insignis

== English == === Noun === insignis Synonym of insignis pine. == Latin == === Etymology === From in- (“within”) +‎ signum (“a sign, an emblem”) +‎ -is (suffix forming an adjective); 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. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ĩːˈsɪŋ.nɪs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [inˈsiɲ.ɲis] === Adjective === īnsignis (neuter īnsigne, comparative īnsignior, superlative īnsignissimus, adverb īnsigniter); third-declension two-termination adjective extraordinary Synonyms: eminens, extraordinarius, illustris, notabilis, eximius (Can we date this quote?), Cicero Ad Quintum Fratrem Dialogi Tres: De Oratore, Libri Tres 237 (Can we date this quote?), Cicero De Oratore, Libri Tres 244 (Can we date this quote?), Cicero Laelius sive De Amicitia Dialogus obvious Synonyms: apparens, conspicuus, manifestus, obvius, discernibilis, notorius, conspectus, exhibitus, manifestatus, indicatus, significatus (Can we date this quote?), Livy Ab Urbe Condita (History of Rome) 34 (Can we date this quote?), Cicero Laelius sive De Amicitia Dialogus 102 (Can we date this quote?), Vergil Georgics 3.56 (Can we date this quote?), Horace Satires, Book 2, Satire 1, lines 41-6: distinguished, famous Synonyms: conspicuus, distinctus, praecipuus, famosus, secretus, nobilis, ēgregius (Can we date this quote?), Seneca the Younger De Beneficiis III, 4 (Can we date this quote?), Tacitus, Annals Book VI, 29 (Can we date this quote?), Ovid Metamorphoses aristocratic, highborn Synonyms: generosus, optimas, patricius (Can we date this quote?), Tacitus, Annals Book XIII, 32 infamous, notorious Synonym: infamis (Can we date this quote?), Tacitus, Annals Book XIII, 45 ==== Declension ==== Third-declension two-termination adjective. ==== Derived terms ==== īnsigne (“a distinctive mark”, noun) īnsigniō (“to mark”, verb) īnsigniter (“remarkably”, adverb) ==== Descendants ==== → Catalan: insigne → English: insignis → English: insignia → French: insigne → Galician: insigne → Italian: insigne → Portuguese: insigne Sicilian: nzigni → Spanish: insigne ==== Further reading ==== “insignis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “insignis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “insignis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.