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|lshtext=<b>ex-scrībo</b>: (excr-), psi, ptum (btum), 3, v. a.,<br /><b>I</b> to [[write]] [[out]], [[write]] [[off]], [[copy]].<br /><b>I</b> 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf. *<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Of paintings, to [[copy]]: imagines exscribere et pingere, Plin. Ep. 4, 28, 1.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In gen., to [[write]] or [[note]] [[down]]: nomina exscripta, Plaut. Rud. prol. 15: bonos in aliis tabulis exscriptos habet, id. ib. 21.—*<br /><b>II</b> Trop., to [[copy]] or [[take]] [[after]], to [[resemble]]: [[filia]] totum patrem mira similitudine exscripserat, Plin. Ep. 5, 16, 9.
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