significo

See also: significò and significó

Asturian

Verb

significo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of significar

Catalan

Pronunciation

Verb

significo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of significar

Galician

Verb

significo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of significar

Italian

Verb

significo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of significare

Latin

Etymology

From signum (“token, sign”) +‎ -i- +‎ -ficō (“do, make”). Collateral form significor.

Pronunciation

Verb

significō (present infinitive significāre, perfect active significāvī, supine significātum); first conjugation

  1. to show, express, signify, point out
    • c. 80 BCE – 15 BCE, Vitruvius, De Architectura 1.1:
      Cum in omnibus enim rēbus, tum maximē etiam in architectūrā haec duo īnsunt: quod significātur et quod significat.
      Indeed, as in all subjects, then likewise most especially in architecture, there are these two matters: what is being signified and what is signifying.
  2. to portend, prognosticate
  3. to call, name
  4. to mean, import

Conjugation

   Conjugation of significō (first conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present significō significās significat significāmus significātis significant
imperfect significābam significābās significābat significābāmus significābātis significābant
future significābō significābis significābit significābimus significābitis significābunt
perfect significāvī significāvistī significāvit significāvimus significāvistis significāvērunt,
significāvēre
pluperfect significāveram significāverās significāverat significāverāmus significāverātis significāverant
future perfect significāverō significāveris significāverit significāverimus significāveritis significāverint
passive present significor significāris,
significāre 		significātur significāmur significāminī significantur
imperfect significābar significābāris,
significābāre 		significābātur significābāmur significābāminī significābantur
future significābor significāberis,
significābere 		significābitur significābimur significābiminī significābuntur
perfect significātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect significātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect significātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present significem significēs significet significēmus significētis significent
imperfect significārem significārēs significāret significārēmus significārētis significārent
perfect significāverim significāverīs significāverit significāverīmus significāverītis significāverint
pluperfect significāvissem significāvissēs significāvisset significāvissēmus significāvissētis significāvissent
passive present significer significēris,
significēre 		significētur significēmur significēminī significentur
imperfect significārer significārēris,
significārēre 		significārētur significārēmur significārēminī significārentur
perfect significātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect significātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — significā — — significāte —
future — significātō significātō — significātōte significantō
passive present — significāre — — significāminī —
future — significātor significātor — — significantor
non-finite forms infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present significāre significārī significāns —
future significātūrum esse significātum īrī significātūrus significandus
perfect significāvisse significātum esse — significātus
future perfect — significātum fore — —
perfect potential significātūrum fuisse — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
significandī significandō significandum significandō significātum significātū

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Old French: senechier, *senegier
    • Bourguignon: senoigé, senongé
    • Franc-Comtois: senadgi, senaigie, senodjie
  • Franco-Provençal: senedgier (Franche-Comte, Romandy)
  • → Catalan: significar
  • → Old French: senefier, signefier (semi-learned)
    • Middle French: senefier, signifier
    • → Middle English: signifien
    • → Old Occitan: signifiar
      • Occitan: signifiar, sinhifiar
  • → Italian: significare
  • → Old Occitan: significar
  • → Old Galician-Portuguese: significar
  • → Romanian: semnifica
  • → Sicilian: significari
  • → Old Spanish: significar, synificar

References

  • “significo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “significo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • significo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to allude to a person or thing (not alludere): significare aliquem or aliquid
    • to hint vaguely at a thing: leviter significare aliquid
    • what is the meaning, the original sense of this word: quid significat, sonat haec vox?
    • the word carere means..: vox, nomen carendi or simply carere hoc significat (Tusc. 1. 36. 88)
    • to have the same meaning: idem valere, significare, declarare

Portuguese

Verb

significo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of significar

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /siɡniˈfiko/ [siɣ̞.niˈfi.ko]
  • Rhymes: -iko
  • Syllabification: sig‧ni‧fi‧co

Verb

significo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of significar
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