to add to a writing

a-scrībo ( ads-, Baiter, Halm, Weissenb., K. and H.; as-, Kayser), psi, ptum, 3, v. a., to annex by writing, to add to a writing (syn.: annumero, addo, insero, attribuo, tribuo).

In gen.

Lit., constr. absol. or with dat., in with acc. or abl.

Absol.:

non solum illud perscribunt, quod tum prohibiti sunt, sed etiam causam ascribunt cur etc.,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 35:

illud minime auguris, quod adscripsit, ob eam causam, etc.,

id. Div. 1, 16, 29.—

With dat.:

Terentia salutem tibi plurimam adscribit,

Cic. Att. 1, 5 fin.:

coheredem sibi libertum ejus adscriptum,

Suet. Vit. 14.—

With in with acc. or abl.: hoc tibi respondeo: ascripsisse eundem Sullam in eandem legem: si quid, etc.: nam nisi esset, hoc in omnibus legibus non ascriberetur, Cic. Caecin. 33, 95 (B. and K., in eādem lege):

antiquior dies in tuis adscripta litteris,

id. ad Q. Fr. 3, 1, 3:

in alterā epistulā diem non adscribis,

do not add the date, id. Att. 3, 23:

nomen suum in albo profitentium citharoedorum jussit adscribi,

Suet. Ner. 21; id. Tib. 51 al.—Esp. freq. of superscriptions and inscriptions:

Recita epistulam. TIMARCHIDES VERRIS ACCENSVS APRONIO. Jam hoc quidem non reprehendo, quod ascribit ACCENSVS,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 66:

non credo ascripturum esse magno,

id. Agr. 2, 20:

novo si marmori adscripserunt Praxitelem suo,

Phaedr. 5, prol. 6:

tumulo publice exstructo adscripserant, pro libertate eos occubuisse,

Suet. Aug. 12 fin.:

ut qui statuarum titulis pronepotem se Q. Catuli Capitolini semper adscripserit,

id. Galb. 2; id. Ner. 45; id. Aug. 70.—

Trop.

To impute, ascribe, attribute to one the cause of something:

hoc incommodum Scipioni ascribendum videtur,

Cic. Inv. 1, 49:

panaces diis inventoribus adscriptum,

Plin. 25, 4, 11, § 30; Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 81;

and (per hypallagen, cf. Rudd. II. p. 393): cur autem ascribimus illum his lacrimis (instead of illi has lacrimas),

id. Rapt. Pros. 3, 419; cf. id. Idyll. 6, 81:

nomini meo adscribatur victoria,

Vulg. 2 Reg. 12, 28.—

To place to one's credit, i. e. to settle, fix, designate, appoint:

eidem (servo) adscripsisse legatum,

bequeathed to him, Plin. Ep. 4, 10.— Poet.:

culpam lues, olim cum adscriptus venerit poenae dies,

Phaedr. 4, 11, 8.—

Adscribere sibi aliquid, to apply, refer something to one's self:

qui facere quae non possunt, verbis elevant, Adscribere hoc debebunt exemplum sibi,

Phaedr. 4, 3, 6.—

A.. Esp., t. t., to enroll, enter in a list ( as citizen, soldier, colonist, etc.):

ascribi se in eam civitatem voluit,

to be entered, received as a citizen, Cic. Arch. 4:

si qui foederatis civitatibus ascripti fuissent,

id. ib.:

urbanae militiae adscribebatur,

Tac. H. 2, 94:

adscribantur ex Judaeis in exercitu regis ad triginta milia virorum,

Vulg. 1 Macc. 10, 36: adscripti dicebantur qui in colonias nomina dedissent, ut essent coloni, Paul. ex Fest. p. 13 Müll.:

colonos Venusiam adscripserunt,

Liv. 31, 49; so id. 32, 7; 33, 24; 34, 42;

35, 9 al.: coloniam deduxit adscriptis veteranis,

Suet. Ner. 9;

so also of ambassadors,

Phaedr. 4, 17, 16.—

Trop.

