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Latin Dictionary Word Meaning of insignis

1.1 extraordinary
2.1 obvious
3.1 distinguished, famous
4.1 aristocratic, highborn
5.1 infamous, notorious

Part of Speech - Latin Dictionary word insignis

insignis is a Adjective. A describing word that modifies a noun or pronoun

Latin Dictionary Synonyms of insignis

eminens,extraordinarius,illustris,notabilis,eximius,apparens,conspicuus,manifestus,obvius,discernibilis,notorius,conspectus,exhibitus,manifestatus,indicatus,significatus,conspicuus,distinctus,praecipuus,famosus,secretus,nobilis,ēgregius,generosus,optimas,patricius,infamis

Latin Dictionary Words derived from insignis

īnsigne,īnsigniō,īnsigniter

Latin Dictionary Examples of Usage of insignis

1.1 , Cicero Ad Quintum Fratrem Dialogi Tres: De Oratore, Libri Tres 237
In English: "For neither remarkable wickedness, such as involves crime, nor, on the other hand, exceptional wretchedness is assailed by ridicule...",1.2 , Cicero De Oratore, Libri Tres 244
In English: "...they are discovered to possess some striking and ridiculous failing.",1.3 , Cicero Laelius sive De Amicitia Dialogus ...insignis virtus Scipionis...
In English: "...the extraordinary manliness of Scipio...",2.1 , Livy Ab Urbe Condita (History of Rome) 34
In English: "...the wives conspicuous in gold and purple...",2.2 , Cicero Laelius sive De Amicitia Dialogus 102
In English: "Indeed, to me, Scipio, though he was suddenly snatched away, lives and will always live; the goodness of he that I loved, that is not dead; nor to me is he only moving before my eyes, he is always within my reach, but later will also be clear and discernible.",2.3 , Vergil Georgics 3.56
In English: "Nor might a dull white bull marked with spots displease me...",2.4 ...o pater et rex/ Jupiter, ut pereat positum rubigine telum,/ Nec quisquam noceat cupido mihi pacis! at ille,/ Qui me commorit, (melius non tangere, clamo)/ Flebit, et insignis tota cantabitur Urbe.
In English: "...Oh, Father, Oh king/ Jupiter, (rather than that I should injure any man) may my spear be eaten away by rust,/ Nor may any man do harm to me who am so desirous of peace! But should he,/ He who shall be made to die with me (I declare that he had better not)/ He shall lament, he (his character defects or his lack of virtue) shall be made obvious, ridiculed (literally "sung about") by the entire city.",3.1 , Seneca the Younger De Beneficiis III, 4
In English: "Which was the greater benefit: what Marcus Agrippa received from his father, who was unknown even after having had a son like Agrippa, or what the father received from Agrippa, who, distinguished by a naval garland, obtained an honor uncommon among military presents...",3.2 , Tacitus, Annals Book VI, 29
In English: "...Mamercus Scaurus, distinguished by birth and by his talent as an advocate, but in life a reprobate.",3.3 , Ovid Metamorphoses Phoebus insignis crinibus...
In English: "Phoebus celebrated for his locks...","Phoebus noted for his locks...", or "Phoebus distinguished by his locks...",4.1 , Tacitus, Annals Book XIII, 32
In English: "Pomponia Graecina, a noblewoman (alternately "a noble woman", "a highborn woman", "a woman of the aristocracy", "a woman of high family" or "a woman of noble rank")...yet arraigned for foreign superstition, was delivered to the jurisdiction of her husband.",5.1 , Tacitus, Annals Book XIII, 45
In English: "In that same year a profligacy no less infamous (or, "equally notorious") caused the beginning of tremendous iniquities to the republic.",5.2 Ita sive casu sive consilio deorum immortalium quae pars civitatis Helvetiae insignem calamitatem populo Romano intulerat, ea princeps poenam persolvit.
In English: Thus, whether by chance or by the design of the immortal gods, that part of the Helvetian state which had brought a signal calamity upon the Roman people, was the first to pay the penalty.

Latin Dictionary Word Forms of insignis

1. īnsignis (canonical)
2. īnsigne (neuter)
3. īnsignior (comparative)
4. īnsignissimus (superlative)
5. īnsigniter (adverb)
6. no-table-tags (table-tags)
7. la-adecl (inflection-template)
8. īnsignis (feminine,masculine,nominative,singular)
9. īnsigne (neuter,nominative,singular)
10. īnsignēs (feminine,masculine,nominative,plural)
11. īnsignia (neuter,nominative,plural)
12. īnsignis (feminine,genitive,masculine,neuter,singular)
13. īnsignium (feminine,genitive,masculine,neuter,plural)
14. īnsignī (dative,feminine,masculine,neuter,singular)
15. īnsignibus (dative,feminine,masculine,neuter,plural)
16. īnsignem (accusative,feminine,masculine,singular)
17. īnsigne (accusative,neuter,singular)
18. īnsignēs (accusative,feminine,masculine,plural)
19. īnsignīs (accusative,feminine,masculine,plural)
20. īnsignia (accusative,neuter,plural)
21. īnsignī (ablative,feminine,masculine,neuter,singular)
22. īnsignibus (ablative,feminine,masculine,neuter,plural)
23. īnsignis (feminine,masculine,singular,vocative)
24. īnsigne (neuter,singular,vocative)
25. īnsignēs (feminine,masculine,plural,vocative)
26. īnsignia (neuter,plural,vocative)

History of insignis

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.

Latin Dictionary Prnounciation of insignis

/inˈsiɡ.nis/