Signia

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Signĭa, ae, f.,

I an ancient town in Latium which produced an astringent wine , now Segni , Liv. 1, 56; 2, 21 fin. ; 8, 3; 32, 2; Plin. 14, 6. 8, § 65; Sil. 8, 380.

II —Hence, Signīnus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Signia , Signian : vinum, Cels. 4, 5; 4, 19 fin. ; Mart. 13, 116: pira, Col. 5, 10, 18; Plin. 15, 15, 16, § 55; Juv. 11, 73 al.: opus, a kind of plaster for walls and pavements , made of potsherds and lime , Vitr. 2, 4; 7, 11; 8, 7; Col. 1, 6, 12; 8, 15, 3; 8, 17, 1.—As subst.

1 Signīnum , i, n., = Signinum opus, Col. 9, 1, 2; Plin. 35, 12, 46, § 165.—

2 Signīni , ōrum, m., the inhabitants of Signia , Signians , Liv. 27, 10; Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 64.

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