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  • 1 perscribo

    per-scrībo, psi, ptum, 3, v. a.
    I.
    Lit., to write in full or at length, to write out, to write without abbreviations (cf.: conscribo, compono): verbo non perscripto, not being written in full, Tiro Tullius ap. Gell. 10, 1, 7:

    in M. Catonis quartā Origine ita perscriptum est,

    written out, written in full, Gell. 10, 1, 10:

    notata, non perscripta erat summa,

    Suet. Galb. 5:

    est circa perscribendas vel paucioribus litteris notandas voces studium necessarium,

    Val. Prob. Not. Sign. 1.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    To write a full description of, to write in full or at length, to write out:

    nunc velim mihi plane perscribas, quid videas,

    Cic. Att. 3, 13, 2:

    de meis rebus ad Lollium perscripsi,

    id. Fam. 5, 3, 2:

    hoc perscriptum in monumentis veteribus reperietis, ut, etc.,

    id. Agr. 2, 32, 88: res populi Romani a primordio urbis, Liv. praef. init.:

    versum puris verbis,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 54. —
    B.
    To write or note down; to enter, register, Caes. B. C. 1, 6:

    quoniam nondum perscriptum est senatūs consultum, ex memoriā vobis, quid senatus censuerit exponam,

    Cic. Cat. 3, 6, 13:

    in tabulas publicas ad aerarium perscribenda curavit,

    id. Verr. 1, 21, 57; 2, 1, 35, § 89.—Hence, tabulae ubi aera perscribantur usuraria, i. e. inscribed, but never paid out, Plaut. Truc. 1, 1, 53.—Esp., of entering in an account-book:

    falsum nomen,

    Cic. Rosc. Com. 1, 1.—
    C.
    To write a full account of to any one, to announce, relate, or describe in writing or by letter:

    rem gestam in Eburonibus perscribit,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 47; id. B. C. 1, 53:

    perscribit in litteris hostes ab se discessisse,

    id. B. G. 5, 49:

    orationem alicui,

    Cic. Fam. 5, 4, 2:

    omnia,

    id. ib. 14, 5, 1.—
    D.
    To make over in writing, to assign any thing to any one:

    argentum perscripsi illis, quibus debui,

    Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 30:

    pecuniam,

    Cic. Fl. 19, 44; cf. id. Att. 16, 2, 1:

    si quid usurae nomine numeratum aut perscriptum fuisset,

    Suet. Caes. 42; cf. Liv. 24, 18.—
    E.
    To draw a line across, to cross a written character = diagraphein (post-class.):

    as nummus est libralis et per I perscriptam notatur †: dupondius nummus est bilibris per duas II perscriptas H, etc.... denarius quoque decem librarum nummus per X perscriptam notatur *,

    Prisc. de Ponder. p. 1347 P.

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  • 2 scrībō

        scrībō scrīpsī, scrīptus, ere    [SCARP-], to scratch, grave, engrave, draw: quamque lineam: columna litteris scripta, inscribed, Cu.: scripto radiat Germanicus auro, Iu.: mihi Scripta illa dicta sunt in animo Chrysidis, graven, T.— To write: cum HS XXX scripta essent pro HS CCC: erat scriptum ipsius manu: suā manu scripsit, L.: Scripta ‘soror’ fuerat, O.— To write, write out, compose, draw up, produce: quo nemo in scribendo praestantior fuit: ad scribendum animum appulit, T.: Sumite materiem vestris, qui scribitis, aequam Viribus, H.: Denique nec video de tot scribentibus unum, O.: Graecam historiam: librum de rebus rusticis: in Catone Maiore, qui est scriptus ad te de senectute: defensionem causae suae: notas, O.: carmina, H.: epistulis tuis perdiligenter scriptis: litteras, quas ad Pompeium scripsi, tibi misi.— To draw up, draught, formulate, prepare, execute: urbana militia respondendi scribendi, i. e. of drawing legal instruments: testamenta: leges: senatūs consulto scribendo Lamiam adfuisse, i. e. to have been a party to, etc.: ponor ad scribendum, i. e. my signature is added: ad scribendum amicitiae foedus adduci, to conclude, L.— To write, write of, describe, tell in writing: scriptam attulerat sententiam: tibi formam et situm agri, describe, H.: bellum, L.: Quis Martem Digne scripserit, who could depict, H.: cum auctor pugnae se Cossum consulem scripserit, called himself (in the inscription), L.: Scriberis Vario fortis et hostium Victor, H.— To write, communicate, say in writing, tell in a letter: tu si, ut scribis, Kal. Iun. Romā profectus es, etc.: nihil habeo, quod ad te scribam, scribo tamen, non ut te delectem, etc.: consules Fulvio, ut exercitum ad Clusium admoveant, scribunt, L.: erat scriptum ipsius manu senatui, sese, etc.: scripsit ut heredes iurarent, etc.: Scipioni scribendum, ne bellum remitteret, L.: scribit Labieno, ad finīs Nerviorum veniat, Cs.: Romae quod scribis sileri, ita putabam: Graeceius ad me scripsit, C. Cassium sibi scripsisse, homines comparari, qui, etc.: erat scriptum, sese facturum esse, etc.: nec scribis, quam ad diem te exspectemus: scribe ad nos, quid agas.— Of troops, to enlist, enroll, levy, recruit, draft: milites, S.: exercitui supplementum, S.: scribebantur quattuor fere legiones quinis milibus peditum, L.: Albam in Aequos sex milia colonorum scripta, enrolled to be sent, L.: Scribe tui gregis hunc, enroll him in your retinue, H.— To name in a will, appoint by testament, designate, constitute: illum heredem et me scripserat: in testamento Ptolemaei patris heredes erant scripti, etc., Cs.: quis pauper scribitur heres? Iu.: illum tutorem liberis suis, appoint guardian by will.—To order a payment, draw a check for: Scribe decem a Nerio, draw on Nerius for ten (thousand sesterces), H.
    * * *
    scribere, scripsi, scriptus V
    write; compose

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  • 3 conscribo

    con-scrībo, psi, ptum, 3, v. a.; lit., to write together, i. e.,
    I.
    To write together in a roll or list, to enroll; very freq. as a milit. t. t., of the levying of troops, Caes. B. G. 1, 10; 1, 24; 2, 2; 2, 8 et saep.; Lentul. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 15, 7:

    cohortes veteranas tumulti causā,

    Sall. C. 59, 5:

    inter septimanos conscribi,

    Tac. H. 3, 25:

    inter nostros,

    Vulg. 1 Macc. 13, 40:

    conscripti in Ciliciam legiones,

    Suet. Caes. 8; 24; id. Galb. 10:

    exercitum adversum aliquem,

    Val. Max. 5, 4, 5.—And of the enrolment of colonists:

    decrevit senatus, ut C. Lentulus consul sex milia familiarum conscriberet, quae in eas colonias dividerentur,

    Liv. 37, 46, 10.—So of enrolling in a particular class of citizens, to inscribe, choose:

    eodem tempore et centuriae tres equitum conscriptae sunt,

    Liv. 1, 13, 8.—So the frequently occurring title of senators: Patres Conscripti (prop. Patres, conscripti, i. e. Patres et conscripti), chosen, elect, assembled fathers (lit. fathers and elect):

    traditum inde (sc. post reges exactos) fertur, ut in Senatum vocarentur, qui Patres quique Conscripti essent: Conscriptos videlicet in novum senatum appellabant lectos,

    Liv. 2, 1, 11; cf. Fest. p. 254, 22 Müll.; Paul. ex Fest. p. 7, 5, and p. 41, 13 ib.; Cic. Cat. 1, 11, 27; id. Planc. 35, 87; Nep. Hann. 12, 2; Liv. 3, 52, 6; 6, 26, 4; Dict. of Antiq.;

    and in imitation of this: di conscripti,

    App. M. 6, p. 182, 35.—In a play upon words (censured by Quint.): ne Patres conscripti videantur circumscripti, Auct. ap. Quint. 9, 3, 72.—Also in sing., of one senator:

    pater conscriptus,

    Cic. Phil. 13, 13, 28; and absol., poet. in sing.: conscriptus, i, m., a senator: quod sit conscripti, quod judicis officium, * Hor. A. P. 314.—So also of the enrolling of the people for the purpose of bribery, Cic. Planc. 18, 45; 19, 47; id. Sest. 15, 34:

    rex me opere oravit maximo ut sibi latrones cogerem et conscriberem,

    Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 76.—
    II.
    To put together in writing, to draw up, compose, write (class.).
    (α).
    With acc.:

    librum de consulatu, etc.,

    Cic. Brut. 35, 132; cf. Nep. Lys. 4, 2:

    volumen,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 35, 101:

