to+fix

• If it ain't broke, don't fix it

to agree, fix, settle, make arrangements.

to arrange, decide, appoint, settle, found, set up.

to set up, place, establish, post, station.

to fix, station, place, cause to stand, set

to fasten down, make fast, fix / determine settle / appoint

to fix the limits of, set boundaries to, delimit.

to fix, fasten / to imprint, impress.

to fix, hammer in, drive in, fasten

to repair, fix, restore.

af-for (better adf-), ātus, 1, v. dep. (used only in the pres. indic., but not in first person sing.; in the perf. part., the inf., and in the imper., second person); in gen. only poet.: aliquem, to speak to, to accost, or address one: quem neque tueri contra neque affari queas, Att.ap.Macr. 6, 1: licet enim versibus eisdem mihi adfari te, Attice, quibus adfatur Flamininum ille, *Cic. Sen. 1:

aliquem nomine,

id. Brut. 72, 253; so id. ib. 3, 13; Verg. A. 3, 492:

hostem supplex adfare superbum,

id. ib. 4, 424:

aliquem blande,

Stat. Achill. 1, 251:

ubi me adfamini,

Curt. 4, 11: adfari deos, to pray to the gods, Att. ap Non. 111, 27; Verg. A. 2, 700:

precando Adfamur Vestam,

Ov. F. 6, 303: adfari mortuum, to bid farewell to the dead at the burial, to take the last adieu:

sic positum adfati discedite corpus,

Verg. A. 2, 644.—So also:

adfari extremum,

Verg. A. 9, 484.—

Esp.. in augurial lang., to fix the limits of the auspices: effari templa dicuntur ab auguribus;

adfantur qui in his fines sunt,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 53 Müll. (where the pass. use of the word should be observed; cf. App. M. 11, p. 265, 39 Elm.).

al-lĭgo ( adl-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.

A.. Lit., to bind to something:

ad statuam,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 42, § 90:

ad palum,

id. ib. 2, 5, 28, § 71;

so in the witticism of Cic.: Quis generum meum ad gladium adligavit?

Macr. S. 2, 3:

leones adligati,

Sen. Brev. Vit. 13. —In Col. of binding the vine to trees or other supports, 4, 13; so id. 4, 20.—

In gen., to bind, to bind up, bind round:

dolia,

Cato, R. R. 39. So of the binding up of wounds: vulnus, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 17, 39:

adligatum vulnus,

Liv. 7, 24:

oculus adligatus,

Cic. Div. 1, 54, 123.—Of the binding of the hands, feet, etc.:

adliga, inquam, colliga,

Plaut. Ep. 5, 2, 26:

cum adligāsset Isaac filium,

Vulg. Gen. 22, 9; ib. Act. 21, 11:

adligari se ac venire patitur,

Tac. G. 24:

adligetur vinculo ferreo,

Vulg. Dan. 4, 12:

catenis,

ib. Act. 21, 33.—Hence, allĭgāti ( adl-) (sc. servi), slaves that are fettered, Col. 1, 9.—Of other things:

adligare caput lanā,

Mart. 12, 91: adligat (naves) ancora, makes or holds fast, Verg. A. 1, 169.—In Plin. of fixing colors, to fix, make fast: (alga) ita colorem adligans, ut elui postea non possit, 32, 6, 22, § 66; 9, 38, 62, § 134.— Poet.:

lac adligatum,

curdled, Mart. 8, 64.—

Trop., to bind, to hold fast, to hinder, detain; or in a moral sense, to bind, to oblige, lay under obligation (cf. obligo;

very freq., but in the class. per. for the most part only in more elevated prose): caput suum,

