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|lshtext=<b>prō-scrībo</b>: psi, ptum, 3, v. a.,<br /><b>I</b> to [[write]] [[before]] or in [[front]] of, to [[write]] [[over]] or [[upon]], to [[inscribe]].<br /><b>I</b> In gen. ([[post]]-Aug.): [[vultus]] voluntariā poenarum lege proscripti, written [[over]], inscribed, Petr. 107.—<br /><b>II</b> In partic.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> To [[publish]] [[any]] [[thing]] by [[writing]] (freq. and [[class]].): ut quo [[die]] esse oporteret idus Januarias, eo [[die]] Calendas Martias proscriberet, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 52, § 129: [[quam]] (legem) non is promulgavit, quo nomine proscriptam videtis, id. ib. 2, 5, 69, § 177: non proscriptā [[neque]] edictā [[die]], id. ib. 1, 54, 141: venationem, id. Att. 16, 4, 1: leges, Tac. A. 13, 51: versiculos per vias, Gell. 15, 4, 3.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With obj.-[[clause]]: senatum Calendis velle se frequentem adesse, [[etiam]] Formiis proscribi jussit, Cic. Att. 9, 17, 1: proscribit se auctionem esse facturum, id. Quint. 4, 15; cf. Suet. Caes. 49.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> To [[offer]] in [[writing]] [[any]] [[thing]] for [[sale]], [[lease]], or [[hire]], or as to be sold by [[auction]], to [[post]] up, [[advertise]]: proscribere [[palam]] sic accipimus, claris litteris, ut, etc., Dig. 14, 3, 11: [[Racilius]] tabulam proscripsit, se familiam Catonianam venditurum, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 6, 5: [[Claudius]] proscripsit insulam, vendidit, id. Off. 3, 16, 65.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> To [[publish]] a [[person]] as having forfeited his [[property]], to [[punish]] [[with]] [[confiscation]], to [[confiscate]] one's [[property]] (cf. [[publico]]): [[quaero]] [[enim]], [[quid]] [[sit]] aliud proscribere. Velitis, jubeatis, ut M. [[Tullius]] in civitate ne [[sit]], bonaque ejus ut mea sint, Cic. Dom. 17, 43: Pompeium, to [[confiscate]] the estates gained by him, id. Agr. 2, 36, 99: vicinos, to [[confiscate]] the lands of one's neighbors, id. ib. 3, 4, 14: possessiones, id. ib.: bona, Plin. Ep. 8, 18, 5.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>D</b> To [[proscribe]], [[outlaw]] one, by [[hanging]] up a [[tablet]] [[with]] his [[name]] and [[sentence]] of [[outlawry]], [[confiscation]] of [[goods]], etc.: [[posteaquam]] [[victoria]] constituta est, cum proscriberentur homines, qui adversarii fuisse putabantur, Cic. Rosc. Am. 6, 16: victoriā Sullae parentes, Sall. C. 37, 9: [[modus]] proscribendi, Suet. Aug. 27.—Hence, P. a., as subst.: prōscriptus, i, an [[outlaw]], one proscribed: [[contra]] legem Corneliam, quae proscriptum juvari vetat, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 47, § 123: proscriptorum liberos honores petere puduit, Plin. 7, 30, 31, § 117: in proscriptorum [[numero]] esse, Sall. C. 51, 33: bona proscriptorum, id. H. 1, 31 Dietsch.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Trop.: cujus pudoris [[dignitas]] in concione proscripta [[sit]], has been brought [[into]] [[ill]] [[repute]], rendered [[suspected]], Petr. 106.