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|lshtext=<b>scrībo</b>: psi, ptum, 3 (<br /><b>I</b> 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. [[γράφω]];> Lat. [[scrobis]], [[scrofa]]; cf. Germ. schreiben, [[prop]]., to [[scratch]], [[grave]], [[engrave]] [[with]] a [[sharp]] [[point]]; [[hence]],<br /><b>I</b> In gen.<br /> <b>A</b> 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. στεφ. 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.—<br /> <b>B</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.—<br /><b>II</b> 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]]).<br /> <b>(a)</b> 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]], δ): [[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.—<br /> <b>(b)</b> 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.—<br /> <b>(g)</b> 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.—<br /> <b>(d)</b> 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.—<br /> <b>B</b> Publicists', milit., jurid., and [[business]] t. t., of written plans, drafts, and [[other]] writings of [[various]] [[import]].<br /> <b>1</b> 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 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.—<br /> <b>2</b> <usg [[type]]="dom" opt="n">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.—<br /> <b>b</b> Poet., transf.: [[scribe]] tui gregis hunc, enroll him [[among]] [[your]] [[retinue]], Hor. Ep. 1, 9, 13.—<br /> <b>3</b> Jurid. and [[business]] t. t.: dicam scribere (alicui), [[like]] δίκην γράφειν τινί,> 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.,<br /> <b>A</b> (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.—<br /> <b>B</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.—<br /> <b>2</b> (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. | |lshtext=<b>scrībo</b>: psi, ptum, 3 (<br /><b>I</b> 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. [[γράφω]];> Lat. [[scrobis]], [[scrofa]]; cf. Germ. schreiben, [[prop]]., to [[scratch]], [[grave]], [[engrave]] [[with]] a [[sharp]] [[point]]; [[hence]],<br /><b>I</b> In gen.<br /> <b>A</b> 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. στεφ. 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.—<br /> <b>B</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.—<br /><b>II</b> 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]]).<br /> <b>(a)</b> 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]], δ): [[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.—<br /> <b>(b)</b> 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.—<br /> <b>(g)</b> 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.—<br /> <b>(d)</b> 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.—<br /> <b>B</b> Publicists', milit., jurid., and [[business]] t. t., of written plans, drafts, and [[other]] writings of [[various]] [[import]].<br /> <b>1</b> 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 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.—<br /> <b>2</b> <usg [[type]]="dom" opt="n">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.—<br /> <b>b</b> Poet., transf.: [[scribe]] tui gregis hunc, enroll him [[among]] [[your]] [[retinue]], Hor. Ep. 1, 9, 13.—<br /> <b>3</b> Jurid. and [[business]] t. t.: dicam scribere (alicui), [[like]] δίκην γράφειν τινί,> 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.,<br /> <b>A</b> (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.—<br /> <b>B</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.—<br /> <b>2</b> (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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|gf=(1) <b>scrībō</b>,⁶ scrīpsī, scrīptum, ĕre (cf. [[γράφω]]), tr.,<br /><b>1</b> tracer, marquer avec le style, écrire : lineam Cic. Tusc. 5, 113, tracer une ligne ; cervum servumque u et o litteris Quint. 