To reckon or number in a class, include among:

adscripsit Liber Satyris poëtas,

Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 4 (cf. id. ib. 1, 9, 13:

scribe tui gregis hunc): aliquem ordinibus deorum,

id. C. 3, 3, 35:

nationes Germanis an Sarmatis adscribam, dubito,

Tac. G. 46:

aliquem antiquis temporibus,

id. Or. 17.—

To add or join to:

ad hoc genus ascribamus etiam narrationes apologorum,

Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 264:

admiratus eorum fidem tyrannus petivit, ut se ad amicitiam tertium adscriberent,

id. Off. 3, 10, 45; so id. Tusc. 5, 22, 63; id. ad Q. Fr. 1, 1, 5:

tu vero ascribe me in talem numerum,

id. Phil. 2, 13:

suae alicujus sententiam,

id. Opt. Gen. 6:

unus A. Gabinius belli maritimi Cn. Pompeio socius ascribitur, i. e. additur,

id. Imp. Pomp. 19 fin. —Hence also of attributes of a deity:

Jovi aquila adscribitur,

is ascribed, Plin. 10, 5, 6, § 18.

a-scrībo ( ads-, Baiter, Halm, Weissenb., K. and H.; as-, Kayser), psi, ptum, 3, v. a., to annex by writing, to add to a writing (syn.: annumero, addo, insero, attribuo, tribuo).

In gen.

Lit., constr. absol. or with dat., in with acc. or abl.

Absol.:

non solum illud perscribunt, quod tum prohibiti sunt, sed etiam causam ascribunt cur etc.,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 35:

illud minime auguris, quod adscripsit, ob eam causam, etc.,

id. Div. 1, 16, 29.—

With dat.:

Terentia salutem tibi plurimam adscribit,

Cic. Att. 1, 5 fin.:

coheredem sibi libertum ejus adscriptum,

Suet. Vit. 14.—

With in with acc. or abl.: hoc tibi respondeo: ascripsisse eundem Sullam in eandem legem: si quid, etc.: nam nisi esset, hoc in omnibus legibus non ascriberetur, Cic. Caecin. 33, 95 (B. and K., in eādem lege):

antiquior dies in tuis adscripta litteris,

id. ad Q. Fr. 3, 1, 3:

in alterā epistulā diem non adscribis,

do not add the date, id. Att. 3, 23:

nomen suum in albo profitentium citharoedorum jussit adscribi,

Suet. Ner. 21; id. Tib. 51 al.—Esp. freq. of superscriptions and inscriptions:

Recita epistulam. TIMARCHIDES VERRIS ACCENSVS APRONIO. Jam hoc quidem non reprehendo, quod ascribit ACCENSVS,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 66:

non credo ascripturum esse magno,

id. Agr. 2, 20:

novo si marmori adscripserunt Praxitelem suo,

Phaedr. 5, prol. 6:

tumulo publice exstructo adscripserant, pro libertate eos occubuisse,

Suet. Aug. 12 fin.:

ut qui statuarum titulis pronepotem se Q. Catuli Capitolini semper adscripserit,

id. Galb. 2; id. Ner. 45; id. Aug. 70.—

Trop.

To impute, ascribe, attribute to one the cause of something:

hoc incommodum Scipioni ascribendum videtur,

Cic. Inv. 1, 49:

panaces diis inventoribus adscriptum,

Plin. 25, 4, 11, § 30; Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 81;

and (per hypallagen, cf. Rudd. II. p. 393): cur autem ascribimus illum his lacrimis (instead of illi has lacrimas),

id. Rapt. Pros. 3, 419; cf. id. Idyll. 6, 81:

nomini meo adscribatur victoria,

Vulg. 2 Reg. 12, 28.—

To place to one's credit, i. e. to settle, fix, designate, appoint:

eidem (servo) adscripsisse legatum,

bequeathed to him, Plin. Ep. 4, 10.— Poet.:

culpam lues, olim cum adscriptus venerit poenae dies,

Phaedr. 4, 11, 8.—

Adscribere sibi aliquid, to apply, refer something to one's self:

qui facere quae non possunt, verbis elevant, Adscribere hoc debebunt exemplum sibi,

