denoto

dē-nŏto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.

I.

Lit., to mark, set a mark on, with chalk, color, etc.:

pedes venalium creta,

Plin. 35, 17, 58, § 199:

lineam conspicuo colore,

Col. 3, 15.—

II.

Transf.

A.

To mark out, point out, specify, indicate, denote, designate (rare but class.—cf. demonstro):

qui uno nuntio atque una significatione litterarum civis Romanos necandos trucidandosque denotavit,

Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 3, 7:

haud dubie Icilios denotante senatu,

Liv. 4, 55.—

B.

To take note of, mark with the mind, observe accurately, denotantibus vobis ora ac metum singulorum, Tac. A. 3, 53:

cum denotandis hominum palloribus sufficeret vultus,

id. Agr. 45:

quot et quales sint nati,

id. 7, 9, 11:

cum ei res similes occurrant, quas non habeat denotatas,

Cic. Ac. 2, 18, 57; cf. Vell. 2, 70, 2.—

III.

Trop., to stigmatize, scandalize, brand with reproach or infamy:

mollem et effeminatum omni probro,

Suet. Cal. 56 fin.:

turpia legata, quae denotandi legatarii gratia scribuntur,

Dig. 30, 54 init.:

qui gaudet iniquitate denotabitur,

Vulg. Sir. 19, 5 sq. —Hence, P. a., dēnŏtātus, marked out, conspicuous.—Comp.:

denotatior ad contumeliae morsum,

Tert. adv. Marc. 1, 19.