1, 7, 26, écrire les mots cervum, servum avec un u et un o [uo ; ex. seruom ], cf. Quint. 1, 7, 4 ; 1, 7, 20, etc. ; litteræ, quibus scita scribuntur Cic. Leg. 2, 11, les caractères, avec lesquels sont écrits les décrets ; [[terra]] scripta cum r [[uno]] [[Varro]] L. 5, 21, [[terra]] écrit avec un seul r || alicui stigmata Quint. 7, 4, 14, stigmatiser qqn || [poét.] : arva sanguineo [[gyro]] Stat. Th. 11, 514, tracer sur le [[sol]] un cercle de sang, cf. Catul. 37, 10<br /><b>2</b> <b> a)</b> mettre par écrit, composer, écrire : historiam Cic. Br. 287, écrire un ouvrage historique ; scripta [[multa]] sunt et scribentur [[fortasse]] plura Cic. Fin. 1, 11, j’ai beaucoup écrit et j’écrirai peut-être davantage ; laudationem mortis Cic. Tusc. 1, 116, écrire, composer un éloge de la mort ; [[multa]] præclare Cic. Br. 32, composer beaucoup d’écrits remarquables ; librum Cic. CM 54 ; litteras ad aliquem Cic. Att. 3, 9, 3, composer un livre, écrire une lettre à qqn ; in Catone Majore, qui [[est]] [[scriptus]] ad te de senectute Cic. Læl. 4, dans mon [[Cato]] [[Major]], qui t’a été dédié et qui traite de la vieillesse ; litteræ honorificentissime scriptæ Cic. Att. 14, 13 b, 2, une lettre écrite en [[termes]] si flatteurs ; <b> b)</b> [officiell<sup>t</sup>] rédiger, établir des lois, un sénatusconsulte] : Cic. Rep. 2, 54 ; 2, 61 ; Verr. 2, 5, 177 ; Fam. 15, 6, 2, etc.; [un testament, un traité] Cic. de Or. 2, 24 ; Liv. 42, 12, 5 ; [[non]] scripta, [[sed]] [[nata]] [[lex]] Cic. Mil. 10, une loi [[non]] écrite, mais innée, cf. Cic. Leg. 2, 23 || [en part.] scribendo [[adesse]] Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 5 ; ad scribendum [[esse]] Cic. Att. 1, 19, 9, assister à la rédaction d’un sénatusconsulte || [d’où] scribere, employer tels ou tels [[termes]] dans un [[acte]] : Cic. Br. 195 ; 197 ; [[quod]] [[scriptum]] [[est]] Cic. Br. 196, la lettre d’un [[acte]] ; <b> c)</b> rédiger des discours déjà prononcés] : Cic. Br. 91 ; Tusc. 4, 55 ; <b> d)</b> écrire = décrire, raconter : rem versibus Enn. d. Cic. Br. 76, raconter les faits en vers, traiter un sujet en vers ; [[res]] gestas alicujus Hor. P. 74, écrire les exploits de qqn ; [[bellum]] Liv. 21, 1, 1, raconter une guerre ; scriberis hostium [[victor]] Hor. O. 1, 6, 1, tu seras (décrit) célébré dans ta victoire sur les ennemis ; <b> e)</b> [avec prop. inf.] écrire que, mentionner que, raconter que : Cic. Rep. 1, 27 || [pass.] hæc [[avis]] scribitur solere... Cic. Nat. 2, 124, on raconte que cet oiseau a l’habitude, cf. Tusc. 1, 114 ; [[scriptum]] [[est]] quæsivisse Socratem... Cic. Div. 1, 123, on rapporte que Socrate demanda... (nous lisons que...); <b> f)</b> abs<sup>t</sup>] écrire, composer, faire des ouvrages : Cic. Off. 2, 4 ; Tarentinis scribere Cic. Fin. 1, 7, écrire pour les [[gens]] de Tarente || [[Plato]] [[quo]] [[nemo]] in scribendo præstantior fuit Cic. Rep. 2, 21, [[Platon]], que personne ne surpassa comme écrivain, cf. Cic. Rep. 3, 13<br /><b>3</b> [en parl. de lettres] faire savoir par écrit, écrire : <b> a)</b> scribes ad me Cic. Att. 5, 4, 2, tu m’écriras ; scripsi ad Lamiam Cic. Att. 5, 8, 3, j’ai écrit à [[Lamia]] ; ut scribis Cic. Att. 3, 27, comme tu me le [[dis]] dans ta lettre ; scripsi ad te de Varronis [[erga]] me [[officio]] Cic. Att. 2, 25, 1, je t’ai parlé des bons offices de Varron à mon égard, cf. Cic. Att. 2, 16, 1, etc. ; <b> b)</b> [avec prop. inf.]: Græceius ad me scripsit C. Cassium [[sibi]] scripsisse... Cic. Att. 15, 8, 2, Græceius m’a écrit que C. [[Cassius]] lui avait écrit que...; <b> c)</b> [avec