English

Noun

indicium ‎(plural indicia or indiciums)

1. An indication; a sign.
   • 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin 2011, p. 431:

     that dim continuum cannot be as sensually groped for, tasted, harkened to, as Veen's Hollow between rhythmic beats; but it shares with it one remarkable indicium: the immobility of perceptual Time.

Latin

Etymology

From index ‎(“indicator”), from indicō ‎(“point out, indicate, show”), from in ‎(“in, at, on; into”) + dicō ‎(“indicate; dedicate; set apart”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /inˈdi.ki.um/

Noun

indicium n ‎(genitive indiciī); second declension

1. information, evidence, discovery, notice
2. reward for information
3. indication, sign, proof, token

Inflection

Second declension.

Related terms

Descendants

• French: indice
• Italian: indizio
• Portuguese: indício
• Spanish: indicio

See also

• doctrīna f
• nūntius m
• scientia f

References

• indicium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• indicium in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• INDICIUM in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “indicium”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • this shows, proves..: documento, indicio est (without demonstr. pron. but cui rei documento, indicio est)