adjectivethird-declension two-termination adjective
īnsignis
īnsignis (neuter īnsigne, comparative īnsignior, superlative īnsignissimus, adverb īnsigniter)
Classical[ĩːˈsɪŋ.nɪs]Ecclesiastical[inˈsiɲ.ɲis]
Meaning
- two terminationextraordinary
, Cicero Ad Quintum Fratrem Dialogi Tres: De Oratore, Libri Tres 237
"For neither remarkable wickedness, such as involves crime, nor, on the other hand, exceptional wretchedness is assailed by ridicule...", Cicero De Oratore, Libri Tres 244
"...they are discovered to possess some striking and ridiculous failing." - two terminationobvious
, Livy Ab Urbe Condita (History of Rome) 34
"...the wives conspicuous in gold and purple...", Cicero Laelius sive De Amicitia Dialogus 102
"Indeed, to me, Scipio, though he was suddenly snatched away, lives and will always live; the goodness of he that I loved, that is not dead; nor to me is he only moving before my eyes, he is always within my reach, but later will also be clear and discernible." - two terminationdistinguished, famous
, Seneca the Younger De Beneficiis III, 4
"Which was the greater benefit: what Marcus Agrippa received from his father, who was unknown even after having had a son like Agrippa, or what the father received from Agrippa, who, distinguished by a naval garland, obtained an honor uncommon among military presents...", Tacitus, Annals Book VI, 29
"...Mamercus Scaurus, distinguished by birth and by his talent as an advocate, but in life a reprobate." - two terminationaristocratic, highborn
, Tacitus, Annals Book XIII, 32
"Pomponia Graecina, a noblewoman (alternately "a noble woman", "a highborn woman", "a woman of the aristocracy", "a woman of high family" or "a woman of noble rank")...yet arraigned for foreign superstition, was delivered to the jurisdiction of her husband." - two terminationinfamous, notorious
, Tacitus, Annals Book XIII, 45
"In that same year a profligacy no less infamous (or, "equally notorious") caused the beginning of tremendous iniquities to the republic."Ita sive casu sive consilio deorum immortalium quae pars civitatis Helvetiae insignem calamitatem populo Romano intulerat, ea princeps poenam persolvit.
Thus, whether by chance or by the design of the immortal gods, that part of the Helvetian state which had brought a signal calamity upon the Roman people, was the first to pay the penalty.c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de bello Gallico 1.12
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
nōtus, cōnspicuusīnsignis -e — in Evangelium secundum Matthaeum, ch. 25
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | īnsignis | īnsignis | īnsigne |
| genitive | īnsignis | īnsignis | īnsignis |
| dative | īnsignī | īnsignī | īnsignī |
| accusative | īnsignem | īnsignem | īnsigne |
| ablative | īnsignī | īnsignī | īnsignī |
| vocative | īnsignis | īnsignis | īnsigne |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | īnsignēs | īnsignēs | īnsignia |
| genitive | īnsignium | īnsignium | īnsignium |
| dative | īnsignibus | īnsignibus | īnsignibus |
| accusative | īnsignīs īnsignēs | īnsignīs īnsignēs | īnsignia |
| ablative | īnsignibus | īnsignibus | īnsignibus |
| vocative | īnsignēs | īnsignēs | īnsignia |
insignis, e, adj. in-signum,
I. 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, Cic. 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.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
īnsīgnis e, adj. with comp.
1 in+signum, distinguished by a mark, remarkable, noted, eminent, distinguished, prominent, extraordinary: alae, V.: vestis, L.: insigniora monumenta, L.: virtus: vis: studium erga me: insignis totā cantabitur urbe, notorious, H.: calamitas, Cs.: honorum pagina, glorious, Iu.: insigne aliquid facere eis, i. e. make an example of, T.: maculus insignis et albo (i. e. maculis albis), V.: notis turpitudinis: praeclaro nomine, Iu.
Origins
From in- (“within”) + signum (“a sign, an emblem”) + -is (adjective-forming suffix) so formed because the subject qualified by this adjective has been revealed, specifically by means of a sign, to be exceptional relative to ordinary examples of its kind.
Descendants
- Catalaninsigne
- Englishinsignis
- Englishinsignia
- Frenchinsigne
- Italianinsigne
- Portugueseinsigne
- Spanishinsigne
- Galicianinsigne
- Siciliannzigni