Signia

Latin

Etymology

From Old Latin *Sicania (land of the Sicani), from Sicani, a tribe described by Pliny as living in Latium (likely before their move to Sicily). Both names could be doublets of signum (signal, mark).[1]

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Signia f sg (genitive Signiae); first declension

  1. An ancient city in Latium, situated on a lofty hill, now Segni

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Signia
Genitive Signiae
Dative Signiae
Accusative Signiam
Ablative Signiā
Vocative Signia
Locative Signiae

Derived terms

  • Signīnī
  • Signīnum
  • Signīnus

Descendants

  • Italian: Segni
  • Ancient Greek: Σίγνιον (Sígnion)

References

  • Signia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Signia”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  • Signia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  1. Dizionario dei nomi geografici italiani, TEA, Torino 1992, p. 493
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