Phaedr. 4, 3, 6.—

A.. Esp., t. t., to enroll, enter in a list ( as citizen, soldier, colonist, etc.):

ascribi se in eam civitatem voluit,

to be entered, received as a citizen, Cic. Arch. 4:

si qui foederatis civitatibus ascripti fuissent,

id. ib.:

urbanae militiae adscribebatur,

Tac. H. 2, 94:

adscribantur ex Judaeis in exercitu regis ad triginta milia virorum,

Vulg. 1 Macc. 10, 36: adscripti dicebantur qui in colonias nomina dedissent, ut essent coloni, Paul. ex Fest. p. 13 Müll.:

colonos Venusiam adscripserunt,

Liv. 31, 49; so id. 32, 7; 33, 24; 34, 42;

35, 9 al.: coloniam deduxit adscriptis veteranis,

Suet. Ner. 9;

so also of ambassadors,

Phaedr. 4, 17, 16.—

Trop.

To reckon or number in a class, include among:

adscripsit Liber Satyris poëtas,

Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 4 (cf. id. ib. 1, 9, 13:

scribe tui gregis hunc): aliquem ordinibus deorum,

id. C. 3, 3, 35:

nationes Germanis an Sarmatis adscribam, dubito,

Tac. G. 46:

aliquem antiquis temporibus,

id. Or. 17.—

To add or join to:

ad hoc genus ascribamus etiam narrationes apologorum,

Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 264:

admiratus eorum fidem tyrannus petivit, ut se ad amicitiam tertium adscriberent,

id. Off. 3, 10, 45; so id. Tusc. 5, 22, 63; id. ad Q. Fr. 1, 1, 5:

tu vero ascribe me in talem numerum,

id. Phil. 2, 13:

suae alicujus sententiam,

id. Opt. Gen. 6:

unus A. Gabinius belli maritimi Cn. Pompeio socius ascribitur, i. e. additur,

id. Imp. Pomp. 19 fin. —Hence also of attributes of a deity:

Jovi aquila adscribitur,

is ascribed, Plin. 10, 5, 6, § 18.

ap-pingo ( adp-, Baiter, K. and H.), ĕre, v. a., to paint upon something (very rare): Delphinum silvis adpingit, fluctibus aprum, * Hor. A. P. 30:

colorem vetusculum,

Front. Or. 1, p. 229; 2, p. 257; Laud. Neglig. 2, 371.—In Cic. in epistolary style, also of writing, to add by writing, to write:

adpinge aliquid novi,

Cic. Att. 2, 8, 2.

ap-pingo, ĕre, 3, v. a. [pango], to fasten or joint to: aliquid alicui rei, Paul. ex Fest. p. 8 Müll.

ap-pingo ( adp-, Baiter, K. and H.), ĕre, v. a., to paint upon something (very rare): Delphinum silvis adpingit, fluctibus aprum, * Hor. A. P. 30:

colorem vetusculum,

Front. Or. 1, p. 229; 2, p. 257; Laud. Neglig. 2, 371.—In Cic. in epistolary style, also of writing, to add by writing, to write:

adpinge aliquid novi,

Cic. Att. 2, 8, 2.

ap-pingo, ĕre, 3, v. a. [pango], to fasten or joint to: aliquid alicui rei, Paul. ex Fest. p. 8 Müll.

dēmum (also demus, like prorsus, quorsus, rursus, deorsus, Liv. Andr. ap. Paul. ex Fest. p. 70, 8 Müll.; Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 51 Ritschl and Brix), adv. [a sup. form from de, downmost; cf.: sub, summus], used to give prominence to an idea in opposition to or restriction of another, at length, at last, not till then; just, precisely; only, etc.

In Latin of every period and description of writing (for syn. cf.: tandem, denique, postremum, primo).

Enclitically with pronouns, like adeo (but less freq.), just, precisely, especially, exactly, indeed; also translated by an emphasis of the pronoun:

id demum lepidumst,

Plaut. Pers. 2, 3, 14; cf.:

sic sentio, id demum aut potius id solum esse miserum, quod turpe sit,

Cic. Att. 8, 8 init.:

idem velle atque idem nolle, ea demum firma amicitia est,

Sall. C. 20, 4; cf. id. ib. 12 fin.:

relinquere aculeum in audientium animis is demum potest, qui, etc.,

Plin. Ep. 1, 20, 18:

