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{{Lewis

|lshtext=<b>prae-scrībo</b>: psi, ptum, 3, v. a.,<br /><b>I</b> to [[write]] [[before]], in [[front]], or [[previously]], to prefix in [[writing]] (syn.: [[praefinio]], [[praestituo]]).<br /><b>I</b> 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf., to [[trace]] [[out]]: praescripta lineamenta, Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 92.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> To [[dictate]]: carmina, Tib. 4, 1, 177.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>D</b> To [[write]] [[down]], [[put]] [[down]] in [[writing]]: [[testamentum]] litteris, Dig. 29, 1, 40.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>E</b> (I. q. praetexere, obtentui sumere.) To [[use]] as a [[pretext]]: aliquem, Tac. A. 4, 52; 11, 16; cf. [[praescriptio]], II. A.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>F</b> 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]].).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Lit.: [[puerile]] [[praescriptum]], Sen. Ep. 94, 9: pueri ad [[praescriptum]] discunt, id. ib. 94, 51.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Trop.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The prescribed limits or bounds: [[intra]] [[praescriptum]] equitare, Hor. C. 2, 9, 23.

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|georg=[[prae]]-scrībo, scrīpsī, scrīptum, ere, I) voranschreiben, [[schriftlich]] [[vor]]- od. vorhersetzen, 1) eig.: [[nomen]] [[libro]], Gell.: [[sibi]] [[nomen]], Verg.: diplomatibus principem, Tac.: epistulae [[titulum]], Gell. – absol., ut praescripsimus, [[vorher]] geschrieben ([[vorher]] bemerkt) [[haben]], Vell. 2, 21, 1. – 2) übtr., a) [[vorschieben = zum [[Vorwand]] [[nehmen]], alqm, Tac. ann. 4, 52; 11, 16. – b) [[als]] jurist. t. t., die [[Einrede]] [[vorschützen]], entgegensetzen, [[einwenden]], alci, Quint. 7, 5, 3 u. ICt. – II) zur [[Nachahmung]] [[vorschreiben]] od. [[vorzeichnen]], A) [[vorschreiben]], übtr., [[wie]] [[unser]] zur [[Nachachtung]] [[vorschreiben]] = Vorschriften [[machen]], [[bestimmen]], [[verordnen]], [[befehlen]], [[gebieten]], [[einschärfen]], iura civibus, Cic.: alci per [[somnium]] curationem valetudinis, Cic.: alci initia, Cic.: pr. (alci) m. folg. indir. Fragesatz (m. [[qui]], [[quid]], quem ad modum u. dgl.), Cic., Caes. u.a.: m. folg. ne od. ut ne u. Konj., Cic. u. Nep.: u. alci [[praescriptum]] est m. folg. Infin., Tac.: alci [[lege]] et [[officio]] [[praescriptum]] est m. folg. Infin., Cic.: absol., ut [[ipse]] praescripserat, Nep. Att. 22, 4. – B) [[vorzeichnen]], lineamenta, Plin. 35, 92: bildl., formam futuri [[principatus]], [[ein]] [[Bild]] [[entwerfen]] [[von]] usw., Tac. ann. 13, 4. – / Synk. Perf.-[[Form]] [[praescripsti]], Ter. Andr. 151.

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