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Ubi idem et maximus et honestissimus amor est, aliquando praestat morte jungi, quam vita distrahi → Where indeed the greatest and most honourable love exists, it is much better to be joined by death, than separated by life.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
subscriptĭo: ōnis, f. subscribo.
I Any thing written underneath, a subscription (class.).
A In gen.: Serapionis subscriptio, Cic. Att. 6, 1, 17.—
B In partic.
1 Jurid. t. t., a subscription to an accusation: si cui crimen obiciatur, praecedere debet in crimen subscriptio, quae res ad id inventa est, ne facile quis prosiliat ad accusationem, cum sciat inultam sibi non futuram, Dig. 48, 2, 7: componere, Sen. Ben. 3, 26, 2: consecratur subscriptio, id. Cons. ad Marc. 22, 5: edere, id. Lud. Mort. Claud. 14, 1; id. Apoc. 14, 1; Gell. 2, 4, 1: tanti sceleris, Quint. Decl. 15, 6.—Also of a joint subscription, by one who seconds the accusation (cf. subscribo, I. B. 1.): subscriptionem sibi postularunt, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 15, 49.—
2 Publicists' t. t., of the censor, a noting down, note of the offence censured: subscriptio censoria, Cic. Clu. 44, 123: censoriae, id. ib. 44, 123; cf. id. ib. 42, 118.—
3 A signature of a document (consisting of the subscription of one's name or the appending of a formula of greeting; v. subscribo, I. B. 3.): si testator specialiter subscriptione suā declaraverit, dictasse, etc., Dig. 48, 10, 15: quodcumque imperator per epistolam et subscriptionem statuit, legem esse constat, ib. 1, 4, 1: cum Rhodiorum magistratus, quod litteras publicas sine subscriptione ad se dederant, evocasset, etc., Suet. Tib. 32 Wolf (cf. Dio, 57, 11).—
4 Hence, a warrant of the emperor (late Lat.), Amm. 15, 7, 9.—*
II A list, register: jugerum subscriptio ac professio, Cic. Verr 2, 3, 47, § 113.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
subscrīptĭō,¹² ōnis, f. (subscribo),
1 inscription [au bas d’une statue, etc.] : Cic. Att. 6, 1, 17
2 action d’être accusateur en second : Cic. Cæcil. 49 || action de signer une accusation [d’en prendre la responsabilité] : Dig. 48, 2, 7 ; [d’où] accusation : Sen. Ben. 3, 26, 2 ; Marc. 22, 5 ; Apoc. 14, 1
3 indication du délit par le censeur], grief, objet du blâme : Cic. Clu. 118 ; 123 ; 130
4 signature d’un document : Suet. Tib. 32 ; Dig. 48, 10, 25
5 inscription à la suite, relevé [sur des registres] : Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 113.
Latin > German (Georges)
subscrīptio, ōnis, f. (subscribo), die Unterschrift, I) im allg., Cic. ad Att. 6, 1, 17. – II) insbes.: a) die durch Unterschrift des Dokumentes bestätigte Angabe der Jucherte, Cic. Verr. 3, 113. – b) censoria, die begründete Angabe des zensorischen Tadels, s. Cic. Clu. 123: subscriptiones censorum, Cic. Clu. 118. – c) die Unterschrift des Klägers und Mitklägers: α) des Klägers, die schriftliche Klage, Sen., ICt. u.a. – β) des Mitklägers, die Mitunterschrift, Mitanklage, Cic. div. in Caecil. 49. Sen. de ben. 3, 26, 2. Ulp. dig. 48, 2, 7 in.: cuinam ex duobus pluribusve accusatio subscriptiove in reum permittatur, Gell. 2, 4, 1. Vgl. Mommsen Strafrecht S. 385. – d) die Beifügung des Inhalts oder eines freundlichen Wunsches auf ein Reskript, Ulp. dig. 1, 4, 1: auf eine Eingabe, Suet. Tib. 32, 2.
