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|lshtext=<b>dē-scrībo</b>: psi, ptum (in MSS. and edd. [[often]] [[confounded]] [[with]] [[discribo]], q. v.), 3, v. a.<br /><b>I</b> To [[copy]] [[off]], [[transcribe]] [[any]] [[thing]] from an [[original]] (freq. in Cic.; elsewh. [[rare]]): scripsit [[Balbus]] ad me, se a te (i. e. e tuo [[exemplo]]) quintum de Finibus librum descripsisse, Cic. Att. 13, 21; cf. id. Ac. 2, 4, 11: epistolam, id. Att. 8, 9; id. Fam. 12, 17, 2; 12, 7, 22: legem, Suet. Cal. 41; id. Dom. 20; so, to [[write]] [[down]], [[write]] [[out]]: carmina in foliis, Verg. A. 3, 445; in [[carved]] letters: in viridi cortice carmina, id. E. 5, 14.— Class. and [[far]] [[more]] freq.,<br /><b>II</b> To [[sketch]] [[off]], to [[describe]] in [[painting]], [[writing]], etc.: delineare, definire.<br /> <b>A</b> Lit.: non potuit [[pictor]] rectius describere ejus formam, Plaut. As. 2, 3, 22; so, geometricas formas in [[harena]], Cic. Rep. 1, 17 fin.: formas in pulvere, Liv. 25, 31; cf. Cic. Fin. 5, 19; id. Clu. 32, 87; id. Sen. 14, 49: sphaeram, id. Rep. 1, 14; cf. [[caelum]], Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 7: caeli [[meatus]] [[radio]], Verg. A. 6, 851; cf. id. E. 3, 41: vitam votivā tabellā, Hor. S. 2, 1, 33 et saep.—<br /> <b>B</b> Trop.<br /> <b>1</b> To [[represent]], [[delineate]], [[describe]]: malos [[mores]], Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 165; cf.: hominum sermones moresque, Cic. Or. 40, 138: definienda res erit verbis et [[breviter]] describenda, id. Inv. 1, 8 fin: qualem (mulierem) ego [[paulo]] [[ante]] descripsi, id. Cael. 20, 50; id. Phil. 2, 44; id. Sull. 29 fin.: me latronem ac sicarium, id. Mil. 18, 47: si [[quis]] erat [[dignus]] describi, [[quod]] [[malus]] ac [[fur]], etc., Hor. S. 1, 4, 3: [[malo]] carmine, id. Ep. 2, 1, 154; Quint. 3, 4, 3: vulnera [[Parthi]], Hor. S. 2, 1, 15: lucum, aram Dianae, [[flumen]] Rhenum, pluvium arcum, id. A. P. 18 et saep.: praecepta, id. S. 2, 3, 34: facta versibus, Nep. Att. 18, 6. —Rarely<br /> <b>(b)</b> [[with]] acc. and inf.: nec qui descripsit corrumpi semina matrum, Ov. Tr. 2, 415; Gell. 9, 1.—Part. subst.: dēscrip-ta, ōrum, n.: recitari factorum dictorumque ejus descripta per [[dies]] jussit, the diary, Tac. A. 6, 24.—<br /> <b>2</b> To [[mark]] [[off]], [[define]], [[divide]], [[distribute]] [[into]] parts. (But [[whenever]] the [[notion]] of [[distribution]] or [[division]] is [[implied]], the form [[discribo]] seems to [[have]] been used by [[class]]. writers; and is [[now]] restored [[where]] de-scr. is [[found]] in earlier edd., e.g. Cic. Rep. 2, 8; id. de Or. 2, 71, 288; id. Sest. 30, 66 et saep.) Cf.: libertinos in quatuor urbanas [[tribus]], Liv. 45, 15: annum in [[duodecim]] menses, Liv. 1, 19; Flor. 1, 2, 2. —Without in.: [[commode]] omnes descripti, aetates, classes, [[equitatus]], Cic. Rep. 4, 2; and: classes centuriasque et hunc ordinem ex censu descripsit, Liv. 1, 42: terram, Vulg. Jos. 18, 6 al. et saep.—<br /> <b>3</b> Aliquid (alicui), to [[ascribe]], [[apportion]], [[appoint]], [[assign]] to [[any]] one (cf. [[remark]], no. 2 [[supra]]); cf.: vecturas frumenti finitimis civitatibus, * Caes. B. C. 3, 42, 4; Liv. 1, 32 al.: officia, to [[define]], Cic. Ac. 2, 36; id. Fam. 12, 1: [[vices]] (poetae), Hor. A. P. 86: munera pugnae, Sil. 9, 267 et saep.—Hence, dēscrip-tus, a, um, P. a., qs. marked [[out]], i. e. [[precisely]] [[ordered]], [[properly]] arranged (ap. Cic.): [[materies]] orationis omnibus locis descripta, instructa ornataque, Cic. de Or. 2, 34, 145; cf.: [[ordo]] verborum, id. Or. 59, 200: [[natura]] [[nihil]] est aptius, [[nihil]] descriptius, id. Fin. 3, 22, 74.