by Magistra » Tue Jul 15, 2003 8:40 pm
Sigillum is usually used in the plural as you can see from earlier posts here.<br /><br />Posted by: benissimus Posted on: July 11, 2003, 05:28:03 PM Of shoes and ships, of ceiling wax, of cabbages and kings!<br /><br />Posted by: Milito Posted on: July 11, 2003, 05:32:32 PM <br />"Calceorum et navium, cerae sigillorum et regum!"<br /><br />This is the entry form the Lewis & Short Dictionary found at the Perseus Project.<br /><br />sĭgilla , ōrum (sing.: SIGILLVM VOLKANI, Inscr. Marin. Fratr. Arv. p. 357; v. also infra, II.), n. dim. [signum] .<br /><br />I. Little figures or images: apposuit patellam, in quā sigilla erant egregia, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 22, § 48 : Tyrrhena sigilla, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 180 : parva, Lact. 2, 4, 19 : perparvula, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 43, § 85 ; Plin. 36, 24, 59, § 183; Ov. A. A. 1, 407: quattuor certamina brevibus distincta sigillis, woven or wrought in, id. M. 6, 86.-- Of the figures on seal-rings: sigilla anulo imprimere, Cic. Ac. 2, 26, 86 .--<br /><br />b. Transf., a seal, Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 3; Vulg. Apoc. 5, 1; 6, 1 et saep.-- _ast;<br /><br />II. In the sing. for signum, a sign, mark, trace, Ven. Vit. S. Mart. 2, 326.<br /><br />Here's the address for the entry. If you go there, you'll see that more information is given.<br /><br />http://perseus.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0059%3Aentry%3D%2344190<br /><br />Magistra
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