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|lshtext=<b>per-scrībo</b>: psi, ptum, 3, v. a.<br /><b>I</b> 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.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> 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. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>D</b> 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>E</b> To [[draw]] a [[line]] [[across]], to [[cross]] a written [[character]] = διαγράφειν ([[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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