sīgnō āvī, ātus, āre signum, to set a mark upon, mark, mark out, designate: sonos notis: in animo suam speciem: signata sanguine pluma est, O.: campum, V.: humum limite, O.: pede certo humum, press, H.: summo vestigia pulvere, imprint, V.: caeli regionem in cortice signant, cut, V.: ceram figuris, imprint, O.: cruor signaverat herbas, had stained, O.: signata in stirpe cicatrix, V.
—To impress with a seal, seal, seal up, affix a seal to: signatus libellus: volumina, H.: epistula, N.
—Poet.: signanda sunt iura, i. e. to be established, Pr.: Signatum memori pectore nomen habe, imprinted, O.
—To mark with a stamp, stamp, coin: aurum publice: pecunia signata Illyriorum signo, L.: sed cur navalis in aere Altera signata est, O.
—To distinguish, adorn, decorate: (eum) superum honore, V.
—Fig., to point out, signify, indicate, designate, express: unius oratoris locutio hoc proprio signata nomine est (sc. oratione): Fama signata loco est, O.: ut videt Se signari oculis, singled out, V.
—To distinguish, note, mark: ora sono discordia, V.: animo signa quodcumque in corpore mendum est, O.