tamquam ad eam linguam demum natus esset,

Quint. 6 prooem. §

11: me fortuna hac demum voluit consistere terra,

Verg. A. 1, 629; cf. id. ib. 2, 743 al.:

ille demum antiquis est adulescens moribus,

Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 20:

per quaedam parva sane, si ipsa demum aestimes, ducunt,

Quint. 1, 10, 5:

vos demum, ut video, legem antiquastis sine tabella. Sed ego, etc.,

Cic. Leg. 3, 17, 38 (but Bait. vos quidem):

quae demum causae secundam valetudinem praestent, Cels. praef.: jam vero exsilium, si rerum naturam, non ignominiam nominis quaerimus, quantum demum a perpetua peregrinatione differt?

Cic. Tusc. 5, 37, 107:

sciscitando eo demum pervenit, ut haud procul esset, quin Remum agnosceret,

Liv. 1, 5 fin. —

Strengthened by a preceding verum enim vero, or a following profecto:

verum enim vero id demum juvat, si quem, etc.,

Ter. Ad. 2, 3, 2; Sall. C. 2, 9; cf. Liv. 4, 4:

is demum profecto vitam aequa lance pensitabit, etc.,

Plin. 7, 7, 5.—

Separated from the pronoun:

hoc est demum quod percrucior,

Plaut. Bac. 5, 1, 13:

illa seges demum,

Verg. G. 1, 47.—

Enclitically with the adverbs nunc, tum, or tunc, post, modo, jam, ibi, sic, etc.; just, precisely, not till; also freq. expressed by more strongly accenting those particles.—

Nunc demum, Gr. nun dê, now, now at length, at last (cf.: nunc adeo, under 2. adeo, no. B. 2. c.):

nunc demum ego cum illa fabulabor libere,

Plaut. Poen. 5, 3, 40;

so with scio,

id. Epid. 3, 4, 22; id. Mil. 2, 6, 62;

with intellego,

Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 12; cf.:

nunc demum rescribo iis litteris, quas, etc.,

Cic. Att. 16, 3; and:

undevicesimo aetatis anno dicere in foro coepi et nunc demum, quid praestare debeat orator, adhuc tamen per caliginem video,

yet it is only now that I am at length beginning to see, Plin. Ep. 5, 8, 8 et saep.—

In Plautus with following conjunctions, cum, quoniam, etc.:

nunc demum a me insipienter factum esse arbitror, Cum rem cognosco,

Plaut. Mil. 2, 6, 80; cf. id. Rud. 4, 4, 78.—

Separated by pol, edepol, or other words:

nunc pol demum ego sum liber,

Plaut. Cas. 4, 4, 14:

nunc edepol demum in memoriam regredior, cum cogito, etc.,

id. Capt. 5, 4; 25; id. Cas. 4, 4, 14; id. Aul. 1, 2, 1:

heu, nunc misero mihi demum Exsilium infelix!

Verg. A. 10, 849.—

Tum demum, then at length, then indeed (so most freq., esp. in the historians;

in Caes. only in this connection): tum demum Liscus oratione Caesaris adductus, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 1, 17; 1, 50, 2; 1, 51, 2; Liv. 2, 20; 3, 12; Plin. Ep. 6, 20, 6; Verg. A. 6, 330; 573; id. G. 3, 205; Ov. F. 4, 615 et saep.:

utraque re satis experta tum demum consules,

Liv. 2, 29.—

With foll. conjunct. ubi, si, cum, etc. (and in Plautus also separate; cf. above, no. 1. b. and c.):

ubi expolivero, Magis hoc tum demum dices,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 61; Sall. J. 46; Cels. 7, 27 fin.:

si id facies, tum demum scibis, etc.,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 8, 56; id. Men. 2, 2, 71; Cic. Rep. 1, 24; cf. with quodsi, Att. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 10, 4:

ac tum demum, cum medium tenuere, etc.,

Plin. Ep. 8, 20, 7:

tum tu igitur demum id adulescenti aurum dabis, Ubi, etc.,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 52.—Once in this connection demum alone:

servata res est demum, si illam videro,

Plaut. Merc. 5, 2, 68.—

Tunc demum (cf. Drak. Liv. 41, 3, 5):