    Topica Aristotelea,

    id. Fam. 7, 19 init.; Ov. P. 2, 9, 73:

    lepidas tabellas,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 26:

    epistulam,

    Cic. Att. 13, 50, 1:

    syngraphum inter me et amicam,

    Plaut. As. 4, 1, 1:

    imaginem,

    to delineate, sketch, Stat. S. 3, 1, 117:

    legem (consules),

    to draw up, Cic. Att. 4, 1, 7; cf.

    edicta,

    Suet. Tit. 6:

    condiciones,

    Liv. 26, 24, 8; cf. id. 29, 12, 15:

    foedus,

    id. 41, 24, 15:

    testamentum,

    Suet. Claud. 44:

    fortunas alterius litteris,

    Cic. Clu. 66, 186.—
    * (β).
    With rel.-clause:

    cum pluribus conscripsisset, qui esset optimus rei publicae status,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 4, 11 Madv. N. cr. —
    (γ).
    With de:

    (illi), de quibus audivi et legi et ipse conscripsi,

    Cic. Sen. 23, 83; id. Att. 12, 19, 2; Quint. 2, 11, 24:

    de ratione dicendi,

    Auct. Her. 1, 1, 1.—
    (δ).
    With acc. and inf.: ut in ordinem se coactum conscriberet, write down, notice that he should be, etc., Suet. Claud. 38: omni personae quam dotem suscepisse cum marito conscribitur, Cod. Just. 5, 15, 3.—
    2.
    Esp., of physicians, to prescribe:

    pro salutaribus mortifera,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 5, 13.—
    B.
    Meton., to write something all over, to fill with writing (rare; mostly poet.):

    mensam vino,

    Ov. Am. 2, 5, 17; cf.: epistolium lacrimis, * Cat. 68, 2.— Humorously, to mark by beating, to cudgel:

    conscribere aliquem totum stilis ulmeis,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 132; cf. conscribillo.—
    2.
    With in and abl., to write upon, mark upon:

    signum sanguinis id est crucis in suā fronte,

    Lact. 4, 26, 39.

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  • 4 cōn-scrībō

        cōn-scrībō īpsī, īptus, ere,    to write together, write in a roll, enroll, enlist, levy: milites: exercitūs, Cs.: cohortīs, S.: sex milia familiarum, L.: cum vicatim homines conscriberentur (i. e. for bribery). — To put together in writing, draw up, compose, write: edictum: legem: condiciones, L.: epistula Graecis litteris conscripta, Cs.: pro salutaribus mortifera, prescribe: qui esset optimus rei p. status: de quibus ipse conscripsi. — To write over, cover: conscripta vino mensa, O.: conscriptum lacrimis epistolium, Ct.

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  • 5 re-scrībō

        re-scrībō scrīpsī, scrīptus, ere,    to write back, write in return, reply in writing: tuis litteris: me non quaerere, etc.: ad litteras: ad ea, quae requisieras: Pompeius rescripserat, sese, etc., Cs.: Nil mihi rescribas, O.—In accounts, to place to one's credit: illud mihi Argentum iube rescribi, have passed to my credit, T.: qui de residuis CCCC HS CC praesentia solverimus, reliqua rescribamus.— To pay back, repay: Dictantis, quod tu numquam rescribere possis, H.—To write again, write anew, enroll anew, re-enlist: rescriptae ex eodem milite novae legiones, L.: decimam legionem ad equum rescribere (in a double sense: transfer to the cavalry and raise to the rank of knights), Cs.

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  • 6 rescribo

    rē-scrībo, psi, ptum, 3, v. a.
    I. A.
    In gen.:

    antemeridianis tuis litteris heri statim rescripsi: nunc respondeo vespertinis,

    Cic. Att. 13, 23, 1; so,

    cui rei,

    id. ib. 5, 12, 3; 13, 21, 1; cf.:

    litterae mihi redditae sunt a Pompeio... ei statim rescripsi, non me quaerere, etc.,

    id. ib. 8, 1, 2:

    ad eam (epistulam) rescribam igitur,

    id. ib. 4, 16, 1:

    ad litteras,

    id. ib. 14, 21, 1:

    ad ea, quae requisieras,

    id. ib. 12, 21; cf.:

    tibi ad ea quae quaeris,

    id. Fam. 1, 9, 2:

    ad Trebatium,

    id. Att. 7, 17, 4:

    Pompeius rescripserat, sese, etc.,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 19:

    tibi meam (epistulam), quam ad eum rescripseram, misi,

    Cic. Att. 13, 6, 3:

    debes hoc etiam rescribere,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 30: rescribere veteribus orationibus, to write against, reply to, antigraphein, Quint. 10, 5, 20; so,

    orationibus,

    Suet. Caes. 73:

    oratorum actionibus,

    id. Calig. 53:

    cujus libris de Orthographiā,

    id. Gram. 19; cf.:

    rescripta Bruto de Catone,

    id. Aug. 85:

    nil mihi rescribas,

    Ov. H. 1, 2:

    non rescribendi gloria visa levis,

    id. ib. 17, 2:

    orationem,

    Tac. A. 4, 34 (in Cic. Tusc. 4, 2, 3, descriptos is the true read.).—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    Polit. and jurid. t. t., of emperors or lawyers, to answer in writing a petition or legal question; to give a rescript or a judicial decision:

    Tiberio pro cliente Graeco petenti rescripsit (Augustus), non aliter se daturum quam si, etc.,

    Suet. Aug. 40; 45; 51; id. Tib. 30; 32; id. Claud. 5; id. Ner. 40; Dig. 1, 16, 4 fin.; ib. 18, 1, 71 al.— Hence, rēscriptum, i, n., subst., an imperial rescript, Tac. A. 6, 15 (9):

    quaesitum est, an adversus rescriptum principis provocari possit,

    Dig. 49, 1, 1:

    quod et Herennio Modestino studioso meo de Dalmatiā consulenti rescripsi,

    ib. 47, 2, 53, § 20; 40, 4, 46; 40, 7, 29 al.—
    2.
    In account-books, to make an entry per contra; to place to one ' s credit; hence, i. q. to pay back, repay:

    illud mihi Argentum rursum jube rescribi,

    Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 29; Plaut. As. 2, 4, 34:

    qui de residuis CCCC. HS. CC. praesentia solverimus, reliqua rescribamus,

    will place to his credit, will pay hereafter, Cic. Att. 16, 2, 1:

    dictantis, quod tu numquam rescribere possis,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 76:

    Darios,

    Aus. Ep. 5, 23.—
    II.
    To write over again, write anew (not anteAug.): Pollio Asinius parum diligenter compositos putat (Caesaris commentarios), existimatque rescripturum et correcturum fuisse, i. e. to revise (syn. retractare), Suet. Caes. 56:

    actiones,

    Plin. Ep. 5, 8, 7; cf. id. ib. 7, 9, 5; 8, 21, 6.—
    2.
    In partic., in milit. lang., to enroll anew, to re-enlist:

    rescriptae ex eodem milite novae legiones,

    Liv. 9, 10.—
    3.
    In milit. lang., to transfer from one kind of troops to another:

    Caesarem decimam legionem ad equum rescribere,

    Caes. B. G. 1, 42 fin.

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  • 7 scribo

    scrībo, psi, ptum, 3 ( perf. sync. scripsti, Plaut. As. 4, 1, 57: scripstis, Enn. ap. Non. 153, 28, or Trag. v. 239 Vahl.; inf. scripse, Aus. Sept. Sap. Lud. 1; cf. 2. dico init.), v. a. [root skrabh-, to dig; whence, Gr. graphô; Lat. scrobis, scrofa; cf. Germ. schreiben], prop., to scratch, grave, engrave with a sharp point; hence,
    I.
    In gen.
    A.
    Lit., to write, draw, or otherwise make lines, letters, figures, etc. (cf. scalpo):

    in libro cum scribuntur calamo litterae,

    Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 131; cf. id. Bacch. 4, 4, 76 sq.:

    litteras, tabellas,

    id. Ps. 1, 1, 28:

    (littera M) etiamsi scribitur, tamen parum exprimitur,

    Quint. 9, 4, 40; cf. id. 1, 7, 28:

    nostri praeceptores cervum servumque u et o litteris scripserunt,

    id. 1, 7, 26; cf. id. 1, 7, 4; 1, 7, 20; 1, 7, 30; 12, 10, 28;

    12, 10, 30: terra in augurum libris scripta cum r uno,

    Varr. L. L. 5, § 21 Müll.:

    hic carmen mediā scribe columnā,

    Prop. 4 (5), 7, 83; cf.:

    scribitur vestris Cynthia corticibus,

    id. 1, 18, 22; Ov. M. 9, 527; Luc. 2, 343:

    in aquā,

    Cat. 68, 4; cf.

    also: fac lapis his scriptus stet super ossa notis: hic jacet, etc.,

    Tib. 1, 3, 54 (but the better reading is inscriptis):

    scribere decore,

    to write a good hand, Amm. 30, 9, 4:

    erat scriptum ipsius manu,

    Cic. Cat. 3, 5, 10:

    suā manu scripsit,

    Liv. 37, 10.—Of drawing, etc.:

    si quis fugitivo stigmata scripserit,

    has branded a runaway, Quint. 7, 4, 14; cf.: charaxat ambas ungulis scribentibus genas, Prud. steph. 10, 557:

    totius vobis Frontem tabernae scipionibus scribam,

    Cat. 37, 10:

    (Diodotus Stoicus) geometriae munus tuebatur, verbis praecipiens discentibus, unde, quo quamque lineam scriberent,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 39, 113:

    ut formam (porticus) secundum rationem loci scribas,

    draw, design, Plin. Ep. 9, 39, 5; Stat. S. 1, 3, 9:

    quae Attalicis variata per artem Aulaeis scribuntur acu,

    i. e. are embroidered, Sil. 14, 660:

    scripto radiat Germanicus auro, i. e. sculpto,

    Juv. 6, 205; cf. Mart. 11, 5, 3.—
    B.
    Trop.: memor essem? etiam nunc mihi Scripta illa dicta sunt in animo Chrysidis De Glycerio, graven, imprinted (syn.:

    inscripta, insculpta),

    Ter. And. 1, 5, 48:

    arva sanguineo scribit rutilantia gyro,

    Stat. Th. 11, 514.—
    II.
    In partic., with the accessory idea of intellectual action, of written composition of every kind, to write, write down, compose, describe, depict; to draw up, communicate, announce in writing (syn.: compono, perscribo).
    (α).
    With acc.:

    quoniam de re publicā multa quaesierint et scripserint,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 7, 12:

    Cn. Aufidius praetorius (caecus) Graecam scribebat historiam,

    id. Tusc. 5, 38, 112; so,

    historiam,

    id. de Or. 2, 12, 51; id. Brut. 75, 262:

    bellum,

    Liv. 21, 1:

    res gestas,

    Hor. A. P. 74; id. Ep. 1, 3, 7 al.:

    librum de rebus rusticis,

    Cic. Sen. 15, 54:

    scripsi etiam versibus tres libros de temporibus meis,

    id. Fam. 1, 9, 23:

    in Catone Majore, qui est scriptus ad te de senectute,

    id. Lael. 1, 4:

    carmen in aliquem,

    id. de Or. 2, 86, 352:

    Furius defensionem causae suae scripsit,

    id. Verr. 2, 5, 43, § 112; cf. Quint. 2, 15, 29:

    libellos,

    Ov. Tr. 5, 12, 61; id. P. 4, 13, 19:

    notas,

    id. ib. 3, 2, 90:

    Diphilus Hanc (fabulam) Graece scripsit,

    Plaut. Cas. prol. 33; Ter. Heaut. prol. 43; id. Hec. prol. 6 (cf. also infra, d):

    versus,

    Lucr. 1, 24; Hor. S. 1, 9, 23; 1, 10, 60:

    carmina,

    id. ib. 2, 5, 74; id. Ep. 1, 19, 3:

    poëmata,

    id. ib. 2, 2, 66 et saep.; cf.: scripsere alii rem Versibus, Enn. ap. Cic. Brut. 19, 76 (Ann. v. 221 Vahl.):

    formam et situm agri alicui,

    to describe, Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 4 et saep.—Of written communications, letters, etc.:

    epistulis tuis perdiligenter scriptis,

    Cic. Att. 1, 11, 1; cf. Planc. ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 4, 1:

    haec scripsi properans,

    Cic. Att. 2, 19, 5:

    litteras, quas ad Pompeium scripsi, tibi misi,

    id. ib. 3, 9, 3:

    litterae extemplo Romam scriptae,

    Liv. 41, 16:

    plura ad te scribam, si, etc.,

    Cic. Att. 11, 10, 3:

    scriberem ad te de hoc plura, si Romae esses,

    id. ib. 6, 4, 11:

    haec ad te scripsi verbosius,

    id. Fam. 7, 3, 5:

    scriptā jam epistulā superiore,

    id. ib. 1, 9, 26:

    non quo haberem, quod tibi scriberem,

    id. Att. 4, 4, a:

    epistulam,

    Plin. Ep. 7, 9, 8 et saep.:

    scribere salutem,

    to send a greeting, Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 77; cf.:

    laudes atque gratias populo Romano,

    Gell. 3, 8, 5.—With a personal object:

    nullos habeo scriptos (homines), memini tamen,

    written down, Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 48:

    per eum Marium, quem scripsissem,

    Cic. Att. 12, 49, 1: quis Martem digne scripserit aut...Merionem aut...Tydiden? who could depict, represent, etc., Hor. C. 1, 6, 14; id. S. 2, 1, 16; cf. in the pass.:

    scriberis Vario fortis et hostium Victor,

    id. C. 1, 6, 1.—With two acc.: cum auctor pugnae se A. Cornelium Cossum consulem scripserit, subscribed himself, declared himself in the inscription to be, Liv. 4, 20, 11.—
    (β).
    With object-clause:

    in foribus scribat occupatum esse se,

    Plaut. As. 4, 1, 15:

    ut Africanum avum meum scribit Cato solitum esse dicere,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 17, 27; id. Att. 1, 8, 1; cf.:

    Romae quod scribis sileri, ita putabam,

    id. ib. 2, 13, 2:

    quod ad te scripseram me in Epiro futurum,

    id. ib. 3, 13, 1:

    Graeceius ad me scripsit, C. Cassium sibi scripsisse, homines comparari, qui, etc.,

    id. ib. 15, 8, 2:

    Cicero quodam loco scribit, id esse optimum, etc.,

    Quint. 11, 1, 92:

    post paulo scribit, sibi millia quinque Esse domi chlamydum,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 43 et saep.—In pass., with nom. or acc.:

    eadem haec avis scribitur conchis se solere complere, etc.,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 49, 125: scribitur nobis, magnam veteranorum multitudinem Romam convenisse jam, etc., Brut. et Cass. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 2, 1:

    scriptum est item, quaesivisse (Socratem), quid esset,

    Cic. Div. 1, 54, 123.—
    (γ).
    With rel.-clause:

    nec scribis, quam ad diem te exspectemus,

    Cic. Att. 3, 7, 1:

    scribe aliquando ad nos, quid agas,

    id. Fam. 7, 12, 2:

    ad me Valerius scripsit... quem ad modum ducta esses, etc.,

    id. ib. 14, 2, 2.—
    (δ).
    Absol.:

    quo (Platone) nemo in scribendo praestantior fuit,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 11, 21; cf. id. ib. 3, 8, 13:

    Demophilus scripsit, Marcus vortit barbare,

    Plaut. As. prol. 11; id. Trin. prol. 19:

    poëta quom primum ad scribendum animum appulit,

    Ter. And. prol. 1; id. Heaut. prol. 7:

    sumite materiem vestris, qui scribitis, aequam Viribus,

    Hor. A. P. 38:

    sic raro scribis, ut toto non quater anno Membranam poscas,

    id. S. 2, 3, 1 et saep.:

