sigilla

sĭgilla, ōrum (sing.: SIGILLVM VOLKANI, Inscr. Marin. Fratr. Arv. p. 357; v. also infra, II.), n. dim. [signum].

• Little figures or images: apposuit patellam, in quā sigilla erant egregia, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 22, § 48: Tyrrhena sigilla, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 180: parva, Lact. 2, 4, 19: perparvula, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 43, § 85; Plin. 36, 24, 59, § 183; Ov. A. A. 1, 407: quattuor certamina brevibus distincta sigillis, woven or wrought in, id. M. 6, 86.— Of the figures on seal-rings: sigilla anulo imprimere, Cic. Ac. 2 (Luc.), 26, 86.—
• • • • b Transf., a seal, Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 3; Vulg. Apoc. 5, 1; 6, 1 et saep.—*
• II In the sing. for signum, a sign, mark, trace, Ven. Vit. S. Mart. 2, 326.

sigilla v. et. siligo

sigilla ōrum, n dim.

• signum, small statues, statuettes, little images, figures: egregia: Tyrrhena, H.: ornatus sigillis Circus, O.: certamina quattuor brevibus distincta sigillis, woven in, O.—A seal, H.