discribo
διὸ δὴ πᾶς ἀνὴρ σπουδαῖος τῶν ὄντων σπουδαίων πέρι πολλοῦ δεῖ μὴ γράψας ποτὲ ἐν ἀνθρώποις εἰς φθόνον καὶ ἀπορίαν καταβαλεῖ → And this is the reason why every serious man in dealing with really serious subjects carefully avoids writing, lest thereby he may possibly cast them as a prey to the envy and stupidity of the public | Therefore every man of worth, when dealing with matters of worth, will be far from exposing them to ill feeling and misunderstanding among men by committing them to writing
Latin > English
discribo discribere, discripsi, discriptus V :: divide, assign, distribute
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
dī-scrībo: scripsi, scriptum, 3,
I v. a., to distribute, divide among several persons, apportion, assign: (class.) quodne (argentum) ego discripsi porro illis quibus debui? Ter. Phorm. 5, 8, 30: quorum ipsorum bona, quantacumque erant, statim suis comitibus compotoribusque discripsit, Cic. Phil. 5, 8, 22: urbis partīs ad incendia, Cic. Cat. 1, 4, 9: duodena jugera in singulos homines, id. Agr. 2, 31, 85: populum in tribus tres, curiasque triginta, etc., id. Rep. 2, 8: civitatibus jura, id. ib. 1, 2, 2: negotii publici curatio discripta, id. Sest. 30, 66 et saep.: judicantem vidimus Aeacum sedesque discriptas deorum, Hor. C. 2, 13, 22: militibus voluntariis in legiones discriptis, Liv. 31, 14, 2; cf. id. 31, 34, 8 Weissenb. ad loc.; so id. 33, 42, 8; 34, 56, 6; 30, 26, 6 al. (v. describo, II. B. 2., and cf. Bücheler, in Rhein-Mus. 13, 598 sq.).
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
discrībō,¹¹ scrīpsī, scrīptum, ĕre, tr.,
1 assigner ici une chose, là une autre : argentum discripsi illis quibus debui Ter. Phorm. 922, j’ai consacré la somme à payer mes divers créanciers ; quæ discripta sunt legibus Cic. Off. 1, 51, ce qui est assigné à chacun par les lois (Fam. 12, 1, 1)
2 répartir, distribuer [en classes, etc.] : Leg. 3, 7 ; CM 17, 59 ; Fam. 16, 11, 3. cf. describo ; dans les mss il y a souvent confusion des formes discr- et descr- ; et il est difficile pour le sens de prendre parti.
Latin > German (Georges)
dī-scrībo, scrīpsī, scrīptum, ere, eins hier-, das andere dorthin schreiben: dah. argentum discripsi illis, quibus debui, meinen verschiedenen Gläubigern Anweisung gegeben, Ter. Phorm. 923. – / Außerdem Nbf. od. Variante von dēscribo no. II, B, 3–5 (w. vgl.) u. von neuern Herausgebern des Cicero u. Livius in einigen Stellen statt dieses in den Text aufgenommen (s. Bücheler im Rhein. Mus. 13, 600 ff. Osann Cic. de rep. 1, 70. Baiter Cic. Tusc. 4, 3. not. crit. p. 304, 10. Halm Cic. Cat. 1, 4, 9; Sest. 66. Weißenb. Liv. 30, 20, 6); ebenso Hor. de art. poët. 86; sowie in einigen Inschriften, s. Corp. inscr. Lat. 1, 198, 14 u. 18; 1, 200, 70; 10, 4842, 44.