Plaut. Ep. 3, 2, 33:

jure jurando adligare aliquem,

id. Rud. prol. 46; Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 58:

hic furti se adligat,

shows himself guilty, id. Eun. 4, 7, 39 (astringit, illaqueat, et obnoxium facit, Don.; cf. Plaut. Poen. 3, 4, 27:

homo furti se astringet,

Cic. Fl. 17; for this gen. cf. Roby, §

1324): adligare se scelere,

Cic. Planc. 33:

adligatus sponsu,

Varr. L. L. 6, 7 med.:

nuptiis adligari,

Cic. Clu. 179:

lex omnes mortales adligat,

id. ib. 54:

non modo beneficio sed etiam benevolentiae significatione adligari,

id. Planc. 33, 81:

stipulatione adligari,

id. Q. Rosc. 34:

more majorum,

id. Sest. 16:

ne existiment ita se adligatos, ut, etc.,

id. Lael. 12, 42:

ne forte quā re impediar et adliger,

id. Att. 8, 16 al. — With dat. (eccl. Lat.):

adligatus es uxori,

Vulg. 1 Cor. 7, 27:

legi,

ib. Rom. 7, 2; ib. 1 Cor. 7, 39 (= lege).—

*

Adligatus calculus, in games of chess,

a piece that cannot be moved, Sen. Ep. 17 fin.

al-lĭgo ( adl-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.

A.. Lit., to bind to something:

ad statuam,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 42, § 90:

ad palum,

id. ib. 2, 5, 28, § 71;

so in the witticism of Cic.: Quis generum meum ad gladium adligavit?

Macr. S. 2, 3:

leones adligati,

Sen. Brev. Vit. 13. —In Col. of binding the vine to trees or other supports, 4, 13; so id. 4, 20.—

In gen., to bind, to bind up, bind round:

dolia,

Cato, R. R. 39. So of the binding up of wounds: vulnus, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 17, 39:

adligatum vulnus,

Liv. 7, 24:

oculus adligatus,

Cic. Div. 1, 54, 123.—Of the binding of the hands, feet, etc.:

adliga, inquam, colliga,

Plaut. Ep. 5, 2, 26:

cum adligāsset Isaac filium,

Vulg. Gen. 22, 9; ib. Act. 21, 11:

adligari se ac venire patitur,

Tac. G. 24:

adligetur vinculo ferreo,

Vulg. Dan. 4, 12:

catenis,

ib. Act. 21, 33.—Hence, allĭgāti ( adl-) (sc. servi), slaves that are fettered, Col. 1, 9.—Of other things:

adligare caput lanā,

Mart. 12, 91: adligat (naves) ancora, makes or holds fast, Verg. A. 1, 169.—In Plin. of fixing colors, to fix, make fast: (alga) ita colorem adligans, ut elui postea non possit, 32, 6, 22, § 66; 9, 38, 62, § 134.— Poet.:

lac adligatum,

curdled, Mart. 8, 64.—

Trop., to bind, to hold fast, to hinder, detain; or in a moral sense, to bind, to oblige, lay under obligation (cf. obligo;

very freq., but in the class. per. for the most part only in more elevated prose): caput suum,

Plaut. Ep. 3, 2, 33:

jure jurando adligare aliquem,

id. Rud. prol. 46; Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 58:

hic furti se adligat,

shows himself guilty, id. Eun. 4, 7, 39 (astringit, illaqueat, et obnoxium facit, Don.; cf. Plaut. Poen. 3, 4, 27:

homo furti se astringet,

Cic. Fl. 17; for this gen. cf. Roby, §

1324): adligare se scelere,

Cic. Planc. 33:

adligatus sponsu,

Varr. L. L. 6, 7 med.:

nuptiis adligari,

Cic. Clu. 179:

lex omnes mortales adligat,

id. ib. 54:

non modo beneficio sed etiam benevolentiae significatione adligari,

id. Planc. 33, 81:

stipulatione adligari,

id. Q. Rosc. 34:

more majorum,

id. Sest. 16:

ne existiment ita se adligatos, ut, etc.,

id. Lael. 12, 42:

ne forte quā re impediar et adliger,

id. Att. 8, 16 al. — With dat. (eccl. Lat.):

adligatus es uxori,

Vulg. 1 Cor. 7, 27:

legi,

ib. Rom. 7, 2; ib. 1 Cor. 7, 39 (= lege).—

*

Adligatus calculus, in games of chess,

a piece that cannot be moved, Sen. Ep. 17 fin.

