ascriptivus
πεσούσης νυκτός, πάσα γυνὴ Λαΐς εστί → at nightfall, every woman is a Laïs | all cats are gray at night | all cats are gray by night | all cats are gray in the dark | all cats are grey at night | all cats are grey by night | all cats are grey in the dark | all women look the same with the lights off | when lights are out all women look the same
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
ascriptīvus: (adscr-), a, um, adj. ascribo, II.,
I enrolled as a (supernumerary) soldier (cf. ascripticius and accensus): Idem istuc aliis adscriptivis ad legionem fieri solet, Plaut. Men. 1, 3, 2; Varr. L. L. 7, § 56 Müll.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
ascrīptīvus (adscr-), a, um (ascribo), surnuméraire, supplémentaire [soldat] : Pl. Men. 183 ; Varro L. 7, 56.
Latin > English
ascriptivus ascriptiva, ascriptivum ADJ :: enrolled in addition (as a soldier), supernumerary