    Samiae, ut ibi (i. e. in oratione) scribit Laelius, capedines,

    Cic. Rep. 6, 2, 11; cf. id. ib. 1, 16, 25:

    ut, quemadmodum scribit ille, cottidiano, etc.,

    id. ib. 6, 2, 8:

    denique non video de tot scribentibus unum,

    Ov. Tr. 2, 495.—So freq. of written communications, letters; usually with ad aliquem (less freq. alicui) or de aliquā re:

    tv si, ut scribis, Kal. Jun. Romā profectus es, etc.,

    Cic. Att. 3, 9, 3:

    ego te, ut scribis, cito videbo,

    id. ib. 3, 27:

    nihil habeo, quod ad te scribam, scribo tamen, non ut te delectem, etc.,

    id. ib. 14, 12, 3:

    senatusconsultum si erit factum, scribes ad me,

    id. ib. 5, 4, 2; cf.:

    scripsi etiam ad Camillum, ad Lamiam,

    id. ib. 5, 8, 3:

    in quā (epistulā) de agro Campano scribis,

    id. ib. 2, 16, 11:

    ut nuper me scis scripsisse ad te de Varronis erga me officio, etc.,

    id. ib. 2, 25, 1; cf.:

    Hermae tui Pentelici, de quibus ad me scripsisti,

    id. ib. 1, 8, 2; 1, 9, 2 et saep.— With ut, ne, etc.:

    velim domum ad te scribas, ut mihi tui libri pateant,

    Cic. Att. 4, 14, 1:

    ad me scriberet, ut in Italiam quam primum venirem,

    id. ib. 11, 7, 2; 5, 11, 6.— With dat.:

    consules Fulvio, ut ex Falisco, Postumio, ut ex Vaticano exercitum ad Clusium admoveant, scribunt,

    Liv. 10, 27; 42, 27; Tac. A. 1, 29.—With ne:

    Scipioni scribendum, ne bellum remitteret,

    Liv. 30, 23.—With simple subj.:

    scribit Labieno, si rei publicae commodo facere posset, cum legione ad fines Nerviorum veniat,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 46 fin. —In Tac. also, with inf.:

    scribitur tetrarchis ac regibus, jussis Corbulonis obsequi,

    Tac. A. 15, 25 fin. —In eccl. Lat. as a formula of quotation from the Scriptures:

    scriptum est,

    i. e. it is said in Holy Writ, Vulg. Matt. 4, 4; id. Luc. 19, 46; id. Rom. 11, 8 et saep.—
    B.
    Publicists', milit., jurid., and business t. t., of written plans, drafts, and other writings of various import.
    1.
    Publicists' t. t., to draw up, draught a law, decree, treaty, etc.:

    quod proditum memoria est, X. viros, qui leges scripserint, etc.,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 31, 54; so,

    leges,

    id. ib. 2, 36, 61; 2, 10, 18; id. Rosc. Am. 25, 70; id. de Or. 1, 19, 86; id. Inv. 1, 38, 68 al.; cf.

    in a transf. signif.: cui non apparet, inopiam et miseriam civitatis istam legem scripsisse, etc.,

    Liv. 34, 6 fin.; and:

    testamentum, quod pietas, fides, pudor scripsit,

    Plin. Ep. 8, 18, 7:

    haec senatusconsulta non ignoro ab amicissimis ejus, cujus de honore agitur, scribi solere,

    Cic. Fam. 15, 6, 2.—So very freq.: senatusconsulto scribendo, or simply scribendo adesse, or also, ad scribendum esse, to witness the drawing up of a decree of the Senate; to subscribe it: erat nobis dictum, te existimare, alicui senatusconsulto, quod contra dignitatem tuam fieret, scribendo Lamiam [p. 1648] affuisse, qui omnino consulibus illis numquam fuit ad scribendum, Cic. Fam. 12, 29, 2 Orell. N. cr.; cf.: senatusconsulta scribuntur apud familiarem meum (i. e. Caesarem). Et quidem cum in mentem venit (Caesari), ponor ad scribendum (i. e. he adds my signature to it), id. ib. 9, 15, 4:

    quod me esse ad scribendum vides,

    id. Att. 1, 19, 9; id. Fam. 9, 15, 3: S. C. auctoritas. Pridie Kal. Octob. in aede Apollinis scrib. affuerunt L. Domitius, etc., an official formula ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 5 sq. (v. assum):

    Boeotorum gentem numquam ad scribendum amicitiae foedus adduci potuisse,

    to make, enter into, conclude, Liv. 42, 12.—
    2.
    Milit. t. t.: scribere milites (legiones, supplementum, etc.), to enlist, enroll, levy:

    milites,

    Sall. J. 43, 3:

    legiones,

    id. C. 32, 1:

    exercitui supplementum,

    id. J. 39, 2:

    supplementum legionibus,

    Cic. Fam. 3, 3, 1; Liv. 8, 8:

    exercitum,

    id. 4, 43; 9, 8; 9, 19:

    equites,

    id. 10, 25; 21, 40; 35, 20:

    socios navales,

    id. 37, 2; so, too: sex milia colonorum Albam in Aequos, to enroll for the purpose of sending, to send, id. 10, 1:

    socios scribere in urbem,

    id. 4, 11, 4.—
    b.
    Poet., transf.:

    scribe tui gregis hunc,

    enroll him among your retinue, Hor. Ep. 1, 9, 13.—
    3.
    Jurid. and business t. t.: dicam scribere (alicui), like dikên graphein tini, to bring an action in writing against any one (v. dica); of a lawyer, to draw up legal instruments (complaints or charges, contracts, wills, etc.):

    Servius hanc urbanam militiam respondendi, scribendi, cavendi secutus est,

    Cic. Mur. 9, 19; id. Fam. 7, 14 Manut.; cf. id. Leg. 1, 4, 14:

    omnia testamenta tu scribes unus,

    id. de Or. 2, 6, 24; Dig. 28, 2, 25.—Hence, transf., with a personal object: aliquem heredem, to appoint or designate any one as heir:

    testamentum palam fecerat et illum heredem et me scripserat,

    Cic. Mil. 18, 48; cf.:

    in testamento Ptolemaei patris heredes erant scripti, etc.,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 108:

    quem Micipsa testamento secundum heredem scripsit,

    Sall. J. 65, 1; Auct. B. Alex. 33; Plin. Pan. 43, 1 sq.; Tac. A. 14, 31; Hor. S. 2, 5, 48; Juv. 3, 161; 9, 87:

    aliquem coheredem,

    Tac. Agr. 43 fin.:

    aliquem exheredem,

    to disinherit any one by will, Dig. 37, 4, 8, §§

    1 and 6: aliquem tutorem liberis suis,

    to appoint as guardian by will, Cic. Clu. 14, 41:

    libertatem servo,

    to bequeath to a slave his freedom, Dig. 29, 2, 71.—Of contracts, notes, drafts, etc.:

    pulchre scripsti: scitum syngraphum!

    Plaut. As. 4, 1, 57: nummos, usuras, etc. (alicui), to give a note or bond for:

    scribit nummos,

    id. ib. 2, 4, 34:

    sibi creditam pecuniam,

    Dig. 26, 7, 9, § 7:

    genero usuras praestandas quasi ex dotis promissione,

    ib. 4, 4, 17:

    lecta est cautio hujusmodi: Lutius Titius scripsi, me accepisse a Publio Maevio quindecim mutua numerata mihi de domo, etc.,

    ib. 12, 1, 40: scribe decem (tabulas) a Nerio, give ten notes or bonds drawn up by the usurer Nerius, Hor. S. 2, 3, 69. scriptos expendere nummos, v. l. ap. Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 105 (Hold. cautos); cf. rescribo.—Hence, scriptum, i, n., something written, viz.,
    A.
    (Acc. to I.) A line; so only: duodecim scripta, a game played with colored stones (calculi) on a draught-board marked into spaces by twelve oblique lines: tibi concedo, quod in duodecim scriptis olim, ut calculum reducas, si te alicujus dati poenitet, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 170, 30; cf.:

    in lusu duodecim scriptorum cum prior calculum promovisset essetque victus, etc.,

