I.a writing upon, inscribing; an inscription, title (class.): “nominis inscriptio,” Cic. Dom. 20, 51: quod de inscriptione quaeris, non dubito, quin καθῆκον officium sit; “sed inscriptio plenior, de officiis,” id. Att. 16, 11, 4.—An inscription on monuments: “hinc illa infelicis monumenti inscriptio, turba se medicorum periisse,” Plin. 29, 1, 5, § 11: “frontis,” a branding on the forehead, Petr. 106; 103; so plur., Sen. de Ira, 3, 3, 6: “servi, quibus stigmata inscripta sint,” Gai. Inst. 1, 13.— An accusation (post-class.): “libellos inscriptionis deponere,” Dig. 48, 5, 2.
inscriptĭo , ōnis, f. inscribo,