subscribo
Οὐ γὰρ ἀργίας ὤνιον ἡ ὑγίεια καὶ ἀπραξίας, ἅ γε δὴ μέγιστα κακῶν ταῖς νόσοις πρόσεστι, καὶ οὐδὲν διαφέρει τοῦ τὰ ὄμματα τῷ μὴ διαβλέπειν καὶ τὴν φωνὴν τῷ μὴ φθέγγεσθαι φυλάττοντος ὁ τὴν ὑγίειαν ἀχρηστίᾳ καὶ ἡσυχίᾳ σῴζειν οἰόμενος → For health is not to be purchased by idleness and inactivity, which are the greatest evils attendant on sickness, and the man who thinks to conserve his health by uselessness and ease does not differ from him who guards his eyes by not seeing, and his voice by not speaking
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
sub-scrībo: psi, ptum, 3, v. a.
I To write underneath or below (class.; cf. subnoto).
A In gen.: statuis inauratis ... subscripsit, Reges ab se in gratiam esse reductos, Cic. Clu. 36, 101; cf.: subscripsere quidam L. Bruti statuae: utinam viveres, etc., Suet. Caes. 80: si quaeret Pater Urbium Subscribi statuis, Hor. C. 3, 24, 28; cf.: meo subscribi causa sepulcro, Ov. M. 9, 563: quarum (litterarum) exemplum subscripsi, Balb. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 13, A, § 1; Treb. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 16, 3; cf.: seminaria ulmorum parentur eā ratione, quam deinceps subscripsimus, Col. 5, 6, 5.—
B In partic.
1 Jurid. t. t., to write down, sign, or subscribe one's name to an accusation (either as principal prosecutor or as seconding others), together with the ground of the charge; hence, in gen., to charge, accuse, prosecute: in L. Popillium subscripsit L. Gellius, quod is pecuniam accepisset, quo innocentem condemnaret, Cic. Clu. 47, 131; cf.: quia parricidii causa subscripta esset, id. Inv. 2, 19, 58: Gabinium de ambitu reum fecit P. Sulla, subscribente privigno Memmio, fratre Caecilio, etc., id. Q. Fr. 3, 3, 2; cf.: Capito Agrippae subscripsit in C. Cassium, Vell. 2, 69, 5; and: accusanti patrono subscripsit, Suet. Rhet. 3; Nep. Att. 6, 3: cras subscribam homini dicam, Plaut. Poen. 3, 6, 5: in crimen, Dig. 47, 1, 3; 47, 2, 92: in crimine, ib. 48, 10, 24.—
2 Publicists' t. t., of the censor, to write down, set down, note down the reason of his official censure under or against the name of the person censured: video animadvertisse censores in judices quosdam illius consilii Juniani, cum istam ipsam causam subscriberent, Cic. Clu. 42, 119: censor C. Ateium notavit, quod ementitum auspicia subscripsit, id. Div. 1, 16, 29: haec quae de judicio corrupto subscripserint, etc., id. Clu. 45, 127: ac primum illud statuamus, utrum quia censores subscripserint, ita sit; an quia ita fuerit, illi subscripserint, id. ib. 44, 123: quod censores de ceteris subscripserunt, Quint. 5, 13, 33.—
3 To sign, subscribe a document (by appending one's name or a formula of greeting; perh. not ante-Aug.): omnes (tutores) debent unius editioni subscribere, Dig. 2, 13, 6: rationibus, testamento, ib. 40, 7, 40; for which, also, rationes, ib. 35, 1, 80 fin.; 34, 3, 12: si subscripserit in tabulis emptionis, concessisse videtur, ib. 20, 6, 8 fin.: cum de supplicio cujusdam capite damnati, ut ex more subscriberet, admoneretur, Suet. Ner. 10; id. Calig. 29: ipse Commodus in subscribendo tardus et neglegens, ita ut libellis una forma multis subscriberet, in epistolis autem plurimis Vale tantum scriberet, Lampr. Commod. 13; Suet. Tib. 32 Wolf (cf. Dio, 57, 11).—
b Transf.
(a) To assent to, agree to, approve of any thing: nec quicquam prius pro potestate subscripsit, quam quingenties sestertium ad peragendam Auream domum, Suet. Oth. 7: Caesaris irae, Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 3: aut gratiae aut odio suo, Phaedr. 3, 10, 57: odiis accusationibusque Hannibalis, Liv. 33, 47: orationi alicujus, id. 10, 22: luxuriae, Cels. 3, 4: si fortuna voto subscripserit, Col. 1, 2, 3: tuo desiderio, Traj. ap. Plin. Ep. 10, 95 (96): amoribus alicujus, Val. Max. 4, 7, 4.—
(b) To grant, allow, accord a thing to any one (post-class.), Tert. Virg. Vel. 10; id. Idol. 13; id. Anim. 40.—
II (With the idea of the verb predom.) To write or note down (=notare; very rare): numerum aratorum, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 51, § 120: audita, Quint. 12, 8, 8: quaedam, Suet. Aug. 27; cf.: suspiria nostra (a delatoribus), Tac. Agr. 45 (acc. to others this passage belongs to B. 1.).
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
subscrībō,¹¹ scrīpsī, scrīptum, ĕre, tr.,
1 écrire dessous, écrire au bas, mettre en inscription : statuis subscripsit avec prop. inf. Cic. Clu. 101, il mit comme inscription sur des statues que..., cf. Suet. Cæs. 80 ; Hor. O. 3, 24, 28 ; meo subscribitur causa sepulcro Ov. M. 9, 563, la cause de ma mort est inscrite sur ma tombe ||
2 signer en second une accusation, être accusateur secondaire : Cic. Q. 3, 3, 2 ; Nep. Att. 6, 3 || [ou simplt] signer une accusation, rédiger une accusation, in aliquem, contre qqn : Cic. Clu. 131
3 [en parl. des censeurs] inscrire au-dessous du nom d’une pers. le motif d’un blâme, inscrire, noter : Cic. Clu. 119 ; 123 ; 127 ; Div. 1, 29
4 signer un document : testamento Dig. 40, 1, 40, signer un testament || [d’où] approuver : rationibus ou rationes Dig. approuver des comptes, cf. acc. Suet. Oth. 7 || abst] apposer sa signature : Suet. Nero 10 ; Cal. 29 || [fig.] adhérer à, souscrire à, approuver : odiis accusatorum Hannibalis Liv. 33, 47, 4, s’associer à la haine des accusateurs d’Hannibal, cf. Liv. 10, 22, 4
5 écrire à la suite, ajouter : earum (litterarum) exemplum subscripseras Cic. Att. 8, 11 d, 3, tu avais reproduit la copie de cette lettre à la suite de la tienne ; numerus aratorum subscribitur Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 120, on inscrit à la suite = on relève l’effectif des cultivateurs [sur les registres officiels après la mention des propriétés, de leur superficie, des noms des propriétaires, etc.] ; hæc subscribe libello Hor. S. 1, 10, 92, ajoute ces pages au livre, au recueil
6 inscrire à la dérobée, à la volée : Quint. 12, 8, 7 ; Suet. Aug. 27 ; cum suspiria nostra subscriberentur Tac. Agr. 45, alors que nos soupirs étaient furtivement notés.