    Quint. 11, 2, 38;

    v. also scriptula, and Becker, Gall. 3, pp. 261 and 264 sq.: duodecim scriptis ludere,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 50, 217.—
    B.
    (Acc. to II.) A written composition, writing, treatise, book, work, etc. (most freq. in plur.):

    ex scripto et sententiā controversia nascitur cum videtur scriptoris voluntas cum scripto ipso dissentire,

    the writing, the written expression, Auct. Her. 1, 11, 19:

    incredibile dictu est, quam multi Graeci de harum valvarum pulchritudine scriptum reliquerunt,

    have left something written concerning it, speak of it in their writings, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 56, § 124; so Quint. 6, 1, 7; cf. in plur., Cic. Rep. 1, 22, 36:

    quod a Democrito et Platone in scriptis relictum esse dicunt,

    id. de Or. 2, 46, 194:

    utinam exstarent illa carmina, quae multis saeculis ante suam aetatem in epulis esse cantata, in Originibus scriptum reliquit Cato!

    id. Brut. 19, 75: ut ipsis scriptis non ea mandaremus, id. Off. 2, 1, 3:

    in quo libro scriptum hoc invenitur,

    Quint. 1, 1, 15:

    Hortensius erat memoriā tantā, ut quae secum commentatus esset, ea sine scripto verbis eisdem redderet, quibus cogitavisset,

    without notes, Cic. Brut. 88, 301; cf. on the contrary: de scripto dicere, to speak or read from a written paper:

    recitetur oratio, quae propter rei magnitudinem dicta de scripto est,

    id. Planc. 30, 74; id. Phil. 10, 2, 5; id. Brut. 12, 46; id. Att. 4, 3, 3; id. Fam. 10, 13, 1:

    laudavit pater scripto meo,

    in a speech composed by me, id. Q. Fr. 3, 8, 5:

    adire aliquem scripto,

    Tac. H. 4, 39:

    cum eorum inventis scriptisque se oblectent,

    writings, Cic. Rep. 1, 17, 28:

    ardeo cupiditate...nomen ut nostrum scriptis illustretur et celebretur tuis,

    id. Fam. 5, 12, 1:

    scripta recitare,

    Hor. S. 1, 4, 75:

    nosmet Lucili scripta legentes,

    id. ib. 1, 10, 56:

    Graecorum Scripta optima,

    id. Ep. 2, 1, 29:

    si non accipiet scriptum,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 469:

    debueram scripto certior esse tuo,

    id. H. 6, 4.—
    2.
    (Acc. to II. B. 1.) Scriptum legis, and simply scriptum, a written ordinance, a law:

    quam tu mihi ex ordine recita de legis scripto populi Romani auctionem,

    Cic. Agr. 2, 18, 48:

    (Crassus) ita multa tum contra scriptum pro aequo et bono dixit, ut, etc.,

    id. Brut. 39, 145; cf. id. Inv. 2, 46, 135; 2, 47, 138; cf.:

    (senatus) scripto illo istius sententiam dicere vetabatur,

    rescript, id. Dom. 26, 69.

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  • 8 subscribo

    sub-scrībo, psi, ptum, 3, v. a.
    I.
    To write underneath or below (class.; cf. subnoto).
    A.
    In gen.:

    statuis inauratis... subscripsit, Reges ab se in gratiam esse reductos,

    Cic. Clu. 36, 101; cf.:

    subscripsere quidam L. Bruti statuae: utinam viveres, etc.,

    Suet. Caes. 80:

    si quaeret Pater Urbium Subscribi statuis,

    Hor. C. 3, 24, 28; cf.:

    meo subscribi causa sepulcro,

    Ov. M. 9, 563: quarum (litterarum) exemplum subscripsi, Balb. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 13, A, § 1; Treb. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 16, 3; cf.:

    seminaria ulmorum parentur eā ratione, quam deinceps subscripsimus,

    Col. 5, 6, 5.—
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    Jurid. t. t., to write down, sign, or subscribe one's name to an accusation (either as principal prosecutor or as seconding others), together with the ground of the charge; hence, in gen., to charge, accuse, prosecute: in L. Popillium subscripsit L. Gellius, quod is pecuniam accepisset, quo innocentem condemnaret, Cic. Clu. 47, 131; cf.:

    quia parricidii causa subscripta esset,

    id. Inv. 2, 19, 58:

    Gabinium de ambitu reum fecit P. Sulla, subscribente privigno Memmio, fratre Caecilio, etc.,

    id. Q. Fr. 3, 3, 2; cf.:

    Capito Agrippae subscripsit in C. Cassium,

    Vell. 2, 69, 5; and:

    accusanti patrono subscripsit,

    Suet. Rhet. 3; Nep. Att. 6, 3:

    cras subscribam homini dicam,

    Plaut. Poen. 3, 6, 5:

    in crimen,

    Dig. 47, 1, 3; 47, 2, 92:

    in crimine,

    ib. 48, 10, 24.—
    2.
    Publicists' t. t., of the censor, to write down, set down, note down the reason of his official censure under or against the name of the person censured:

    video animadvertisse censores in judices quosdam illius consilii Juniani, cum istam ipsam causam subscriberent,

    Cic. Clu. 42, 119:

    censor C. Ateium notavit, quod ementitum auspicia subscripsit,

    id. Div. 1, 16, 29:

    haec quae de judicio corrupto subscripserint, etc.,

    id. Clu. 45, 127: ac primum illud statuamus, utrum quia censores subscripserint, ita sit;

    an quia ita fuerit, illi subscripserint,

    id. ib. 44, 123:

    quod censores de ceteris subscripserunt,

    Quint. 5, 13, 33.—
    3.
    To sign, subscribe a document (by appending one's name or a formula of greeting;

    perh. not ante-Aug.): omnes (tutores) debent unius editioni subscribere,

    Dig. 2, 13, 6:

    rationibus, testamento,

    ib. 40, 7, 40;

    for which, also, rationes,

    ib. 35, 1, 80 fin.; 34, 3, 12:

    si subscripserit in tabulis emptionis, concessisse videtur,

    ib. 20, 6, 8 fin.:

    cum de supplicio cujusdam capite damnati, ut ex more subscriberet, admoneretur,

    Suet. Ner. 10; id. Calig. 29:

    ipse Commodus in subscribendo tardus et neglegens, ita ut libellis una forma multis subscriberet, in epistolis autem plurimis Vale tantum scriberet,

    Lampr. Commod. 13; Suet. Tib. 32 Wolf (cf. Dio, 57, 11).—
    b.
    Transf.
    (α).
    To assent to, agree to, approve of any thing:

    nec quicquam prius pro potestate subscripsit, quam quingenties sestertium ad peragendam Auream domum,

    Suet. Oth. 7:

    Caesaris irae,

    Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 3:

    aut gratiae aut odio suo,

    Phaedr. 3, 10, 57:

    odiis accusationibusque Hannibalis,

    Liv. 33, 47:

    orationi alicujus,

    id. 10, 22:

    luxuriae,

    Cels. 3, 4:

    si fortuna voto subscripserit,

    Col. 1, 2, 3: tuo desiderio, Traj. ap. Plin. Ep. 10, 95 (96):

    amoribus alicujus,

    Val. Max. 4, 7, 4.—
    (β).
    To grant, allow, accord a thing to any one (post-class.), Tert. Virg. Vel. 10; id. Idol. 13; id. Anim. 40.—
    II.
    (With the idea of the verb predom.) To write or note down (=notare;

    very rare): numerum aratorum,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 51, § 120:

    audita,

    Quint. 12, 8, 8:

    quaedam,

    Suet. Aug. 27; cf.:

    suspiria nostra (a delatoribus),

    Tac. Agr. 45 (acc. to others this passage belongs to B. 1.).

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  • 9 per-scrībō

        per-scrībō īpsī, īptus, ere,    to write in full, write at length, write out: res gestas populi R., S.: de meis rebus ad Lollium: hoc perscriptum in monumentis reperietis, ut, etc.: a primordio urbis res populi R., L.: versum puris verbis, H.—In public records, to record, enter, register: senatūs consulta, Cs.: in tabulas publicas ad aerarium.—<*> In account books, to enter, charge: falsum nomen. —To describe fully, recount, detail: rem gestam, Cs.: mihi tuam orationem.—To make over by writing, assign, pay by draft: argentum alcui, T.: de publico alqd: a quaestore perscribi, to be paid by a draft on the quaestor, L.