tunc demum intelleges, etc.,

Sen. Ep. 121; Suet. Calig. 9; Vulg. Gen. 41, 9; and with cum, Col. praef. fin.;

with ubi,

Cels. 3, 6, and 10.—

Post demum, afterwards, not till after:

post eum demum huc cras adducam,

Plaut. As. 5, 2, 65:

post igitur demum, etc.,

id. Amph. 3, 1, 16.—With post as praep.: unas enim post idus Martias, Asin. Pollio ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 31, 4:

post biduum demum,

Suet. Aug. 10 fin. —

Modo demum, only now, now for the first time:

modone id demum sensti,

Ter. And. 5, 3, 11.—

Jam demum, now at last, now (cf. dê... êdê, Eurip. Suppl. 980;

Troad. 235),

Ov. Tr. 2, 8.—

Ibi demum, just there:

illic ibi demum'st locus, ubi, etc.,

Plaut. Capt. 5, 4, 3; Quint. 10, 3, 13:

ibi demum morte quievit,

Verg. A. 9, 445; cf. id. ib. 1, 629; Stat. Th. 2, 474; id. Silv. 2, 3, 14; cf.

also ibi demum, of time,

Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 53.—

Sic demum:

sic demum socios consumpta nocte reviso,

Verg. A. 2, 795; 6, 154.—

Ita demum, Vulg. 2 Mac. 6, 15.—

With the abl. temp. or absol.:

ego novus maritus anno demum quinto et sexagesimo fiam?

Ter. Ad. 5, 8, 15:

decimo demum pugnavimus anno,

Ov. M. 13, 209:

quarta vix demum exponimur hora,

Hor. S. 1, 5, 23:

hieme demum,

Plin. Ep. 7, 2, 2:

pontificatum maximum, quem numquam vivo Lepido auferre sustinuerat, mortuo demum suscepit,

Suet. Aug. 31; cf.:

appellato demum collegio obtinuit,

id. Caes. 23:

his demum exactis,

Verg. A. 6, 637:

noctu demum rex recessit,

Curt. 7, 11, 20.—And once with the nominative of the part. perf.:

damnatus demum, vi coactus reddidit Mille et ducentos Philippos,

i. e. not until condemned, Plaut. Bac. 2, 4, 38.—

To add emphasis to the idea contained in a proposition, in fact, in very truth, certainly, indeed (rare):

ea sunt enim demum non ferenda in mendacio, quae, etc.,

Cic. Rep. 2, 15:

immemor est demum, nec frugum munere dignus, qui, etc.,

Ov. M. 15, 122; Quint. 10, 6, 5;

so to strengthen a comparative (cf.: adeo, etiam): latius demum ire,

further yet, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 156:

num expositio haec longior demum esse debeat,

Quint. 4, 2, 79.—

In postAug. Latin.

Only, solely, exclusively ( = duntaxat, tantum, solum, tantummodo, modo): ne vulgarem viam ingressus, alienis demum vestigiis insisterem, Quint. prooem. § 3; id. 2, 15, 1:

adeo suis demum oculis credidit,

id. 11, 3, 68: quaedam (verba) tertiae demum personae figura dicuntur, ut licet, piget, id. 1, 4, 29: [p. 545] qui (Cicero) non assecutus esset docendo judicem tantum et utiliter demum ac Latine perspicueque dicendo, ut, etc., id. 8, 3, 3 et saep.:

nihil magis pro contione testatus est, quam id demum se habiturum, quod, etc.,

but just that, Suet. Oth. 6 et saep.:

ut non is demum sit veneficus, qui vitam abstulit data potione, sed etiam qui mentem,

Quint. 9, 2, 105; cf.

with the following verum etiam,

id. 7 prooem. § 1.—

Ita demum, only so; then or in that case only; not till then ( = tum demum);

esp. freq. in conditional propositions: si plus humoris excernitur quam assumitur, ita demum secundae valetudinis spes est,

Cels. 3, 21; Plin. Ep. 3, 3, 2; Suet. Claud. 25 al.—

To point out something as taking place only after previous delay, at length, at last = tandem:

quod oppidum Hispaniae frustra diu oppugnatum illitis demum galbano facibus succenderit,

Suet. Galb. 3; cf. corresp. with tandem, id. Calig. 6.—

For denique no. II. 2, finally, in fine:

ex quibus alium Ciceroni, alium Caesari, singulis demum singulos opponeremus,

Tac. Or. 26 fin. Cf. Hand Turs. II. p. 250-260; Zumpt ad Curt. 6, 39, 25; Mützell ad Curt. 3, 7, 8; 3, 22, 26.

prō̆pāgo, āvi, ātum, āre, v. a. [pro and root pag- of pango, pêgnumi].

