tattoo
tattoo
v. trans.
Ar. and P. στίζειν.
v. trans.
Ar. and P. στίζειν.
TATTOO
s. *sonus tympani vespertinus (Bau. receptus signal for retreat in the Roman sense). To beat the tattoo *revocare milites signo vespertino (Bau. receptui canere in the Roman sense).
s. *sonus tympani vespertinus (Bau. receptus signal for retreat in the Roman sense). To beat the tattoo *revocare milites signo vespertino (Bau. receptui canere in the Roman sense).
v. corpus notis compungere (Cic. Off. 2 7 25): notis persignare: notis inscribere (Vid: Plin. 18 3 4). to tattoo one’s self corpus notis compungere or inscribere; corpus omne notis persignare: tattooed notis compunctus; virgatus (Val.Flacc. 2 159).
tattoo (subs.): *sonus tympani vespertinus: to beat the t., milites revocare signo vespertino (Kr.).
tattoo (v.): expr. by phr.: a savage t.'d in the Thracian fashion, barbarus compunctus notis Threiciis, Cic. Off. 2, 7, 25: the men t. their bodies, mares corpora sua inscribunt, Plin. 22, 1, 2: to t. the whole body, corpus omne notis persignare, Mel. 1, 19, ad med.