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  • 10 scrīptitō

        scrīptitō āvī, ātus, āre, freq.    [scribo], to write often, write continually: haec ad me scribas velim vel potius scriptites.— To compose, practise literary composition: accurate: sic scriptitarunt, ut noster Cato.
    * * *
    scriptitare, scriptitavi, scriptitatus V
    write often; compose

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  • 11 sub-scrībō

        sub-scrībō īpsī, īptus, ere,    to write underneath, inscribe below, write down: statuis inauratis subscripsit, Reges a se in gratiam esse reductos: Si quaeret ‘Pater urbium’ Subscribi statuis, H.: numerus aratorum apud magistratūs subscribitur, is registered: meo haec subscribe libello, i. e. add this (satire) to my little book, H.—Of the censor's note added to a name, to write down, set down, note down, subjoin: quod censores de ceteris subscripserunt: quae de iudicio conrupto subscripserunt. —To sign an accusation, indict, join in indicting, charge, accuse, prosecute: in Popillium, quod is pecuniam accepisset, etc.: Gabinium reum fecit Sulla, subscribente privigno, as an associate prosecutor: neminem neque suo nomine neque subscribens accusavit, N.: cum suspiria nostra accusarentur, were made grounds of accusation, Ta.— Fig., to assent to, agree to, approve: Caesaris irae, O.: odio suo, Ph.: odiis accusatorum Hannibalis, L.

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  • 12 excribo

    ex-scrībo ( excr-), psi, ptum (btum), 3, v. a., to write out, write off, copy.
    I.
    Lit. (rare but class.): tabulas in foro summa hominum frequentia exscribo;

    adhibentur in exscribendo ex conventu viri primarii,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 77, § 189:

    complura exscripta de Magonis libris,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 18:

    ex Plauti comoedia duos versus exscripsimus,

    Gell. 3, 3, 8.—
    B.
    Transf.
    * 1.
    Of paintings, to copy:

    imagines exscribere et pingere,

    Plin. Ep. 4, 28, 1.—
    2.
    In gen., to write or note down:

    nomina exscripta,

    Plaut. Rud. prol. 15:

    bonos in aliis tabulis exscriptos habet,

    id. ib. 21.—
    * II.
    Trop., to copy or take after, to resemble:

    filia totum patrem mira similitudine exscripserat,

    Plin. Ep. 5, 16, 9.

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  • 13 exscribo

    ex-scrībo ( excr-), psi, ptum (btum), 3, v. a., to write out, write off, copy.
    I.
    Lit. (rare but class.): tabulas in foro summa hominum frequentia exscribo;

    adhibentur in exscribendo ex conventu viri primarii,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 77, § 189:

    complura exscripta de Magonis libris,

    Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 18:

    ex Plauti comoedia duos versus exscripsimus,

    Gell. 3, 3, 8.—
    B.
    Transf.
    * 1.
    Of paintings, to copy:

    imagines exscribere et pingere,

    Plin. Ep. 4, 28, 1.—
    2.
    In gen., to write or note down:

    nomina exscripta,

    Plaut. Rud. prol. 15:

    bonos in aliis tabulis exscriptos habet,

    id. ib. 21.—
    * II.
    Trop., to copy or take after, to resemble:

    filia totum patrem mira similitudine exscripserat,

    Plin. Ep. 5, 16, 9.

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  • 14 inscribo

    in-scrībo, psi, ptum, 3, v. a., to write in or upon any thing, to inscribe (class.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    aliquid in basi tropaeorum,

    Cic. Pis. 38, 92:

    in statua inscripsit, Parenti optime merito,

    id. Fam. 12, 3, 1:

    nomen suum monumentis,

    id. Har. Resp. 27:

    ea inscribam brevi, quae, etc.,

    id. Att. 4, 1, 4:

    sit inscriptum in fronte unius cujusque civis, quid de re publica sentiat,

    id. Cat. 1, 13, 32:

    orationes in animo,

    id. de Or. 2, 87, 355:

    ut, si quae essent incisae aut inscriptae litterae, tollerentur,

    id. Dom. 53, 137:

    senarioli in ejus monumento inscripti,

    id. Tusc. 5, 23, 64:

    in illis libellis,

    id. Arch. 11, 26 B. and K. (Klotz omits in):

    Pan... vix ulla inscribens terrae vestigia cornu,

    Sil. 13, 328. — Pass. with Gr. acc.:

    inscripti nomina regum flores,

    Verg. E. 3, 106.—
    B.
    Transf., to furnish with an inscription:

    statuae, quas tu inscribi jussisti,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 69, § 167: aedes, to write on a house that it is for sale:

    aedes venales hasce inscribit litteris,

    Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 131; cf.:

    aedes mercede,

    Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 92: librum, to inscribe, give a title to a book:

    eos (libellos) rhetoricos inscribunt,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 31, 122: [p. 963] in eo libro, qui Oeconomicus inscribitur, is entitled, id. Off. 2, 24, 87:

    inscripta lintea,

    i. e. curtains used as signs, Juv. 8, 168. — Hence, subst.: inscriptum, i, n., an inscription, title: alia inscripta nimis lepida, Gell. praef. 3. —
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    In g e n.:

    vitiis suis sapientiam inscribit,

    gives to his vices the name of wisdom, Sen. Vit. Beat. 12. —
    B.
    In partic.
    1.
    To ascribe, assign, attribute:

    Epicurus, quia tantummodo induit personam philosophi, et sibi ipse hoc nomen inscripsit,

    has assigned, appropriated to himself, Cic. Tusc. 5, 26, 73:

    deos sceleri,

    to ascribe crimes to the gods, Ov. M. 15, 128:

    mea dextera leto Inscribenda tuo est,

    thy death is to be ascribed to my hand, id. ib. 10, 199.—
    2.
    To make known, mark, as if by an inscription:

    sua quemque deorum inscribit facies,

    Ov. M. 6, 74:

    versā pulvis inscribitur hastā,

    Verg. A. 1, 478; cf.:

    sua quemque deorum Inscribit facies,

    makes known, characterizes, Ov. M. 6, 74.—
    3.
    To brand, place a brand upon: vultus. Plin. 18, 3, 4, § 21:

    naufrago stigmata,

    Sen. Ben. 4, 37, 3:

    inscripta ergastula,

    Juv. 14, 24.—
    4.
    To subscribe an accusation (post-class.), Cod. 9, 35, 11.—
    5.
    To write something over an old writing, so that the latter is no longer legible (post-class.):

    de his, quae in testamento delentur, inducuntur, inscribuntur,

    Dig. 28, 4.

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  • 15 littera

    littĕra (less correctly lītĕra), ae, f. [lino, q. v.], a letter, a written sign or mark signifying a sound.
    I.
    Lit.:

    cubitum hercle longis litteris signabo jam usquequaque, si quis, etc.,

    Plaut. Rud. 5, 2, 7:

    quid hae locuntur litterae?

    id. Bacch. 4, 7, 3; cf.: quid istae narrant? Tox. Perconctare ex ipsis;

    ipsae tibi narrabunt,

    id. Pers. 4, 3, 29:

    sus rostro si humi A litteram impresserit,

    Cic. Div. 1, 13, 23:

    priscarum litterarum notae,

    id. ib. 2, 41, 85:

    maximis litteris incisum,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 63, § 154 fin.:

    lenis appellatio litterarum,

    id. Brut. 74, 159:

    suavis appellatio litterarum,

    Quint. 11, 3, 35:

    quae si nostris litteris scribantur,

    id. 12, 10, 28 litterarum ordine, in alphabetical order, Plin. 37, 9, 54, § 138:

    verba primis litteris notare, Prob. de Not. Signif. 1 Huschke: digerere in litteram,

    to arrange alphabetically, Sen. Ep. 68, 18: scire litteras, [p. 1072] to be able to read and write, Plaut. Truc. 4, 2, 23; Vitr. 1, 1, 14:

    nescire litteras,

    not to be able to read and write, id. Clem. 2, 1, 2; Suet. Ner. 10:

    scribere aureis litteris,

    Gai. Inst. 2, 77:

    scientia litterarum,

    the art of writing, Dig. 29, 2, 93:

    facere litteram or litteras,

    to write, Plaut. As. 4, 1, 22; Cic. Ac. 2, 2, 6.—In the language of comedy:

    homo trium litterarum, i. e. fur,

    a thief, Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 46: litteram ex se longam facere, i. e. to make an I by hanging perpendicularly, to hang one's self:

    neque quicquam meliust mihi, ut opinor, quam ex me ut faciam litteram longam, meum laqueo collum quando obstrinxero,

    id. ib. 1, 1, 37:

    littera salutaris, i. e. A. (absolvo) and tristis, i. e. C. (condemno), which were put on the voting-tablets,