Lit.

To set or fasten down; hence, to set slips, propagate by slips, Cato, R. R. 52, 1:

castanea melius ex vicino pertica declinata propagatur,

Col. 4, 33, 3:

vitem, ficum, oleam, Punicam, malorum genera omnia, laurum, prunos,

Plin. 17, 13, 21, § 96:

abrotonum cacumine suo se propagat,

id. 21, 10, 34, § 60.—Hence,

In gen., to propagate, generate, continue by procreation:

stirpem,

Cic. Phil. 1, 6, 13:

cum ipse sui generis initium ac nominis ab se gigni et propagari vellet,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 70, § 180:

prolem,

Lucr. 2, 996.—

Transf.

In gen., to extend, enlarge, increase:

fines imperii,

Cic. Rep. 3, 12, 21:

finis imperii propagavit,

Nep. Ham. 2, 5:

eo bello terminos populi Romani propagari,

Liv. 36, 1, 3:

terminos Urbis,

Tac. A. 12, 23:

augere et propagare imperium,

Suet. Ner. 18:

propagatae civitates,

Vell. 1, 14, 1:

sumptus cenarum,

Gell. 2, 24, 15:

notitiam Britanniae,

Plin. 4, 16, 30, § 102: fidem Christianam propagare, Greg. M. in Job, 27, 37.—

In time, to prolong, continue, extend, preserve (syn.:

prorogo, produco): victu fero vitam propagare,

Cic. Inv. 1, 2, 2:

haec posteritati propagantur,

are transferred to posterity, id. Sest. 48, 102:

meus consulatus multa saecula propagarit rei publicae,

has preserved the State for many centuries, id. Cat. 2, 5, 11:

vitam aucupio,

to prolong, preserve, id. Fin. 5, 11, 32:

memoriam aeternam alicui,

Plin. 15, 14, 15, § 49: imperium consuli in annum, to prolong, = prorogare, Liv. 23, 25, 11:

hereditarium bellum, sic facta hominis vita est temporaria, sed longa, quae in mille annos propagaretur,

Lact. 2, 12, 21.—

To add as an appendix or extension, in writing:

Carum cum liberis,

i. e. the life of, Vop. 24, 8.

prō̆pāgo (prŏ-, Lucr. 1, 42; Verg. A. 6, 870; Ov. M. 2, 38:

prō-,

Verg. G. 2, 26), ĭnis, f. (m., Fab. Pict. ap. Gell. 10, 15, 13) [1. propago].

Lit.

A set, layer of a plant, Cic. Sen. 15, 52; Col. Arb. 7, 2:

arbores aut semine proveniunt, aut plantis radicis, aut propagine, aut avulsione, aut surculo, aut insito et consecto arboris trunco,

Plin. 17, 10, 9, § 58.—

Of any slip or shoot that may be used for propagating: propagines e vitibus altius praetentos non succidet, Fab. Pict. ap. Gell. 10, 15, 13; Hor. Epod. 2, 9; Vulg. Gen. 40, 10.—

Transf., of men and beasts, offspring, descendant, child; children, race, breed, stock, progeny, posterity (mostly poet.), Lucr. 5, 1027:

Memmi clara,

id. 1, 42:

alipedis de stirpe dei versuta propago,

Ov. M. 11, 312:

Romana,

Verg. A. 6, 871:

vera,

Ov. M. 2, 38; cf. id. ib. 1, 160:

blanda catulorum,

Lucr. 4, 997.—In prose:

aliorum ejus liberorum propago Liciniani sunt cognominati,

Plin. 7, 14, 12, § 62:

clarorum virorum propagines,

descendants, posterity, Nep. Att. 18, 2. [p. 1468]