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Lewis Short
(v. a.P. a.) : prō-scrībo, psi, ptum, 3, v. a.
* To write before or in front of, to write over or upon, to inscribe.
* In gen. (post-Aug.): vultus voluntariā poenarum lege proscripti,written over, inscribed,Petr. 107.
* In partic.
* To publish any thing by writing (freq. and class.): ut quo die esse oporteret idus Januarias, eo die Calendas Martias proscriberet,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 52, § 129: quam (legem) non is promulgavit, quo nomine proscriptam videtis,id. ib. 2, 5, 69, § 177: non proscriptā neque edictā die,id. ib. 1, 54, 141: venationem,id. Att. 16, 4, 1: leges,Tac. A. 13, 51: versiculos per vias,Gell. 15, 4, 3.
* With obj.-clause: senatum Calendis velle se frequentem adesse, etiam Formiis proscribi jussit,Cic. Att. 9, 17, 1: proscribit se auctionem esse facturum,id. Quint. 4, 15; cf. Suet. Caes. 49.
* To offer in writing any thing for sale, lease, or hire, or as to be sold by auction, to post up, advertise: proscribere palam sic accipimus, claris litteris, ut, etc.,Dig. 14, 3, 11: Racilius tabulam proscripsit, se familiam Catonianam venditurum,Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 6, 5: Claudius proscripsit insulam, vendidit,id. Off. 3, 16, 65.
* To publish a person as having forfeited his property, to punish with confiscation, to confiscate one's property (cf. publico): quaero enim, quid sit aliud proscribere. Velitis, jubeatis, ut M. Tullius in civitate ne sit, bonaque ejus ut mea sint,Cic. Dom. 17, 43: Pompeium,to confiscate the estates gained by him,id. Agr. 2, 36, 99: vicinos,to confiscate the lands of one's neighbors,id. ib. 3, 4, 14: possessiones,id. ib.: bona,Plin. Ep. 8, 18, 5.
* To proscribe, outlaw one, by hanging up a tablet with his name and sentence of outlawry, confiscation of goods, etc.: posteaquam victoria constituta est, cum proscriberentur homines, qui adversarii fuisse putabantur,Cic. Rosc. Am. 6, 16: victoriā Sullae parentes,Sall. C. 37, 9: modus proscribendi,Suet. Aug. 27.—Hence, P. a., as subst.: prōscriptus, i, an outlaw, one proscribed: contra legem Corneliam, quae proscriptum juvari vetat,Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 47, § 123: proscriptorum liberos honores petere puduit,Plin. 7, 30, 31, § 117: in proscriptorum numero esse,Sall. C. 51, 33: bona proscriptorum,id. H. 1, 31 Dietsch.
* Trop.: cujus pudoris dignitas in concione proscripta sit,has been brought into ill repute, rendered suspected,Petr. 106.
* To write before or in front of, to write over or upon, to inscribe.
* In gen. (post-Aug.): vultus voluntariā poenarum lege proscripti,written over, inscribed,Petr. 107.
* In partic.
* To publish any thing by writing (freq. and class.): ut quo die esse oporteret idus Januarias, eo die Calendas Martias proscriberet,Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 52, § 129: quam (legem) non is promulgavit, quo nomine proscriptam videtis,id. ib. 2, 5, 69, § 177: non proscriptā neque edictā die,id. ib. 1, 54, 141: venationem,id. Att. 16, 4, 1: leges,Tac. A. 13, 51: versiculos per vias,Gell. 15, 4, 3.
* With obj.-clause: senatum Calendis velle se frequentem adesse, etiam Formiis proscribi jussit,Cic. Att. 9, 17, 1: proscribit se auctionem esse facturum,id. Quint. 4, 15; cf. Suet. Caes. 49.
* To offer in writing any thing for sale, lease, or hire, or as to be sold by auction, to post up, advertise: proscribere palam sic accipimus, claris litteris, ut, etc.,Dig. 14, 3, 11: Racilius tabulam proscripsit, se familiam Catonianam venditurum,Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 6, 5: Claudius proscripsit insulam, vendidit,id. Off. 3, 16, 65.
* To publish a person as having forfeited his property, to punish with confiscation, to confiscate one's property (cf. publico): quaero enim, quid sit aliud proscribere. Velitis, jubeatis, ut M. Tullius in civitate ne sit, bonaque ejus ut mea sint,Cic. Dom. 17, 43: Pompeium,to confiscate the estates gained by him,id. Agr. 2, 36, 99: vicinos,to confiscate the lands of one's neighbors,id. ib. 3, 4, 14: possessiones,id. ib.: bona,Plin. Ep. 8, 18, 5.
* To proscribe, outlaw one, by hanging up a tablet with his name and sentence of outlawry, confiscation of goods, etc.: posteaquam victoria constituta est, cum proscriberentur homines, qui adversarii fuisse putabantur,Cic. Rosc. Am. 6, 16: victoriā Sullae parentes,Sall. C. 37, 9: modus proscribendi,Suet. Aug. 27.—Hence, P. a., as subst.: prōscriptus, i, an outlaw, one proscribed: contra legem Corneliam, quae proscriptum juvari vetat,Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 47, § 123: proscriptorum liberos honores petere puduit,Plin. 7, 30, 31, § 117: in proscriptorum numero esse,Sall. C. 51, 33: bona proscriptorum,id. H. 1, 31 Dietsch.
* Trop.: cujus pudoris dignitas in concione proscripta sit,has been brought into ill repute, rendered suspected,Petr. 106.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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