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.

af-for (better adf-), ātus, 1, v. dep. (used only in the pres. indic., but not in first person sing.; in the perf. part., the inf., and in the imper., second person); in gen. only poet.: aliquem, to speak to, to accost, or address one: quem neque tueri contra neque affari queas, Att.ap.Macr. 6, 1: licet enim versibus eisdem mihi adfari te, Attice, quibus adfatur Flamininum ille, *Cic. Sen. 1:

aliquem nomine,

id. Brut. 72, 253; so id. ib. 3, 13; Verg. A. 3, 492:

hostem supplex adfare superbum,

id. ib. 4, 424:

aliquem blande,

Stat. Achill. 1, 251:

ubi me adfamini,

Curt. 4, 11: adfari deos, to pray to the gods, Att. ap Non. 111, 27; Verg. A. 2, 700:

precando Adfamur Vestam,

Ov. F. 6, 303: adfari mortuum, to bid farewell to the dead at the burial, to take the last adieu:

sic positum adfati discedite corpus,

Verg. A. 2, 644.—So also:

adfari extremum,

Verg. A. 9, 484.—

Esp.. in augurial lang., to fix the limits of the auspices: effari templa dicuntur ab auguribus;

adfantur qui in his fines sunt,

Varr. L. L. 6, § 53 Müll. (where the pass. use of the word should be observed; cf. App. M. 11, p. 265, 39 Elm.).

al-lĭgo ( adl-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.

A.. Lit., to bind to something:

ad statuam,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 42, § 90:

ad palum,

id. ib. 2, 5, 28, § 71;

so in the witticism of Cic.: Quis generum meum ad gladium adligavit?

Macr. S. 2, 3:

leones adligati,

Sen. Brev. Vit. 13. —In Col. of binding the vine to trees or other supports, 4, 13; so id. 4, 20.—

In gen., to bind, to bind up, bind round:

dolia,

Cato, R. R. 39. So of the binding up of wounds: vulnus, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 17, 39:

adligatum vulnus,

Liv. 7, 24:

oculus adligatus,

Cic. Div. 1, 54, 123.—Of the binding of the hands, feet, etc.:

adliga, inquam, colliga,

Plaut. Ep. 5, 2, 26:

cum adligāsset Isaac filium,

Vulg. Gen. 22, 9; ib. Act. 21, 11:

adligari se ac venire patitur,

Tac. G. 24:

adligetur vinculo ferreo,

Vulg. Dan. 4, 12:

catenis,

ib. Act. 21, 33.—Hence, allĭgāti ( adl-) (sc. servi), slaves that are fettered, Col. 1, 9.—Of other things:

adligare caput lanā,

Mart. 12, 91: adligat (naves) ancora, makes or holds fast, Verg. A. 1, 169.—In Plin. of fixing colors, to fix, make fast: (alga) ita colorem adligans, ut elui postea non possit, 32, 6, 22, § 66; 9, 38, 62, § 134.— Poet.:

lac adligatum,

curdled, Mart. 8, 64.—

Trop., to bind, to hold fast, to hinder, detain; or in a moral sense, to bind, to oblige, lay under obligation (cf. obligo;

very freq., but in the class. per. for the most part only in more elevated prose): caput suum,

