Lewis & Short

signĭfĭcantĭa, ae, f. [significo] (postAug.).

  1. * I. Force, energy, significancy of words: verborum, Quint. 10, 1, 121.
  2. II. In gen., meaning, import, signification, Tert. Res. Carn. 21; Arn. 7, 230; Lact. 4, 26.