praescribo

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prae-scrībo: psi, ptum, 3, v. a.,
I to write before, in front, or previously, to prefix in writing (syn.: praefinio, praestituo).
I Lit.: pagina nomen sibi quae Vari praescripsit, Verg. E. 6, 11: monimentis consulum nomina, Tac. A. 3, 57; cf.: praescriptum (sc. in signis) Vespasiani nomen, id. H. 3, 13: nomen ipsius virtutis libro, Gell. 11, 16, 7: epistula, cui titulus praescriptus est, pluria non plura dici debere, id. 5, 21, 10: auctoritates praescriptae, the recorded names of senators present when a decree was made, Cic. de Or. 3, 2, 5: ut praescripsimus, as we remarked before, Vell. 2, 21, 1.—
   B Transf., to trace out: praescripta lineamenta, Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 92.—
II Trop.
   A To order, appoint, direct, command, prescribe: finem rebus, Ter. And. 1, 1, 124: sic enim praescripsimus iis, quibus ea negotia mandavimus, ut, etc., Cic. Fam. 13, 26, 2: cum ei praescriptum esset, ne, etc., id. Att. 16, 3, 6: iis praescribendus est imperandi modus, id. Leg. 3, 2, 5: lege aliquid, id. Clu. 53, 147: si ipse populo Romano non praescriberet, quemadmodum suo jure uteretur, etc., Caes. B. G. 1, 36: quid fieri oporteret, ipsi sibi praescribere poterant, id. ib. 2, 20: ut majorum jura moresque praescribunt, Cic. Font. 16, 36: curationem valetudinis, id. Div. 2, 59, 123: jura civibus, id. Sen. 9, 27: senatui quae sunt agenda, id. ib. 6, 18: praescribere et constituere aliquid, id. Caecin. 27, 76: praescribere aliquid et quasi imperare, id. Ac. 2, 3, 8: praescriptis verbis agendum est, Dig. 19, tit. 5, 2.—
   B In law, to bring an exception against, to except, object, or demur to: ignominioso patri filius praescribit, Quint. 7, 5, 3; Dig. 47, 15, 3.—
   C To dictate: carmina, Tib. 4, 1, 177.—
   D To write down, put down in writing: testamentum litteris, Dig. 29, 1, 40.—
   E (I. q. praetexere, obtentui sumere.) To use as a pretext: aliquem, Tac. A. 4, 52; 11, 16; cf. praescriptio, II. A.—
   F To describe or depict beforehand: tum (Nero) formam futuri principatūs praescripsit, Tac. A. 13, 4.—Hence, praescriptum, i, n., something prescribed, a copy, task, lesson to imitate or to get by heart (class.).
   A Lit.: puerile praescriptum, Sen. Ep. 94, 9: pueri ad praescriptum discunt, id. ib. 94, 51.—
   B Trop.
   1    A precept, order, rule: praescripta candida supremae calcis, i. e. metae, Lucr. 6, 92: omnia legum imperio et praescripto fieri videbitis, Cic. Clu. 53, 147; so, legis, Suet. Claud. 14; Amm. 14, 1, 5; 29, 1, 27: praescripta servare, Cic. Off. 1, 26, 92: ad praescriptum, according to order, Caes. B. G. 1, 36; id. B. C. 3, 51; Liv. 10, 22: ex communi praescripto civitatis, Cic. Inv. 2, 45, 132; cf.: ex Augusti praescripto, Suet. Ner. 10: hoc ejus praescripto, Caes. B. C. 1, 87 fin.: ultra praescriptum, beyond or contrary to rule, irregularly, illegally, Suet. Caes. 28.—
   2    The prescribed limits or bounds: intra praescriptum equitare, Hor. C. 2, 9, 23.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

præscrībō,¹⁰ scrīpsī, scrīptum, ĕre, tr.,
1 écrire en tête, mettre en titre : in litteris nomen Cæs. C. 3, 71, 3, inscrire un nom en tête de ses lettres ; nomen libro Gell. 11, 16, 8, mettre un nom en tête d’un livre
2 mentionner d’avance, indiquer préalablement : Cic. Fin. 2, 3 ; senatui, quæ bella sint gerenda Cic. CM 18, indiquer d’avance au sénat quelles guerres il faut faire, cf. Cic. Fin. 2, 3