discribo
οὗτος μὲν ὁ πιθανώτερος τῶν λόγων εἴρηται, δεῖ δὲ καὶ τὸν ἧσσον πιθανόν, ἐπεί γε δὴ λέγεται, ῥηθῆναι → this is the most credible of the stories told; but I must relate the less credible tale also, since they tell it
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
dī-scrībo: scripsi, scriptum, 3,
I v. a., to distribute, divide among several persons, apportion, assign: (class.) quodne (argentum) ego discripsi porro illis quibus debui? Ter. Phorm. 5, 8, 30: quorum ipsorum bona, quantacumque erant, statim suis comitibus compotoribusque discripsit, Cic. Phil. 5, 8, 22: urbis partīs ad incendia, Cic. Cat. 1, 4, 9: duodena jugera in singulos homines, id. Agr. 2, 31, 85: populum in tribus tres, curiasque triginta, etc., id. Rep. 2, 8: civitatibus jura, id. ib. 1, 2, 2: negotii publici curatio discripta, id. Sest. 30, 66 et saep.: judicantem vidimus Aeacum sedesque discriptas deorum, Hor. C. 2, 13, 22: militibus voluntariis in legiones discriptis, Liv. 31, 14, 2; cf. id. 31, 34, 8 Weissenb. ad loc.; so id. 33, 42, 8; 34, 56, 6; 30, 26, 6 al. (v. describo, II. B. 2., and cf. Bücheler, in Rhein-Mus. 13, 598 sq.).
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
discrībō,¹¹ scrīpsī, scrīptum, ĕre, tr.,
1 assigner ici une chose, là une autre : argentum discripsi illis quibus debui Ter. Phorm. 922, j’ai consacré la somme à payer mes divers créanciers ; quæ discripta sunt legibus Cic. Off. 1, 51, ce qui est assigné à chacun par les lois (Fam. 12, 1, 1)
2 répartir, distribuer [en classes, etc.] : Leg. 3, 7 ; CM 17, 59 ; Fam. 16, 11, 3. cf. describo ; dans les mss il y a souvent confusion des formes discr- et descr- ; et il est difficile pour le sens de prendre parti.
