in-dĭco, āvi, ātum, āre, v. a. (indicasso, is, for indicavero, is, Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 66; id. Rud. 4, 3, 89), to point out, indicate (class.).
I In gen., to show , declare , disclose , make known , reveal , betray.
A Of persons: rem omnem dominae indicavit, Cic. Clu. 64, 180: Catilina non se purgavit, sed indicavit, id. Mur. 25, 51: conscios delendae tyrannidis, id. Tusc. 2, 22, 52: jam me vobis indicabo, will betray or accuse myself , id. Arch. 11, 28: indicabo meum consilium tibi, id. Fam. 10, 21, 2: rem patri, Ter. Ad. 629: causam publicae pestis, Liv. 8, 18, 4: de conjuratione, to give information , inform , Sall. C. 48, 4: quis tibi de epistulis istis indicavit, Cic. Fl. 37, 92; Sall. C. 30, 6: aliquid in vulgus, to make publicly known , Cic. Univ. 2: satis est actori sic indicare, Quint. 4, 2, 7.—With rel. clause : contentus indicare quid facti sit, Quint. 4, 2, 128.—With acc. and inf.: digitis ita figuratis ut temporis et aevi (Janum) esse deum indicent, Plin. 34, 7, 16, § 33.—
B Of things concr. and abstr.: vultus indicat mores, shows , indicates , Cic. Leg. 1, 9; id. Brut. 94, 324: lacrimis dolorem, Nep. Att. 4 fin. : hoc res ipsa indicat, Ter. Eun. 658: id esse verum parva haec fabella indicat, Phaedr. 1, 15, 3: supercilia maxime indicant factum, Plin. 11, 37, 51, § 138: ut epularum sollemnium fides ac tibiae ... indicant, Cic. de Or. 3, 51, 197. — Pass. : aetas veterinorum indicatur dentibus, Plin. 11, 37, 64, § 168: cum res non gesta indicatur, sed ut sit gesta ostenditur, Quint. 9, 2, 40. —
II In partic.
A To intimate , give a hint of , to state briefly , mention : indicare convenit, quae prodit Onesicritus, Plin. 6, 23, 26, § 96: aliquid obiter, id. 33, 1, 5, § 15: nominatim, id. 15, 14, 15, § 49: ut indicavimus, id. 36, 15, 24, § 115.—
B To set or tell the price of a thing, to value , put a price on : hanc eme. Do. Modo ut sciam, quanti indicet, etc., Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 25: indica, fac pretium, id. ib. 37: cum postulasset, ut sibi fundus semel indicaretur, Cic. Off. 3, 15, 62. —
C In jurid. Lat., to carry on a judicial process to conviction : Indicasse est detulisse, arguisse, accusasse et convicisse, Dig. 50, 16, 197.