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conscriptĭo , ōnis, f. conscribo, II.,
I.a drawing up in writing, a composing, composition (rare).
I. In abstr.: “libelli,” Sid. Ep. 7, 18.—More freq.,
II. In concr., a representation, treatise, writing; in plur., * Cic. Clu. 67, 191; * Vitr. 7, prooem. § 1:“ in annalium conscriptionibus legere,” Arn. 7, p. 242. —
III. (Conscribo, I.) A levying of troops, Julian. ap. Cassiod. 16, Hist. Eccl. 17.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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