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dēsignātĭo or dissignātio (the latter form better in sense II. Brambach s. v. Lex Jul. Munic. ap. Corp. Inscr. Lat. p. 206), ōnis, f. [designo].

  1. I. A marking out, describing, designating: cellarum, Vitr. 5, 5: undarum, id. 5, 3: quadrata, id. 3, 1, 3.
    Transf., a specification: personarum et temporum, Cic. de Or. 1, 31, 138; Lact. 4, 15, 5.
  2. II. A disposition, arrangement: totius operis, Cic. N. D. 1, 8 fin.: librorum meorum, id. Att. 4, 46.
    1. B. The selection, designation to a public office; of consuls: annua designatio, Tac. A. 2, 36 fin.: consulatus, Suet. Caes. 9.

dēsignātor or dissignātor (the latter form freq. in inscrr., and preferred by Brambach; so Keller, ad Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 5; Corp. Inscr. Lat. pp. 597, 768), ōris, m. [designo], one who regulates or arranges; a regulator.
As a t. t.,

  1. I. An officer whose duty it was to assign seats in the theatre, Plaut. Poen. prol. 19.
  2. II. A master of ceremonies at funerals; an undertaker, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 5; Sen. Ben. 6, 38; Tert. Spectac. 10; Inscr. Orell. 934; cf. Don. Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 7.
  3. III. An umpire at public spectacles, i. q. Gr. βραβευτής, Dig. 3, 2, 4, § 1; Cic. Att. 4, 3, 2.

‡ dissignātĭo, ōnis, f., another form for designatio, q. v., Tab. Heracl. p. 53 al.

dissignātor, v. designator.