    Cic. Mil. 6, 15.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    Sing.
    1.
    A word, a line:

    ad me litteram numquam misit,

    Cic. Fam. 2, 17, 6: ad litteram, word for word, literally:

    locum ad litteram subjeci,

    Quint. 9, 1, 15.—
    2.
    A handwriting:

    Alexidis manum amabam, quod tam prope accedebat ad similitudinem tuae litterae,

    Cic. Att. 7, 2, 3; cf.:

    arguit ipsorum quos littera,

    Juv. 13, 138 (v. also infra B. 1. fin.).—
    B.
    Usually plur.
    1.
    Littĕrae, ārum, f., a letter, epistle: litteras resignare, to unseal or open a letter, Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 65:

    ut litterarum ego harum sermonem audio,

    id. Ps. 1, 1, 97; Cic. Att. 1, 13, 1:

    dare alicui litteras ad aliquem,

    id. Cat. 3, 4, 9:

    litteras mittere,

    id. Att. 5, 21, 2:

    reddere alicui,

    id. ib. 5, 21, 4:

    accipere,

    id. ib. 5, 21, 7:

    remittere,

    id. ib. 11, 16, 4:

    nullas iis praeterquam ad te et ad Brutum dedi litteras,

    id. Fam. 3, 7, 1:

    queri apud aliquem per litteras,

    id. Att. 5, 21, 13: invitare aliquem perlitteras id. ib. 13, 2, 2:

    civitatum animos litteris temptare,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 40, 1: litterae missae, a letter sent by a person: litterae allatae, a letter received: hence, liber litterarum missarum et allatarum, a letter-book:

    L. M. (i. e. litterae missae)... L. A. (i. e. litterae allatae), etc.,

    Cic. Font. 4, 8; id. Verr. 2, 3, 71, § 167.—In poets also sometimes in sing.:

    quam legis a rapta Briseide littera venit,

    Ov. H. 3, 1; 5, 2; id. M. 9, 515; Tib. 3, 2, 27; Mart. 10, 73 al.—
    2.
    A writing, document, paper:

    litterae publicae,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 63, § 140; 2, 4, 16, § 35; esp. a written acknowledgment:

    littera poscetur,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 428.—
    3.
    An account-book:

    ratio omnis et litterae,

    Cic. Quint. 11, 37; id. Verr. 2, 4, 12, § 27.—
    4.
    An edict, ordinance:

    praetoris litterae,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 22, § 56:

    litteras revocavit,

    letter of appointment, commission, Suet. Vesp. 8. —
    5.
    Written monuments, records, literature:

    abest historia litteris nostris,

    is wanting in our literature, Cic. Leg. 1, 2, 5:

    Graecae de philosophia litterae,

    philosophical literature, id. Div. 2, 2, 5:

    genus hoc scriptionis nondum satis Latinis litteris illustratae,

    id. Brut. 64, 228; id. Tusc. 1, 1, 1; id. Fin. 1, 2, 4:

    Graecis litteris studere,

    id. Brut. 20, 78:

    damnum Hortensii interitu Latinae litterae fecerunt,

    id. ib. 33, 125:

    nullam artem litteris sine interprete et sine aliqua exercitatione percipi posse,

    merely from books, id. Fam. 7, 19:

    quod litteris exstet, Pherecydes primum dixit animos hominum esse sempiternos,

    id. Tusc. 1, 16, 38:

    parvae et rarae per eadem tempora litterae fuere,

    Liv. 6, 1, 2; 7, 3, 6:

    Etruscae,

    id. 9, 36, 3:

    paucissimos adhuc eloquentes litterae Romanae tulerunt,

    Quint. 10, 1, 123: amor litterarum, id. prooem. 6.—
    6.
    History, inasmuch as it is derived from written monuments:

    cupidissimus litterarum fuit,

    Nep. Cat. 3, 1; id. Pelop. 1:

    parvae et rarae per eadem tempora litterae fuere,

    Liv. 6, 1.—
    7.
    Literary labor, composition:

    omnis varietas litterarum mearum,

    Cic. Fam. 15, 4, 12:

    non nihil temporis tribuit litteris,

    Nep. Hann. 13, 2.—
    8.
    An inscription, Ov. M. 11, 706.—
    9.
    Learning, the sciences, liberal education, scholarship, letters:

    sit mihi orator tinctus litteris: audierit aliquid, legerit,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 20, 85:

    erant in eo plurimae litterae,

    id. Brut. 76, 265:

    homo communium litterarum, et politioris humanitatis non expers,

    id. de Or. 2, 7, 28:

    homo sine ingenio, sine litteris,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 44, § 98:

    fuit in illo ingenium, ratio, memoria, litterae, cura, cogitatio, diligentia,

    id. Phil. 2, 45, 116:

    mihi nihil libri, nihil litterae, nihil doctrina prodest,

    id. Att. 9, 10, 2:

    litterarum scientia,

    id. Brut. 42, 153:

    litterarum coguitio,

    id. de Or. 3, 32, 127: nescire litteras, to be without a liberal education, id. Brut. 74, 259:

    altiores litterae,

    magic, Plin. 14, 4, 5, § 51.—Comically of the art of love: Litteras didicisti;

    quando scis, sine alios discere,

    Plaut. Truc. 4, 2, 22.

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  • 16 Litterae

    littĕra (less correctly lītĕra), ae, f. [lino, q. v.], a letter, a written sign or mark signifying a sound.
    I.
    Lit.:

    cubitum hercle longis litteris signabo jam usquequaque, si quis, etc.,

    Plaut. Rud. 5, 2, 7:

    quid hae locuntur litterae?

    id. Bacch. 4, 7, 3; cf.: quid istae narrant? Tox. Perconctare ex ipsis;

    ipsae tibi narrabunt,

    id. Pers. 4, 3, 29:

    sus rostro si humi A litteram impresserit,

    Cic. Div. 1, 13, 23:

    priscarum litterarum notae,

    id. ib. 2, 41, 85:

    maximis litteris incisum,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 63, § 154 fin.:

    lenis appellatio litterarum,

    id. Brut. 74, 159:

    suavis appellatio litterarum,

    Quint. 11, 3, 35:

    quae si nostris litteris scribantur,

    id. 12, 10, 28 litterarum ordine, in alphabetical order, Plin. 37, 9, 54, § 138:

    verba primis litteris notare, Prob. de Not. Signif. 1 Huschke: digerere in litteram,

    to arrange alphabetically, Sen. Ep. 68, 18: scire litteras, [p. 1072] to be able to read and write, Plaut. Truc. 4, 2, 23; Vitr. 1, 1, 14:

    nescire litteras,

    not to be able to read and write, id. Clem. 2, 1, 2; Suet. Ner. 10:

    scribere aureis litteris,

    Gai. Inst. 2, 77:

    scientia litterarum,

    the art of writing, Dig. 29, 2, 93:

    facere litteram or litteras,

    to write, Plaut. As. 4, 1, 22; Cic. Ac. 2, 2, 6.—In the language of comedy:

    homo trium litterarum, i. e. fur,

    a thief, Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 46: litteram ex se longam facere, i. e. to make an I by hanging perpendicularly, to hang one's self:

    neque quicquam meliust mihi, ut opinor, quam ex me ut faciam litteram longam, meum laqueo collum quando obstrinxero,

    id. ib. 1, 1, 37:

    littera salutaris, i. e. A. (absolvo) and tristis, i. e. C. (condemno), which were put on the voting-tablets,

    Cic. Mil. 6, 15.—
    II.
    Transf.
    A.
    Sing.
    1.
    A word, a line:

    ad me litteram numquam misit,

    Cic. Fam. 2, 17, 6: ad litteram, word for word, literally:

    locum ad litteram subjeci,

    Quint. 9, 1, 15.—
    2.
    A handwriting:

