signifer

An Elementary Latin Dictionary

sīgnifer fera, ferum, adj.

signum+1 FER-, sign-bearing, bearing the constellations, starry : orbis, the zodiac .—As subst m., a standard-bearer, ensign : signifero interfecto, Cs.: primi hastati: signum omni vi moliente signifero convelli nequire, L.— A leader, head, chief : nostrae causae quasi signiferi: iuventutis.

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