas. 5, 4, 31; id. Mil. 2, 6, 77: insignite improbus, Cic. Quint. 23, 73: laudare ac vituperari, id. de Or. 2, 85, 349.—Comp., Liv. 8, 13, 1.
insignis, e, adj. [in-signum], distinguished by a mark; remarkable, noted, eminent, distinguished, prominent, extraordinary (class.): insignes appellantur boves, qui in femine et in pede album habent, quasi insigniti, Paul. ex Fest. p. 114 Müll.: maculis insignis et albo, i. e. maculis albis, Verg. G. 3, 56: insigni eum veste adornavit, Liv. 1, 20, 2: officinae, Plin. 35, 12, 46, 161: virtus, Cic. Lael. 27, 102: vis, id. N. D. 2, 31, 80; id. de Or. 2, 22, 90: ad deformitatem puer, id. Leg. 3, 8, 19: homo omnibus insignis notis turpitudinis, id. Rab. Perd. 9, 24: vir,
illustrious
, Tac. A. 11, 19: totā cantabitur urbe, i. e.
notorious
, Hor. S. 2, 1, 46: debilitate aliqua corporis,
remarkable
, Suet. Calig. 26: indignus genere et praeclaro nomine tantum Insignis, Juv. 8, 32: cujus studium insigne fuit erga me, Cic. Fin. 2, 22, 72: odium in aliquem, id. Att. 14, 13, B, 3: improbitas, id. de Or. 2, 58, 237: temeritas, id. Ac. 1, 12, 45: impudentia, id. Verr. 2, 4, 29, 66: honorum pagina,
glorious
. Juv. 10, 57: magnificentia, Tac. A. 11, 1: jamdiu causam quaerebat senex, quamobrem insigne aliquid faceret his, i. e. of punishing them severely, Ter. Eun. 5, 5, 31.—With gen.: libidinum, Tert. Pall. 4.—With inf.: insignis ventos anteire lacerto, Sil. 16, 561.— Sup.: spectaculum, Tert. Spect. 12: religio, id. Apol. 21.—Adv.: insignĭter, remarkably, extraordinarily, notably: amicos diligere, Cic. Part. 23, 80: pullus insigniter cristatus, Suet. Tib. 14: dimicare, Just. 33, 2: facere unum aliquid, Plin. Ep. 9, 29, 1: verba nove et insigniter dicta, Gell. 19, 7, 2.— Comp.: ornari, Nep. Ages. 3, 2.
