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English
Etymology
From Latin indicium.
Pronunciation
Noun
indicium (plural indicia or indiciums)
- An indication; a sign.
1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin, published 2011, page 431:that dim continuum cannot be as sensually groped for, tasted, harkened to, as Veen's Hollow between rhythmic beats; but it shares with it one remarkable indicium: the immobility of perceptual Time.
Latin
Etymology
From index (“indicator”), from indicō (“point out, indicate, show”), from in (“in, at, on; into”) + dicō (“indicate; dedicate; set apart”).
Pronunciation
Noun
indicium n (genitive indiciī or indicī); second declension
- information, evidence, discovery, notice
- Synonyms: nūntius, fāma, notitia
- reward for information
- indication, sign, proof, token
- Synonyms: signum, index
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
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References
- “indicium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “indicium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- indicium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- indicium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- this shows, proves..: documento, indicio est (without demonstr. pron. but cui rei documento, indicio est)
Swedish
Etymology
From Latin indicium.
Noun
indicium n
- (law) item of circumstantial evidence
2023 November 29, David Rydell, Carl Enderstein, “Fem unga döms för inblandning i mordet i Hjälstaviken – SVT sänder live [Five young individuals are sentenced for involvement in the murder in Hjälstaviken – SVT broadcasts live.]”, in SVT Nyheter:Det finns inte någon direkt bevisning i form av erkännanden eller vittnen till själva mordet, men däremot ett stort antal indicier som med varierande styrka talar för samtliga tilltalades skuld, säger Lars Holmgård, ordförande i målet i ett pressmeddelande.- There is no direct evidence in the form of confessions or witnesses to the actual murder, but instead a large number of indications varying in strength that speak to the guilt of all the accused, says Lars Holmgård, the chairman in the case, in a press release.
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