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(verb) : a-scrībo (ads-, Baiter, Halm, Weissenb., K. and H.; as-, Kayser), psi, ptum, 3
* To annex by writing, to add to a writing (syn.: annumero, addo, insero, attribuo, tribuo).
* In gen.
* Lit., constr. absol. or with dat., in with acc. or abl.
* Esp., t. t., to enroll, enter in a list (as citizen, soldier, colonist, etc.): ascribi se in eam civitatem voluit,to be entered, received as a citizen,Cic. Arch. 4: si qui foederatis civitatibus ascripti fuissent,id. ib.: urbanae militiae adscribebatur,Tac. H. 2, 94: adscribantur ex Judaeis in exercitu regis ad triginta milia virorum,Vulg. 1 Macc. 10, 36: adscripti dicebantur qui in colonias nomina dedissent, ut essent coloni, Paul. ex Fest. p. 13 Müll.: colonos Venusiam adscripserunt,Liv. 31, 49; so id. 32, 7; 33, 24; 34, 42; 35, 9 al.: coloniam deduxit adscriptis veteranis,Suet. Ner. 9; so also of ambassadors,Phaedr. 4, 17, 16.
* Trop.
* With in with acc. or abl.: hoc tibi respondeo: ascripsisse eundem Sullam in eandem legem: si quid, etc.: nam nisi esset, hoc in omnibus legibus non ascriberetur, Cic. Caecin. 33, 95 (B. and K., in eādem lege): antiquior dies in tuis adscripta litteris,id. ad Q. Fr. 3, 1, 3: in alterā epistulā diem non adscribis,do not add the date,id. Att. 3, 23: nomen suum in albo profitentium citharoedorum jussit adscribi,Suet. Ner. 21; id. Tib. 51 al.—Esp. freq. of superscriptions and inscriptions: Recita epistulam. TIMARCHIDES VERRIS ACCENSVS APRONIO. Jam hoc quidem non reprehendo, quod ascribit ACCENSVS,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 66: non credo ascripturum esse magno,id. Agr. 2, 20: novo si marmori adscripserunt Praxitelem suo,Phaedr. 5, prol. 6: tumulo publice exstructo adscripserant, pro libertate eos occubuisse,Suet. Aug. 12 fin.: ut qui statuarum titulis pronepotem se Q. Catuli Capitolini semper adscripserit,id. Galb. 2; id. Ner. 45; id. Aug. 70.
* To impute, ascribe, attribute to one the cause of something: hoc incommodum Scipioni ascribendum videtur,Cic. Inv. 1, 49: panaces diis inventoribus adscriptum,Plin. 25, 4, 11, § 30; Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 81; and (per hypallagen, cf. Rudd. II. p. 393): cur autem ascribimus illum his lacrimis (instead of illi has lacrimas),id. Rapt. Pros. 3, 419; cf. id. Idyll. 6, 81: nomini meo adscribatur victoria,Vulg. 2 Reg. 12, 28.
* To place to one's credit, i. e. to settle, fix, designate, appoint: eidem (servo) adscripsisse legatum,bequeathed to him,Plin. Ep. 4, 10.—Poet.: culpam lues, olim cum adscriptus venerit poenae dies,Phaedr. 4, 11, 8.
* Adscribere sibi aliquid, to apply, refer something to one's self: qui facere quae non possunt, verbis elevant, Adscribere hoc debebunt exemplum sibi,Phaedr. 4, 3, 6.
* Trop.
* To reckon or number in a class, include among: adscripsit Liber Satyris poëtas,Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 4 (cf. id. ib. 1, 9, 13: scribe tui gregis hunc): aliquem ordinibus deorum,id. C. 3, 3, 35: nationes Germanis an Sarmatis adscribam, dubito,Tac. G. 46: aliquem antiquis temporibus,id. Or. 17.
* To add or join to: ad hoc genus ascribamus etiam narrationes apologorum,Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 264: admiratus eorum fidem tyrannus petivit, ut se ad amicitiam tertium adscriberent,id. Off. 3, 10, 45; so id. Tusc. 5, 22, 63; id. ad Q. Fr. 1, 1, 5: tu vero ascribe me in talem numerum,id. Phil. 2, 13: suae alicujus sententiam,id. Opt. Gen. 6: unus A. Gabinius belli maritimi Cn. Pompeio socius ascribitur, i. e. additur,id. Imp. Pomp. 19 fin.—Hence also of attributes of a deity: Jovi aquila adscribitur,is ascribed,Plin. 10, 5, 6, § 18.
