significo

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See also: significò and significó

Asturian

Verb

significo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of significar

Catalan

Pronunciation

Verb

significo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of significar

Galician

Verb

significo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of significar

Italian

Verb

significo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of significare

Latin

Etymology

From signum (token, sign) +‎ -i- +‎ -ficō +‎ (do, make). Collateral form significor.

Pronunciation

Verb

significō (present infinitive significāre, perfect active significāvī, supine significātum); first conjugation

  1. to show, express, signify, point out
    • c. 80 BCE – 15 BCE, Vitruvius, De Architectura 1.1:
      Cum in omnibus enim rēbus, tum maximē etiam in architectūrā haec duo īnsunt: quod significātur et quod significat.
      Indeed, as in all subjects, then likewise most especially in architecture, there are these two matters: what is being signified and what is signifying.
  2. to portend, prognosticate
  3. to call, name
  4. to mean, import

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References

  • significo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • significo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • significo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to allude to a person or thing (not alludere): significare aliquem or aliquid
    • to hint vaguely at a thing: leviter significare aliquid
    • what is the meaning, the original sense of this word: quid significat, sonat haec vox?
    • the word carere means..: vox, nomen carendi or simply carere hoc significat (Tusc. 1. 36. 88)
    • to have the same meaning: idem valere, significare, declarare

Portuguese

Verb

significo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of significar

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /siɡniˈfiko/
  • Rhymes: -iko
  • Syllabification: sig‧ni‧fi‧co

Verb

significo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of significar