—Neutr. plur. as subst.: dēscrip-ta, [[orum]], things recorded, writings, Tac. A. 6, 24.—Sup. does not [[occur]].—* Adv.: dē-scriptē, [[distinctly]], [[precisely]]: descripte et [[electe]] digerere, opp. [[confuse]] et [[permixte]] dispergere, Cic. Inv. 1, 30, 49. | |lshtext=<b>dē-scrībo</b>: psi, ptum (in MSS. and edd. [[often]] [[confounded]] [[with]] [[discribo]], q. v.), 3, v. a.<br /><b>I</b> To [[copy]] [[off]], [[transcribe]] [[any]] [[thing]] from an [[original]] (freq. in Cic.; elsewh. [[rare]]): scripsit [[Balbus]] ad me, se a te (i. e. e tuo [[exemplo]]) quintum de Finibus librum descripsisse, Cic. Att. 13, 21; cf. id. Ac. 2, 4, 11: epistolam, id. Att. 8, 9; id. Fam. 12, 17, 2; 12, 7, 22: legem, Suet. Cal. 41; id. Dom. 20; so, to [[write]] [[down]], [[write]] [[out]]: carmina in foliis, Verg. A. 3, 445; in [[carved]] letters: in viridi cortice carmina, id. E. 5, 14.— Class. and [[far]] [[more]] freq.,<br /><b>II</b> To [[sketch]] [[off]], to [[describe]] in [[painting]], [[writing]], etc.: delineare, definire.<br /> <b>A</b> Lit.: non potuit [[pictor]] rectius describere ejus formam, Plaut. As. 2, 3, 22; so, geometricas formas in [[harena]], Cic. Rep. 1, 17 fin.: formas in pulvere, Liv. 25, 31; cf. Cic. Fin. 5, 19; id. Clu. 32, 87; id. Sen. 14, 49: sphaeram, id. Rep. 1, 14; cf. [[caelum]], Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 7: caeli [[meatus]] [[radio]], Verg. A. 6, 851; cf. id. E. 3, 41: vitam votivā tabellā, Hor. S. 2, 1, 33 et saep.—<br /> <b>B</b> Trop.<br /> <b>1</b> To [[represent]], [[delineate]], [[describe]]: malos [[mores]], Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 165; cf.: hominum sermones moresque, Cic. Or. 40, 138: definienda res erit verbis et [[breviter]] describenda, id. Inv. 1, 8 fin: qualem (mulierem) ego [[paulo]] [[ante]] descripsi, id. Cael. 20, 50; id. Phil. 2, 44; id. Sull. 29 fin.: me latronem ac sicarium, id. Mil. 18, 47: si [[quis]] erat [[dignus]] describi, [[quod]] [[malus]] ac [[fur]], etc., Hor. S. 1, 4, 3: [[malo]] carmine, id. Ep. 2, 1, 154; Quint. 3, 4, 3: vulnera [[Parthi]], Hor. S. 2, 1, 15: lucum, aram Dianae, [[flumen]] Rhenum, pluvium arcum, id. A. P. 18 et saep.: praecepta, id. S. 2, 3, 34: facta versibus, Nep. Att. 18, 6. —Rarely<br /> <b>(b)</b> [[with]] acc. and inf.: nec qui descripsit corrumpi semina matrum, Ov. Tr. 2, 415; Gell. 9, 1.—Part. subst.: dēscrip-ta, ōrum, n.: recitari factorum dictorumque ejus descripta per [[dies]] jussit, the diary, Tac. A. 6, 24.—<br /> <b>2</b> To [[mark]] [[off]], [[define]], [[divide]], [[distribute]] [[into]] parts. (But [[whenever]] the [[notion]] of [[distribution]] or [[division]] is [[implied]], the form [[discribo]] seems to [[have]] been used by [[class]]. writers; and is [[now]] restored [[where]] de-scr. is [[found]] in earlier edd., e.g. Cic. Rep. 2, 8; id. de Or. 2, 71, 288; id. Sest. 30, 66 et saep.) Cf.: libertinos in quatuor urbanas [[tribus]], Liv. 45, 15: annum in [[duodecim]] menses, Liv. 1, 19; Flor. 1, 2, 2. —Without in.: [[commode]] omnes descripti, aetates, classes, [[equitatus]], Cic. Rep. 4, 2; and: classes centuriasque et hunc ordinem ex censu descripsit, Liv. 1, 42: terram, Vulg. Jos. 18, 6 al. et saep.—<br /> <b>3</b> Aliquid (alicui), to [[ascribe]], [[apportion]], [[appoint]], [[assign]] to [[any]] one (cf. [[remark]], no. 2 [[supra]]); cf.: vecturas frumenti finitimis civitatibus, * Caes. B. C. 3, 42, 4; Liv. 1, 32 al.: officia, to [[define]], Cic. Ac. 2, 36; id. Fam. 12, 1: [[vices]] (poetae), Hor. A. P. 86: munera pugnae, Sil. 9, 267 et saep.