Plaut. Ep. 3, 2, 33:

jure jurando adligare aliquem,

id. Rud. prol. 46; Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 58:

hic furti se adligat,

shows himself guilty, id. Eun. 4, 7, 39 (astringit, illaqueat, et obnoxium facit, Don.; cf. Plaut. Poen. 3, 4, 27:

homo furti se astringet,

Cic. Fl. 17; for this gen. cf. Roby, §

1324): adligare se scelere,

Cic. Planc. 33:

adligatus sponsu,

Varr. L. L. 6, 7 med.:

nuptiis adligari,

Cic. Clu. 179:

lex omnes mortales adligat,

id. ib. 54:

non modo beneficio sed etiam benevolentiae significatione adligari,

id. Planc. 33, 81:

stipulatione adligari,

id. Q. Rosc. 34:

more majorum,

id. Sest. 16:

ne existiment ita se adligatos, ut, etc.,

id. Lael. 12, 42:

ne forte quā re impediar et adliger,

id. Att. 8, 16 al. — With dat. (eccl. Lat.):

adligatus es uxori,

Vulg. 1 Cor. 7, 27:

legi,

ib. Rom. 7, 2; ib. 1 Cor. 7, 39 (= lege).—

*

Adligatus calculus, in games of chess,

a piece that cannot be moved, Sen. Ep. 17 fin.

al-lĭgo ( adl-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.

A.. Lit., to bind to something:

ad statuam,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 42, § 90:

ad palum,

id. ib. 2, 5, 28, § 71;

so in the witticism of Cic.: Quis generum meum ad gladium adligavit?

Macr. S. 2, 3:

leones adligati,

Sen. Brev. Vit. 13. —In Col. of binding the vine to trees or other supports, 4, 13; so id. 4, 20.—

In gen., to bind, to bind up, bind round:

dolia,

Cato, R. R. 39. So of the binding up of wounds: vulnus, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 17, 39:

adligatum vulnus,

Liv. 7, 24:

oculus adligatus,

Cic. Div. 1, 54, 123.—Of the binding of the hands, feet, etc.:

adliga, inquam, colliga,

Plaut. Ep. 5, 2, 26:

cum adligāsset Isaac filium,

Vulg. Gen. 22, 9; ib. Act. 21, 11:

adligari se ac venire patitur,

Tac. G. 24:

adligetur vinculo ferreo,

Vulg. Dan. 4, 12:

catenis,

ib. Act. 21, 33.—Hence, allĭgāti ( adl-) (sc. servi), slaves that are fettered, Col. 1, 9.—Of other things:

adligare caput lanā,

Mart. 12, 91: adligat (naves) ancora, makes or holds fast, Verg. A. 1, 169.—In Plin. of fixing colors, to fix, make fast: (alga) ita colorem adligans, ut elui postea non possit, 32, 6, 22, § 66; 9, 38, 62, § 134.— Poet.:

lac adligatum,

curdled, Mart. 8, 64.—

Trop., to bind, to hold fast, to hinder, detain; or in a moral sense, to bind, to oblige, lay under obligation (cf. obligo;

very freq., but in the class. per. for the most part only in more elevated prose): caput suum,

Plaut. Ep. 3, 2, 33:

jure jurando adligare aliquem,

id. Rud. prol. 46; Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 58:

hic furti se adligat,

shows himself guilty, id. Eun. 4, 7, 39 (astringit, illaqueat, et obnoxium facit, Don.; cf. Plaut. Poen. 3, 4, 27:

homo furti se astringet,

Cic. Fl. 17; for this gen. cf. Roby, §

1324): adligare se scelere,

Cic. Planc. 33:

adligatus sponsu,

Varr. L. L. 6, 7 med.:

nuptiis adligari,

Cic. Clu. 179:

lex omnes mortales adligat,

id. ib. 54:

non modo beneficio sed etiam benevolentiae significatione adligari,

id. Planc. 33, 81:

stipulatione adligari,

id. Q. Rosc. 34:

more majorum,

id. Sest. 16:

ne existiment ita se adligatos, ut, etc.,

id. Lael. 12, 42:

ne forte quā re impediar et adliger,

id. Att. 8, 16 al. — With dat. (eccl. Lat.):

adligatus es uxori,

Vulg. 1 Cor. 7, 27:

legi,

ib. Rom. 7, 2; ib. 1 Cor. 7, 39 (= lege).—

*

Adligatus calculus, in games of chess,

a piece that cannot be moved, Sen. Ep. 17 fin.

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.