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a-scrībo (ads- , Baiter, Halm, Weissenb., K. and H.; as- , Kayser), psi, ptum, 3, v. a.,
I.to annex by writing, to add to a writing (syn.: annumero, addo, insero, attribuo, tribuo).
I. In gen.
A. Lit., constr. absol. or with dat., in with acc. or abl.
c. 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.—
B. Trop.
1. 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.—
2. 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.—
3. 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.—
II. A.. 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.—
B. Trop.
1. 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.—
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