significo

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See also: significò and significó

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significo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of significar

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significo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of significar

Galician

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significo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of significar

Italian

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significo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of significare

Latin

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Etymology

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

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Verb

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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

Conjugation

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   Conjugation of significō (first conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present significō significās significat significāmus significātis significant
imperfect significābam significābās significābat significābāmus significābātis significābant
future significābō significābis significābit significābimus significābitis significābunt
perfect significāvī significāvistī significāvit significāvimus significāvistis significāvērunt,
significāvēre
pluperfect significāveram significāverās significāverat significāverāmus significāverātis significāverant
future perfect significāverō significāveris significāverit significāverimus significāveritis significāverint
passive present significor significāris,
significāre
significātur significāmur significāminī significantur
imperfect significābar significābāris,
significābāre
significābātur significābāmur significābāminī significābantur
future significābor significāberis,
significābere
significābitur significābimur significābiminī significābuntur
perfect significātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect significātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect significātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present significem significēs significet significēmus significētis significent
imperfect significārem significārēs significāret significārēmus significārētis significārent
perfect significāverim significāverīs significāverit significāverīmus significāverītis significāverint
pluperfect significāvissem significāvissēs significāvisset significāvissēmus significāvissētis significāvissent
passive present significer significēris,
significēre
significētur significēmur significēminī significentur
imperfect significārer significārēris,
significārēre
significārētur significārēmur significārēminī significārentur
perfect significātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect significātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present significā significāte
future significātō significātō significātōte significantō
passive present significāre significāminī
future significātor significātor significantor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives significāre significāvisse significātūrum esse significārī significātum esse significātum īrī
participles significāns significātūrus significātus significandus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
significandī significandō significandum significandō significātum significātū

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References

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  • 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[1], 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

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significo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of significar

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /siɡniˈfiko/ [siɣ̞.niˈfi.ko]
  • Rhymes: -iko
  • Syllabification: sig‧ni‧fi‧co

Verb

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significo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of significar