sigillum — meaning in English

English meaning

• figurine noun A small statue or carved figure, often decorative.
• seal noun A marine mammal with flippers that lives partly on land and partly in the sea.
• statuette noun A small statue, often made of bronze, marble, or a similar material.

Senses

sigillum is used for these senses in English:

• statuette A small statue, usually a figure much less than life size, especially when of marble or bronze, or of plaster or clay as a preparation for the marble or bronze, as distinguished from a figure in terra cotta etc.

seal — full definition

1. noun A marine mammal with flippers that lives partly on land and partly in the sea.
2. noun An official stamp, or the mark it leaves, used to authenticate a document.
3. verb To close something securely so it cannot be opened without damage, or to prevent leakage.

Related Latin words