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con-scisco , scīvi or scĭi, scītum, 3, v. a.
I. Publicists' t. t., to approve of, decree, determine or resolve upon something in common: “populi jussa vetita quom suffragio consciscentur,” Cic. Leg. 3, 3, 10: “Senatus populi Romani Quiritium censuit, consensit, conscivit ut bellum cum priscis Latinis fieret, etc. (an old formula for the declaration of war),” Liv. 1, 32, 13: “Tusci fere omnes consciverant bellum,” had decided upon, decreed, id. 10, 18, 2: “communi consilio fugam,” id. 10, 34, 13: “facinus in se ac suos foedum ac ferum,” id. 28, 22, 5 Weissenb. ad loc.: “causam,” Gell. 5, 10, 9 (not consistere; cf. Lachm. ad Lucr. p. 349).—Hence,
II. Transf. from the sphere of state affairs; aliquid sibi or absol.; lit., to adjudge, appropriate to one's self (cf. ascisco); hence, with the access. idea of personal action, to inflict or bring upon one's self (most frequently death;—class.).
(α). With sibi: letum, * Lucr. 3, 81: “mortem,” to kill one's self, Cic. Clu. 61, 171; Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 56, § 129; id. Brut. 11, 43; id. Tusc. 1, 34, 83; id. Off. 1, 31, 112; Caes. B. G. 1, 4; Liv. 3, 58, 6; 45, 5, 12: “necem,” Cic. N. D. 2, 3, 7; Nep. ap. Gell. 7, 18, 11: “exsilium,” Liv. 10, 17, 2; 29, 36, 12: “exsilium ac fugam,” to go into voluntary exile, id. 5, 53, 5.—
(β). Without sibi: “letum,” Plaut. Mil. 4, 6, 26: “mortem,” Liv. 9, 26, 7: “necem,” Suet. Claud. 31, n. 3: fugam, to flee, Liv. 10, 34, 13; 33, 48, 10; Tac. H. 3, 9: “caecitatem,” Gell. 10, 17, 2.—Pass.: “consciscenda mors voluntaria,” Cic. Fam. 7, 3, 3: “de consciscendā nece cogitare,” Suet. Caes. 36: “nece conscitā,” Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 107 (in Nep. Alcib. 11, 1, conscierunt is a false read. for consentiunt or conspirant; cf. Nipperd. Spicil. ap. Corn. Nep. p. 37 sq.).
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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    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 7.3.3
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    • Cicero, Against Verres, 2.3.129
    • Cicero, For Aulus Cluentius, 61.171
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 10, 17.2
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    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 10, 34.13
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    • Plautus, Miles Gloriosus, 4.6
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 3.81
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    • Cornelius Nepos, Alcibiades, 11.1
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    • Gellius, Noctes Atticae, 10.17.2
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