significo

See also: significò and significó

Asturian

Verb

significo

first-person singular present indicative of significar

Catalan

Pronunciation

(Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /siɡ.niˈfi.ko/

(Central) IPA^(key): /siɡ.niˈfi.ku/

Verb

significo

first-person singular present indicative form of significar

Galician

Verb

significo

first-person singular present indicative of significar

Italian

Verb

significo

first-person singular present indicative of significare

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /siɡˈni.fi.koː/, [s̠ɪŋˈnɪfɪkoː]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /siɲˈɲi.fi.ko/, [siɲˈɲiːfiko]

Verb

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

I 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.
I portend, prognosticate
I call, name
I mean, import

Conjugation

Conjugation of significō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
indicative		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
subjunctive		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
imperative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	significā	—	—	significāte	—
active	future	—	significātō	significātō	—	significātōte	significantō
passive	present	—	significāre	—	—	significāminī	—
passive	future	—	significātor	significātor	—	—	significantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
non-finite forms		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		significāre	significāvisse	significātūrum esse	significārī	significātum esse	significātum īrī
participles		significāns	—	significātūrus	—	significātus	significandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		significandī	significandō	significandum	significandō	significātum	significātū

Derived terms

significābilis
significāns
significanter
significantia
significātiō
significātivus
significātōrius

Related terms

signifer
signō
signum

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
  - French: signifier
- → Middle English: signifien
  - English: signify
  - Scots: signafee
- → Old Occitan: signifiar
  - Occitan: signifiar, sinhifiar
→ Italian: significare
→ Old Occitan: significar
- Occitan: significar, sinhificar
→ Old Portuguese: significar
- Galician: significar
- Portuguese: significar
→ Romanian: semnifica
→ Sicilian: significari
→ Old Spanish: significar, synificar
- Spanish: significar

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, 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

first-person singular present indicative of significar

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Verb

significo

first-person singular present indicative of significar