The corpus record — Latin

indico1

indico1 · v. a

to point out

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Where it lives

Ab Urbe Condita, books 8-10 - 12s 2 · 206.19/10k
Ab Urbe Condita, books 8-10 - 20s 1 · 60.24/10k
De Institutione Viri Boni, Appendix Vergiliana 1 · 54.35/10k
Thrasybulus 2 · 33.33/10k
Dirae, Appendix Vergiliana 2 · 30.82/10k
Epicedion in Patrem 1 · 26.39/10k
Pausanias 2 · 22.68/10k
Carus et Carinus et Numerianus 5 · 18.83/10k
Cimon 1 · 18.66/10k
Pro P. Sulla 14 · 15.05/10k
Conon 1 · 13.62/10k
Diadumenus Antoninus 2 · 11.98/10k

Densest 12 of 227 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. in-dĭco — Lewis & Short

in-dĭco, āvi, ātum, āre, v. a. (indicasso, is, for indicavero, is,

Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 66; id. Rud. 4, 3, 89),

I to point out, indicate (class.).

I In gen., to show, declare, disclose, make known, reveal, betray.

A Of persons: rem omnem dominae indicavit, Cic. Clu. 64, 180: Catilina non se purgavit, sed indicavit, id. Mur. 25, 51: conscios delendae tyrannidis, id. Tusc. 2, 22, 52: jam me vobis indicabo, will betray or accuse myself, id. Arch. 11, 28: indicabo meum consilium tibi, id. Fam. 10, 21, 2: rem patri, Ter. Ad. 4, 4, 19: causam publicae pestis, Liv. 8, 18, 4: de conjuratione, to give information, inform, Sall. C. 48, 4: quis tibi de epistulis istis indicavit, Cic. Fl. 37, 92; Sall. C. 30, 6: aliquid in vulgus, to make publicly known, Cic. Univ. 2: satis est actori sic indicare, Quint. 4, 2, 7.—With rel. clause: contentus indicare quid facti sit, Quint. 4, 2, 128.—With acc. and inf.: digitis ita figuratis ut temporis et aevi (Janum) esse deum indicent, Plin. 34, 7, 16, § 33.—

B Of things concr. and abstr.: vultus indicat mores, shows, indicates, Cic. Leg. 1, 9; id. Brut. 94, 324: lacrimis dolorem, Nep. Att. 4 fin.: hoc res ipsa indicat, Ter. Eun. 4, 3, 16: id esse verum parva haec fabella indicat, Phaedr. 1, 15, 3: supercilia maxime indicant factum, Plin. 11, 37, 51, § 138: ut epularum sollemnium fides ac tibiae ... indicant, Cic. de Or. 3, 51, 197. — Pass.: aetas veterinorum indicatur dentibus, Plin. 11, 37, 64, § 168: cum res non gesta indicatur, sed ut sit gesta ostenditur, Quint. 9, 2, 40. —

II In partic.

A To intimate, give a hint of, to state briefly, mention: indicare convenit, quae prodit Onesicritus, Plin. 6, 23, 26, § 96: aliquid obiter, id. 33, 1, 5, § 15: nominatim, id. 15, 14, 15, § 49: ut indicavimus, id. 36, 15, 24, § 115.—

B To set or tell the price of a thing, to value, put a price on: hanc eme. Do. Modo ut sciam, quanti indicet, etc., Plaut. Pers. 4, 4, 25: indica, fac pretium, id. ib. 37: cum postulasset, ut sibi fundus semel indicaretur, Cic. Off. 3, 15, 62. —

C In jurid. Lat., to carry on a judicial process to conviction: Indicasse est detulisse, arguisse, accusasse et convicisse, Dig. 50, 16, 197.

2. in -dīco — Lewis & Short

in -dīco, xi, ctum, 3 (

I imp. indice, Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 132: indixti for indixisti, Front. de Cels. Ep. 3), v. a. in-dico, to declare publicly, to proclaim, publish, announce, to appoint (class.): totius Galliae concilium Bibracte indicitur, Caes. B. G. 7, 63; Liv. 1, 50, 4: forum, Verg. A. 5, 758: Romae dierum viginti supplicatio indicitur, Caes. B. G. 7, 90: exercitum in aliquem locum, to order it to, Liv. 6, 12; cf. of time: comitia in trinum nundinum, id. 3, 35, 1: bellum populo Romano suo nomine indixit, Cic. Cat. 2, 6, 14; cf. Varr. L. L. 6, § 61 Müll.: dies indicta pugnae, Liv. 10, 27, 3: justitium, Cic. Phil. 5, 12, 31: familiaribus cenas, to invite one's self as their guest, Suet. Ner. 27: iter alicui, Verg. A. 7, 468: funus, to invite to a funeral, Varr. L. L. 6, § 61 Müll.; Cic. Leg. 2, 24, 61; Suet. Caes. 84: simul divom templis indicit honorem, a thanksgiving, Verg. A. 1, 632; 3, 264; Sil. 7, 90.—With ut: in diem certam ut ad lucum Ferentinae conveniant indicit, Liv. 1, 50, 1. —

B Trop.: qui ipsi sibi bellum indixissent, are their own enemies, Cic. Fin. 5, 10, 29: philosophiae bellum indicere, id. de Or. 2, 37, 55.—

II Esp.

A To appoint a place of gathering, fix, name a destination or rendezvous: exercitu indicto ad portam Esquilinam in posteram diem, Liv. 6, 22, 8: exercitus omnis Aquiloniam est indictus, id. 10, 38, 4: exercitus Pisas indictus erat, id. 40, 41, 7: clam exercitu indicto, id. 41, 14, 2.—

B To impose, enjoin, inflict: multam, to impose a penalty, Plin. 18, 3, 3, § 11: tributum, Liv. 4, 60; cf.: servorum numerum et pondus argenti senatoribus, Tac. H. 3, 58: populo famem indixit, Suet. Cal. 26 fin.: sibimet ipse exsilium indixit, Liv. 39, 52, 9; cf.: sibi patientiam, to enjoin upon one's self, Sen. Ep. 123, 5: iter ad regem Latinum Indicit primis juvenum, Verg. A. 7, 468: certum dominis servorum numerum, Suet. Ner. 44; id. Aug. 25: libertus, cui patronus operas indicere vellet, to prescribe, Gai. Inst. 4, 162.

In the wild

indices Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 18.27.p1
indicanda Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 16.18.p1
Indixisti Seneca, De Beneficiis 2.17.2
indicere Tertullian, De ieiunio adversus psychicos 13
indicat Historia Augusta, Carus et Carinus et Numerianus 5
indixistis Livy, Ab urbe condita, books 6-10 - 6 p26

6 of 1,348 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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