idée d’ordre, de conseil] ou subj. seul ou ut et subj. : scribit Labieno... veniat Cæs. G. 5, 46, 4, il écrit à Labiénus de venir ; cf. Cic. Fam. 16, 4, 2 fin ; ad me scripsit ut in Italiam [[quam]] [[primum]] venirem Cic. Att. 11, 7, 2, il m’a écrit de venir le [[plus]] tôt possible en Italie, cf. Cic. Att. 4, 14, 1 ; scribam ad illos ut... ne [[cui]] negent Cic. Phil. 2, 32, je leur écrirai de ne répondre [[non]] à personne ; Scipioni scribendum, ne [[bellum]] remitteret Liv. 30, 23, 5, [il disait] qu’il fallait écrire à Scipion de ne pas ralentir la guerre [av. inf.] Tac. Ann. 15, 25<br /><b>4</b> [en part.]: <b> a)</b> inscrire, enrôler des soldats : Cic. Fam. 3, 3, 1 ; Sall. C. 32, 1 ; J. 43, 3 ; Liv. 21, 40, 3, etc. || [[sex]] [[milia]] colonorum Albam in Æquos Liv. 10, 1, 1, inscrire six [[mille]] colons pour Albe chez les Èques || [fig.] scribe [[tui]] [[gregis]] [[hunc]] Hor. Ep. 1, 9, 13, inscris-le dans ta troupe, parmi tes compagnons ; <b> b)</b> mentionner qqn dans son testament, instituer qqn comme héritier : aliquem heredem Cic. Mil. 48 ; aliquem [[secundum]] heredem Sall. J. 65, 1, instituer qqn héritier ; héritier en second, cf. Hor. S. 2, 5, 48 ; <b> c)</b> inscrire sur le livre de comptes : nummos Pl. As. 440, faire un billet [de reconnaissance d’une dette], cf. Dig. 26, 7, 9, 7 ; scribe [[decem]] (tabulas) a [[Nerio]] Hor. S. 2, 3, 69, fais souscrire dix billets avec les formules dictées par Nérius. pf. sync. scripsti Pl. As. 802, scripstis Enn. Scen. 211 ; inf. [[scripse]] Lucil. Sat. 818 [noté scribsisse ou scribse par Marx].<br />(2) <b>scrībō</b>, ōnis, m., qui inscrit, recruteur : S. Greg. Ep. 12, 30. | |||
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I 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. γράφω;> 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. στεφ. 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).
(a) 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, δ): 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.—
(b) 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.—
(g) 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.—
(d) 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 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 <usg type="dom" opt="n">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 δίκην γράφειν τινί,> 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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(1) scrībō,⁶ scrīpsī, scrīptum, ĕre (cf. γράφω), tr.,
1 tracer, marquer avec le style, écrire : lineam Cic. Tusc. 5, 113, tracer une ligne ; cervum servumque u et o litteris Quint. 1, 7, 26, écrire les mots cervum, servum avec un u et un o [uo ; ex. seruom ], cf. Quint. 1, 7, 4 ; 1, 7, 20, etc. ; litteræ, quibus scita scribuntur Cic. Leg. 2, 11, les caractères, avec lesquels sont écrits les décrets ; terra scripta cum r uno Varro L. 5, 21, terra écrit avec un seul r || alicui stigmata Quint. 7, 4, 14, stigmatiser qqn || [poét.] : arva sanguineo gyro Stat. Th. 11, 514, tracer sur le sol un cercle de sang, cf. Catul. 37, 10
2 a) mettre par écrit, composer, écrire : historiam Cic. Br. 287, écrire un ouvrage historique ; scripta multa sunt et scribentur fortasse plura Cic. Fin. 1, 11, j’ai beaucoup écrit et j’écrirai peut-être davantage ; laudationem mortis Cic. Tusc. 1, 116, écrire, composer un éloge de la mort ; multa præclare Cic. Br. 32, composer beaucoup d’écrits remarquables ; librum Cic. CM 54 ; litteras ad aliquem Cic. Att. 3, 9, 3, composer un livre, écrire une lettre à qqn ; in Catone Majore, qui est scriptus ad te de senectute Cic. Læl. 4, dans mon Cato Major, qui t’a été dédié et qui traite de la vieillesse ; litteræ honorificentissime scriptæ Cic. Att. 14, 13 b, 2, une lettre écrite en termes si flatteurs ; b) [officiellt] rédiger, établir des lois, un sénatusconsulte] : Cic. Rep. 2, 54 ; 2, 61 ; Verr. 2, 5, 177 ; Fam. 15, 6, 2, etc.; [un testament, un traité] Cic. de Or. 2, 24 ; Liv. 42, 12, 5 ; non scripta, sed nata lex Cic. Mil. 10, une loi non écrite, mais innée, cf. Cic. Leg. 2, 23 || [en part.] scribendo adesse Cic. Fam. 8, 8, 5 ; ad scribendum esse Cic. Att. 1, 19, 9, assister à la rédaction d’un sénatusconsulte || [d’où] scribere, employer tels ou tels termes dans un acte : Cic. Br. 195 ; 197 ; quod scriptum est Cic. Br. 196, la lettre d’un acte ; c) rédiger des discours déjà prononcés] : Cic. Br. 91 ; Tusc. 4, 55 ; d) écrire = décrire, raconter : rem versibus Enn. d. Cic. Br. 76, raconter les faits en vers, traiter un sujet en vers ; res gestas alicujus Hor. P. 74, écrire les exploits de qqn ; bellum Liv. 21, 1, 1, raconter une guerre ; scriberis hostium victor Hor. O. 1, 6, 1, tu seras (décrit) célébré dans ta victoire sur les ennemis ; e) [avec prop. inf.] écrire que, mentionner que, raconter que : Cic. Rep. 1, 27 || [pass.] hæc avis scribitur solere... Cic. Nat. 2, 124, on raconte que cet oiseau a l’habitude, cf. Tusc. 1, 114 ; scriptum est quæsivisse Socratem... Cic. Div. 1, 123, on rapporte que Socrate demanda... (nous lisons que...); f) abst] écrire, composer, faire des ouvrages : Cic. Off. 2, 4 ; Tarentinis scribere Cic. Fin. 1, 7, écrire pour les gens de Tarente || Plato quo nemo in scribendo præstantior fuit Cic. Rep. 2, 21, Platon, que personne ne surpassa comme écrivain, cf. Cic. Rep. 3, 13
3 [en parl. de lettres] faire savoir par écrit, écrire : a) scribes ad me Cic. Att. 5, 4, 2, tu m’écriras ; scripsi ad Lamiam Cic. Att. 5, 8, 3, j’ai écrit à Lamia ; ut scribis Cic. Att. 3, 27, comme tu me le dis dans ta lettre ; scripsi ad te de Varronis erga me officio Cic. Att. 2, 25, 1, je t’ai parlé des bons offices de Varron à mon égard, cf. Cic. Att. 2, 16, 1, etc. ; b) [avec prop. inf.]: Græceius ad me scripsit C. Cassium sibi scripsisse... Cic. Att. 15, 8, 2, Græceius m’a écrit que C. Cassius lui avait écrit que...; c) [avec idée d’ordre, de conseil] ou subj. seul ou ut et subj. : scribit Labieno... veniat Cæs. G. 5, 46, 4, il écrit à Labiénus de venir ; cf. Cic. Fam. 16, 4, 2 fin ; ad me scripsit ut in Italiam quam primum venirem Cic. Att. 11, 7, 2, il m’a écrit de venir le plus tôt possible en Italie, cf. Cic. Att. 4, 14, 1 ; scribam ad illos ut... ne cui negent Cic. Phil. 2, 32, je leur écrirai de ne répondre non à personne ; Scipioni scribendum, ne bellum remitteret Liv. 30, 23, 5, [il disait] qu’il fallait écrire à Scipion de ne pas ralentir la guerre [av. inf.] Tac. Ann. 15, 25
4 [en part.]: a) inscrire, enrôler des soldats : Cic. Fam. 3, 3, 1 ; Sall. C. 32, 1 ; J. 43, 3 ; Liv. 21, 40, 3, etc. || sex milia colonorum Albam in Æquos Liv. 10, 1, 1, inscrire six mille colons pour Albe chez les Èques || [fig.] scribe tui gregis hunc Hor. Ep. 1, 9, 13, inscris-le dans ta troupe, parmi tes compagnons ; b) mentionner qqn dans son testament, instituer qqn comme héritier : aliquem heredem Cic. Mil. 48 ; aliquem secundum heredem Sall. J. 65, 1, instituer qqn héritier ; héritier en second, cf. Hor. S. 2, 5, 48 ; c) inscrire sur le livre de comptes : nummos Pl. As. 440, faire un billet [de reconnaissance d’une dette], cf. Dig. 26, 7, 9, 7 ; scribe decem (tabulas) a Nerio Hor. S. 2, 3, 69, fais souscrire dix billets avec les formules dictées par Nérius. pf. sync. scripsti Pl. As. 802, scripstis Enn. Scen. 211 ; inf. scripse Lucil. Sat. 818 [noté scribsisse ou scribse par Marx].
(2) scrībō, ōnis, m., qui inscrit, recruteur : S. Greg. Ep. 12, 30.