    Alexidis manum amabam, quod tam prope accedebat ad similitudinem tuae litterae,

    Cic. Att. 7, 2, 3; cf.:

    arguit ipsorum quos littera,

    Juv. 13, 138 (v. also infra B. 1. fin.).—
    B.
    Usually plur.
    1.
    Littĕrae, ārum, f., a letter, epistle: litteras resignare, to unseal or open a letter, Plaut. Trin. 3, 3, 65:

    ut litterarum ego harum sermonem audio,

    id. Ps. 1, 1, 97; Cic. Att. 1, 13, 1:

    dare alicui litteras ad aliquem,

    id. Cat. 3, 4, 9:

    litteras mittere,

    id. Att. 5, 21, 2:

    reddere alicui,

    id. ib. 5, 21, 4:

    accipere,

    id. ib. 5, 21, 7:

    remittere,

    id. ib. 11, 16, 4:

    nullas iis praeterquam ad te et ad Brutum dedi litteras,

    id. Fam. 3, 7, 1:

    queri apud aliquem per litteras,

    id. Att. 5, 21, 13: invitare aliquem perlitteras id. ib. 13, 2, 2:

    civitatum animos litteris temptare,

    Caes. B. C. 1, 40, 1: litterae missae, a letter sent by a person: litterae allatae, a letter received: hence, liber litterarum missarum et allatarum, a letter-book:

    L. M. (i. e. litterae missae)... L. A. (i. e. litterae allatae), etc.,

    Cic. Font. 4, 8; id. Verr. 2, 3, 71, § 167.—In poets also sometimes in sing.:

    quam legis a rapta Briseide littera venit,

    Ov. H. 3, 1; 5, 2; id. M. 9, 515; Tib. 3, 2, 27; Mart. 10, 73 al.—
    2.
    A writing, document, paper:

    litterae publicae,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 63, § 140; 2, 4, 16, § 35; esp. a written acknowledgment:

    littera poscetur,

    Ov. A. A. 1, 428.—
    3.
    An account-book:

    ratio omnis et litterae,

    Cic. Quint. 11, 37; id. Verr. 2, 4, 12, § 27.—
    4.
    An edict, ordinance:

    praetoris litterae,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 22, § 56:

    litteras revocavit,

    letter of appointment, commission, Suet. Vesp. 8. —
    5.
    Written monuments, records, literature:

    abest historia litteris nostris,

    is wanting in our literature, Cic. Leg. 1, 2, 5:

    Graecae de philosophia litterae,

    philosophical literature, id. Div. 2, 2, 5:

    genus hoc scriptionis nondum satis Latinis litteris illustratae,

    id. Brut. 64, 228; id. Tusc. 1, 1, 1; id. Fin. 1, 2, 4:

    Graecis litteris studere,

    id. Brut. 20, 78:

    damnum Hortensii interitu Latinae litterae fecerunt,

    id. ib. 33, 125:

    nullam artem litteris sine interprete et sine aliqua exercitatione percipi posse,

    merely from books, id. Fam. 7, 19:

    quod litteris exstet, Pherecydes primum dixit animos hominum esse sempiternos,

    id. Tusc. 1, 16, 38:

    parvae et rarae per eadem tempora litterae fuere,

    Liv. 6, 1, 2; 7, 3, 6:

    Etruscae,

    id. 9, 36, 3:

    paucissimos adhuc eloquentes litterae Romanae tulerunt,

    Quint. 10, 1, 123: amor litterarum, id. prooem. 6.—
    6.
    History, inasmuch as it is derived from written monuments:

    cupidissimus litterarum fuit,

    Nep. Cat. 3, 1; id. Pelop. 1:

    parvae et rarae per eadem tempora litterae fuere,

    Liv. 6, 1.—
    7.
    Literary labor, composition:

    omnis varietas litterarum mearum,

    Cic. Fam. 15, 4, 12:

    non nihil temporis tribuit litteris,

    Nep. Hann. 13, 2.—
    8.
    An inscription, Ov. M. 11, 706.—
    9.
    Learning, the sciences, liberal education, scholarship, letters:

    sit mihi orator tinctus litteris: audierit aliquid, legerit,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 20, 85:

    erant in eo plurimae litterae,

    id. Brut. 76, 265:

    homo communium litterarum, et politioris humanitatis non expers,

    id. de Or. 2, 7, 28:

    homo sine ingenio, sine litteris,

    id. Verr. 2, 4, 44, § 98:

    fuit in illo ingenium, ratio, memoria, litterae, cura, cogitatio, diligentia,

    id. Phil. 2, 45, 116:

    mihi nihil libri, nihil litterae, nihil doctrina prodest,

    id. Att. 9, 10, 2:

    litterarum scientia,

    id. Brut. 42, 153:

    litterarum coguitio,

    id. de Or. 3, 32, 127: nescire litteras, to be without a liberal education, id. Brut. 74, 259:

    altiores litterae,

    magic, Plin. 14, 4, 5, § 51.—Comically of the art of love: Litteras didicisti;

    quando scis, sine alios discere,

    Plaut. Truc. 4, 2, 22.

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  • 17 scriptito

    scriptĭto ( - pto, Prisc. 825; 1224 P.), āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. a. [scribo].
    * I.
    In gen., to write often: in palmarum foliis primo scriptitatum est, Plin. 13, 11, 21, § 69. —
    II.
    In partic., to write, compose, etc. (usually with accessory notion of writing at one's own will, not officially or professionally; cf. Ellendt ad Cic. de Or. 2, p. 220;

    class.): et haec et si quid aliud ad me scribas velim vel potius scriptites,

    Cic. Att. 7, 12, 6:

    M. Bibulus scriptitavit accurate,

    wrote, composed, id. Brut. 77, 267:

    multum,

    id. de Or. 2, 23, 97:

    nisi diu multumque scriptitarit,

    id. ib. 1, 33, 152:

    Graeci quoque ipsi sic initio scriptitarunt, ut noster Cato,

    used to write, id. ib. 2, 12, 51:

    (primus Antonius) scriptitasse Othoni credebatur ducem se partibus offerens,

    Tac. H. 2, 86:

    ad Primum et Varum media scriptitabat,

    id. ib. 3, 52:

    talia sanctissimos homines scriptitasse,

    Plin. Ep. 5, 3, 3.

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  • 18 scripto

    scriptĭto ( - pto, Prisc. 825; 1224 P.), āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. a. [scribo].
    * I.
    In gen., to write often: in palmarum foliis primo scriptitatum est, Plin. 13, 11, 21, § 69. —
    II.
    In partic., to write, compose, etc. (usually with accessory notion of writing at one's own will, not officially or professionally; cf. Ellendt ad Cic. de Or. 2, p. 220;

    class.): et haec et si quid aliud ad me scribas velim vel potius scriptites,

    Cic. Att. 7, 12, 6:

    M. Bibulus scriptitavit accurate,

    wrote, composed, id. Brut. 77, 267:

    multum,

    id. de Or. 2, 23, 97:

    nisi diu multumque scriptitarit,

    id. ib. 1, 33, 152:

    Graeci quoque ipsi sic initio scriptitarunt, ut noster Cato,

    used to write, id. ib. 2, 12, 51:

    (primus Antonius) scriptitasse Othoni credebatur ducem se partibus offerens,

    Tac. H. 2, 86:

    ad Primum et Varum media scriptitabat,

    id. ib. 3, 52:

    talia sanctissimos homines scriptitasse,

    Plin. Ep. 5, 3, 3.

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  • 19 dē-scrībō

        dē-scrībō īpsī, īptus, ere    (often confounded with discribo), to copy off, transcribe, write out, write down: a te librum (i. e. a tuo exemplo): descriptam legem adferunt, the draf<*> in foliis carmina, V.: in cortice Carmina, carve, V.: ius ab antiquā gente, copy, adopt, L.—To sketch, describe, draw, depict, represent: formas in harenā: caeli meatūs radio, V.—Fig., to represent, delineate, describe: res verbis describenda: dignus describi, quod malus ac fur, etc., H.: volnera Parthi, H.: cum pluvius describitur arcus, H.: facta versibus, N.: Votivā descripta tabellā Vita senis, H.—To define, prescribe, fix, assign: iura finium: rationem totius belli: classīs ex censu, L.: vices (poetae), H.: in quattuor urbanas tribūs libertinos, L.: in duodecim mensīs annum, L.: vecturas frumenti finitimis civitatibus, Cs.: suum cuique munus.

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  • 20 ex-scrībō (excr-)

        ex-scrībō (excr-) īpsī, īptus, ere,    to write out, write off, copy: tabulas: exscribendi potestas.

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