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|lshtext=<b>in-scrībo</b>: psi, ptum, 3, v. a.,<br /><b>I</b> to [[write]] in or [[upon]] [[any]] [[thing]], to [[inscribe]] ([[class]].).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: aliquid in basi tropaeorum, Cic. Pis. 38, 92: in [[statua]] inscripsit, Parenti [[optime]] [[merito]], id. Fam. 12, 3, 1: [[nomen]] suum monumentis, id. Har. Resp. 27: ea inscribam brevi, quae, etc., id. Att. 4, 1, 4: [[sit]] [[inscriptum]] in fronte unius cujusque [[civis]], [[quid]] de re publica sentiat, id. Cat. 1, 13, 32: orationes in [[animo]], id. de Or. 2, 87, 355: ut, si quae essent incisae aut inscriptae litterae, tollerentur, id. Dom. 53, 137: senarioli in ejus monumento inscripti, id. Tusc. 5, 23, 64: in illis libellis, id. Arch. 11, 26 B. and K. (Klotz omits in): [[Pan]] ... vix ulla inscribens terrae vestigia [[cornu]], Sil. 13, 328. —Pass. [[with]] Gr. acc.: inscripti nomina regum flores, Verg. E. 3, 106.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Transf., to [[furnish]] [[with]] an [[inscription]]: statuae, quas tu inscribi jussisti, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 69, § 167: [[aedes]], to [[write]] on a [[house]] [[that]] it is for [[sale]]: [[aedes]] venales hasce inscribit litteris, Plaut. Trin. 1, 2, 131; cf.: [[aedes]] mercede, Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 92: librum, to [[inscribe]], [[give]] a [[title]] to a [[book]]: eos (libellos) rhetoricos inscribunt, Cic. de Or. 3, 31, 122: in eo [[libro]], qui Oeconomicus inscribitur, is entitled, id. Off. 2, 24, 87: inscripta lintea, i. e. curtains used as signs, Juv. 8, 168. — Hence, subst.: [[inscriptum]], i, n., an [[inscription]], [[title]]: [[alia]] inscripta [[nimis]] lepida, Gell. praef. 3. —<br /><b>II</b> Trop.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In g e n.: vitiis suis sapientiam inscribit, gives to his [[vices]] the [[name]] of [[wisdom]], Sen. Vit. Beat. 12. —<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In partic.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[ascribe]], [[assign]], [[attribute]]: [[Epicurus]], [[quia]] [[tantummodo]] induit personam philosophi, et sibi [[ipse]] hoc [[nomen]] inscripsit, has assigned, appropriated to [[himself]], Cic. Tusc. 5, 26, 73: deos sceleri, to [[ascribe]] crimes to the gods, Ov. M. 15, 128: mea [[dextera]] [[leto]] Inscribenda tuo est, [[thy]] [[death]] is to be ascribed to my [[hand]], id. ib. 10, 199.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[make]] [[known]], [[mark]], as if by an [[inscription]]: sua quemque deorum inscribit [[facies]], Ov. M. 6, 74: versā [[pulvis]] inscribitur hastā, Verg. A. 1, 478; cf.: sua quemque deorum Inscribit [[facies]], makes [[known]], characterizes, Ov. M. 6, 74.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>3</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[brand]], [[place]] a [[brand]] [[upon]]: [[vultus]]. Plin. 18, 3, 4, § 21: [[naufrago]] stigmata, Sen. Ben. 4, 37, 3: inscripta ergastula, Juv. 14, 24.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>4</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[subscribe]] an [[accusation]] ([[post]]-[[class]].), Cod. 9, 35, 11.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>5</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; To [[write]] [[something]] [[over]] an old [[writing]], so [[that]] the [[latter]] is no [[longer]] legible ([[post]]-[[class]].): de his, quae in testamento delentur, inducuntur, inscribuntur, Dig. 28, 4.