* To annex by writing, to add to a writing (syn.: annumero, addo, insero, attribuo, tribuo).
* In gen.
* Lit., constr. absol. or with dat., in with acc. or abl.
* Esp., t. t., to enroll, enter in a list (as citizen, soldier, colonist, etc.): ascribi se in eam civitatem voluit,to be entered, received as a citizen,Cic. Arch. 4: si qui foederatis civitatibus ascripti fuissent,id. ib.: urbanae militiae adscribebatur,Tac. H. 2, 94: adscribantur ex Judaeis in exercitu regis ad triginta milia virorum,Vulg. 1 Macc. 10, 36: adscripti dicebantur qui in colonias nomina dedissent, ut essent coloni, Paul. ex Fest. p. 13 Müll.: colonos Venusiam adscripserunt,Liv. 31, 49; so id. 32, 7; 33, 24; 34, 42; 35, 9 al.: coloniam deduxit adscriptis veteranis,Suet. Ner. 9; so also of ambassadors,Phaedr. 4, 17, 16.
* Trop.
* With in with acc. or abl.: hoc tibi respondeo: ascripsisse eundem Sullam in eandem legem: si quid, etc.: nam nisi esset, hoc in omnibus legibus non ascriberetur, Cic. Caecin. 33, 95 (B. and K., in eādem lege): antiquior dies in tuis adscripta litteris,id. ad Q. Fr. 3, 1, 3: in alterā epistulā diem non adscribis,do not add the date,id. Att. 3, 23: nomen suum in albo profitentium citharoedorum jussit adscribi,Suet. Ner. 21; id. Tib. 51 al.—Esp. freq. of superscriptions and inscriptions: Recita epistulam. TIMARCHIDES VERRIS ACCENSVS APRONIO. Jam hoc quidem non reprehendo, quod ascribit ACCENSVS,Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 66: non credo ascripturum esse magno,id. Agr. 2, 20: novo si marmori adscripserunt Praxitelem suo,Phaedr. 5, prol. 6: tumulo publice exstructo adscripserant, pro libertate eos occubuisse,Suet. Aug. 12 fin.: ut qui statuarum titulis pronepotem se Q. Catuli Capitolini semper adscripserit,id. Galb. 2; id. Ner. 45; id. Aug. 70.
* To impute, ascribe, attribute to one the cause of something: hoc incommodum Scipioni ascribendum videtur,Cic. Inv. 1, 49: panaces diis inventoribus adscriptum,Plin. 25, 4, 11, § 30; Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 81; and (per hypallagen, cf. Rudd. II. p. 393): cur autem ascribimus illum his lacrimis (instead of illi has lacrimas),id. Rapt. Pros. 3, 419; cf. id. Idyll. 6, 81: nomini meo adscribatur victoria,Vulg. 2 Reg. 12, 28.
* To place to one's credit, i. e. to settle, fix, designate, appoint: eidem (servo) adscripsisse legatum,bequeathed to him,Plin. Ep. 4, 10.—Poet.: culpam lues, olim cum adscriptus venerit poenae dies,Phaedr. 4, 11, 8.
* Adscribere sibi aliquid, to apply, refer something to one's self: qui facere quae non possunt, verbis elevant, Adscribere hoc debebunt exemplum sibi,Phaedr. 4, 3, 6.
* Trop.
* To reckon or number in a class, include among: adscripsit Liber Satyris poëtas,Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 4 (cf. id. ib. 1, 9, 13: scribe tui gregis hunc): aliquem ordinibus deorum,id. C. 3, 3, 35: nationes Germanis an Sarmatis adscribam, dubito,Tac. G. 46: aliquem antiquis temporibus,id. Or. 17.
* To add or join to: ad hoc genus ascribamus etiam narrationes apologorum,Cic. de Or. 2, 66, 264: admiratus eorum fidem tyrannus petivit, ut se ad amicitiam tertium adscriberent,id. Off. 3, 10, 45; so id. Tusc. 5, 22, 63; id. ad Q. Fr. 1, 1, 5: tu vero ascribe me in talem numerum,id. Phil. 2, 13: suae alicujus sententiam,id. Opt. Gen. 6: unus A. Gabinius belli maritimi Cn. Pompeio socius ascribitur, i. e. additur,id. Imp. Pomp. 19 fin.—Hence also of attributes of a deity: Jovi aquila adscribitur,is ascribed,Plin. 10, 5, 6, § 18.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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