—Hence, dēscrip-tus, a, um, P. a., qs. marked [[out]], i. e. [[precisely]] [[ordered]], [[properly]] arranged (ap. Cic.): [[materies]] orationis omnibus locis descripta, instructa ornataque, Cic. de Or. 2, 34, 145; cf.: [[ordo]] verborum, id. Or. 59, 200: [[natura]] [[nihil]] est aptius, [[nihil]] descriptius, id. Fin. 3, 22, 74.—Neutr. plur. as subst.: dēscrip-ta, [[orum]], things recorded, writings, Tac. A. 6, 24.—Sup. does not [[occur]].—* Adv.: dē-scriptē, [[distinctly]], [[precisely]]: descripte et [[electe]] digerere, opp. [[confuse]] et [[permixte]] dispergere, Cic. Inv. 1, 30, 49. | ||
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|gf=<b>dēscrībō</b>,¹⁰ scrīpsī, scrīptum, ĕre, tr.,<br /><b>1</b> transcrire : ab [[aliquo]] librum Cic. Att. 13, 21, 4, copier un livre sur qqn, transcrire l’exemplaire de qqn (Ac. 2, 11 ) ; leges Solonis Liv. 3, 31, 8, copier les lois de [[Solon]], cf. Cic. Fam. 12, 17, 2 ; Att. 8, 2, 1, etc.<br /><b>2</b> décrire, dessiner, tracer : geometricæ formæ in [[arena]] descriptæ Cic. Rep. 1, 29, figures géométriques tracées sur le sable ; in pulvere quædam Cic. Fin. 5, 50, dessiner certaines figures dans la poussière, cf. Clu. 87 ; CM 49 ; carmina in foliis Virg. En. 3, 445, écrire des vers sur des feuilles d’arbre || sphæra ab Eudoxo astris descripta Cic. Rep. 1, 22, sphère sur laquelle Eudoxe avait figuré les astres<br /><b>3</b> [fig.] décrire, exposer : hominum sermones moresque Cic. Or. 138, exposer des [[propos]], des traits de caractère, cf. Rep. 3, 17 ; [[flumen]] Rhenum, pluvium arcum Hor. P. 18, décrire le Rhin, l’arc-en-ciel ; mulierem Cic. Cæl. 50, dépeindre une femme ; me latronem ac sicarium describebant Cic. Mil. 47, ils me décrivaient comme un brigand et un assassin, cf. Nat. 2, 112 || [avec prop. inf.] exposer que, raconter que : Sen. Rhet. Contr. 1, 2, 17 ; Ov. Tr. 2, 1, 415 ; Gell. 9, 1 || part. descripta pl. n. pris subs<sup>t,</sup> récit, exposé, journal : Tac. Ann. 6, 24 || désigner qqn, faire allusion à qqn, parler de qqn : Cic. Phil. 2, 113 ; [[Sulla]] 82 ; Q. 2, 3, 3<br /><b>4</b> délimiter, déterminer : stellarum descripta [[distinctio]] [[est]] Cic. Nat. 2, 104, on a déterminé d’une façon précise les différentes étoiles, cf. Rep. 4, 2 ; Leg. 1, 17 ; 2, 11 ; etc. ; Liv. 1, 42, 5 ; quem ad modum esset ei [[ratio]] [[totius]] belli descripta, edocui Cic. Cat. 2, 13, j’ai montré comment son plan de toute la guerre était arrêté, cf. Rep. 5, 7 ; jura Cic. Off. 1, 124, délimiter les droits de chacun ; civitatibus jura Cic. Rep. 1, 2, donner aux cités une législation déterminée ; populum in [[tribus]] [[tres]] Cic. Rep. 2, 14, répartir (distribuer) le peuple en trois [[tribus]] ; cf. 2, 16 ; [[descriptus]] [[populus]] censu, ordinibus, ætatibus Cic. Leg. 3, 44, le peuple délimité (distribué) selon le cens, l’ordre, l’âge || définir, préciser, fixer : oratoris facultatem Cic. de Or. 1, 214, fixer la puissance de l’orateur (Ac. 2, 114 ) ; nulla [[species]] [[divina]] describitur Cic. Nat. 1, 34, on ne définit pas quelle [[est]] la figure des dieux ; voluptatis partes [[hoc]] [[modo]] describunt, ut... Cic. Tusc. 4, 20, on précise de la manière suivante les différentes espèces de plaisir... || [avec interr. ind.] Nat. 1, 47 ; [avec prop. inf.] de Or. 2, 138. il y a souvent hésitation entre les formes descr- et discr-; les éditeurs contemporains ont souvent éliminé descr- malgré les mss, pour adopter discr-; v. p. ex. C. F. W. Mueller Cic. Nat. apparat critique, p. 13, 14. | |||
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