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scrībō scrīpsī, scrīptus, ere

SCARP-, to scratch, grave, engrave, draw : quamque lineam: columna litteris scripta, inscribed , Cu.: scripto radiat Germanicus auro, Iu.: mihi Scripta illa dicta sunt in animo Chrysidis, graven , T.To write : cum HS XXX scripta essent pro HS CCC: erat scriptum ipsius manu: suā manu scripsit, L.: Scriptasororfuerat, O.To write, write out, compose, draw up, produce : quo nemo in scribendo praestantior fuit: ad scribendum animum appulit, T.: Sumite materiem vestris, qui scribitis, aequam Viribus, H.: Denique nec video de tot scribentibus unum, O.: Graecam historiam: librum de rebus rusticis: in Catone Maiore, qui est scriptus ad te de senectute: defensionem causae suae: notas, O.: carmina, H.: epistulis tuis perdiligenter scriptis: litteras, quas ad Pompeium scripsi, tibi misi.— To draw up, draught, formulate, prepare, execute : urbana militia respondendi scribendi, i. e. of drawing legal instruments : testamenta: leges: senatūs consulto scribendo Lamiam adfuisse, i. e. to have been a party to , etc.: ponor ad scribendum, i. e. my signature is added : ad scribendum amicitiae foedus adduci, to conclude , L.To write, write of, describe, tell in writing : scriptam attulerat sententiam: tibi formam et situm agri, describe , H.: bellum, L.: Quis Martem Digne scripserit, who could depict , H.: cum auctor pugnae se Cossum consulem scripserit, called himself (in the inscription), L.: Scriberis Vario fortis et hostium Victor, H.To write, communicate, say in writing, tell in a letter : tu si, ut scribis, Kal. Iun. Romā profectus es, etc.: nihil habeo, quod ad te scribam, scribo tamen, non ut te delectem, etc.: consules Fulvio, ut exercitum ad Clusium admoveant, scribunt, L.: erat scriptum ipsius manu senatui, sese, etc.: scripsit ut heredes iurarent, etc.: Scipioni scribendum, ne bellum remitteret, L.: scribit Labieno, ad finīs Nerviorum veniat, Cs.: Romae quod scribis sileri, ita putabam: Graeceius ad me scripsit, C. Cassium sibi scripsisse, homines comparari, qui, etc.: erat scriptum, sese facturum esse, etc.: nec scribis, quam ad diem te exspectemus: scribe ad nos, quid agas.— Of troops, to enlist, enroll, levy, recruit, draft : milites, S.: exercitui supplementum, S.: scribebantur quattuor fere legiones quinis milibus peditum, L.: Albam in Aequos sex milia colonorum scripta, enrolled to be sent , L.: Scribe tui gregis hunc, enroll him in your retinue , H.To name in a will, appoint by testament, designate, constitute : illum heredem et me scripserat: in testamento Ptolemaei patris heredes erant scripti, etc., Cs.: quis pauper scribitur heres? Iu.: illum tutorem liberis suis, appoint guardian by will.—To order a payment, draw a check for : Scribe decem a Nerio, draw on Nerius for ten (thousand sesterces), H.

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