Nullo egeat signo

English translation: An omen, a sign (?) does not depend on anything

18:11 Jan 26, 2005
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Latin term or phrase: Nullo egeat signo
Can you tell me what this Latin phrase means?
adi177
Local time: 09:25
English translation:An omen, a sign (?) does not depend on anything
Explanation:
Signo may have a lot of meanings. This is something openly shown or designed to be shown. Say, it may be an omen, or a war-banner (a standard).

I think, that the main idea is that such a open sign is all-sufficient in itself, and does not depends on anything else.

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Note added at 30 mins (2005-01-26 18:42:17 GMT)
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Grammatically:

Nullo - nothing

egeat - lacks

signo -- a sign, an omen, etc.

\"A sign lacks nothing\".
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Kirill Semenov
Ukraine
Local time: 06:25
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An omen, a sign (?) does not depend on anything


Explanation:
Signo may have a lot of meanings. This is something openly shown or designed to be shown. Say, it may be an omen, or a war-banner (a standard).

I think, that the main idea is that such a open sign is all-sufficient in itself, and does not depends on anything else.

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Note added at 30 mins (2005-01-26 18:42:17 GMT)
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Grammatically:

Nullo - nothing

egeat - lacks

signo -- a sign, an omen, etc.

\"A sign lacks nothing\".

Kirill Semenov
Ukraine
Local time: 06:25
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Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian
PRO pts in category: 20
Grading comment
Thanks. This really helped.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Egmont
21 hrs

agree  Will Matter: "A sign (omen), by itself, is sufficient". More colloquially " If we have an omen we don't NEED anything else". :)
2 days 13 hrs
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