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Lewis Short
(verb) : in-scrībo, psi, ptum, 3
* To write in or upon any thing, to inscribe (class.).
* 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.
* 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.
* Trop.
* In g e n.: vitiis suis sapientiam inscribit,gives to his vices the name of wisdom,Sen. Vit. Beat. 12.
* In partic.
* 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.
* 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.
* To brand, place a brand upon: vultus. Plin. 18, 3, 4, § 21: naufrago stigmata,Sen. Ben. 4, 37, 3: inscripta ergastula,Juv. 14, 24.
* To subscribe an accusation (post-class.), Cod. 9, 35, 11.
* 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.
* To write in or upon any thing, to inscribe (class.).
* 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.
* 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.
* Trop.
* In g e n.: vitiis suis sapientiam inscribit,gives to his vices the name of wisdom,Sen. Vit. Beat. 12.
* In partic.
* 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.
* 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.
* To brand, place a brand upon: vultus. Plin. 18, 3, 4, § 21: naufrago stigmata,Sen. Ben. 4, 37, 3: inscripta ergastula,Juv. 14, 24.
* To subscribe an accusation (post-class.), Cod. 9, 35, 11.
* 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.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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