verb transitive

ex-scrībo

3rd PP psi · 4th PP ptum

(), (btum)

to write out; write off; copy

to write out, write off, copy.

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Lit. (rare but class.): tabulas in foro summa hominum frequentia exscribo; adhibentur in exscribendo ex conventu viri primarii, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 77, § 189: complura exscripta de Magonis libris, Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 18: ex Plauti comoedia duos versus exscripsimus, Gell. 3, 3, 8.—

by extension

Transf. *

to copy •

Of paintings, to copy: imagines exscribere et pingere, Plin. Ep. 4, 28, 1.—

to write; note down •

In gen., to write or note down: nomina exscripta, Plaut. Rud. prol. 15: bonos in aliis tabulis exscriptos habet, id. ib. 21.—*

to copy; take after; to resemble figuratively •

Trop., to copy or take after, to resemble: filia totum patrem mira similitudine exscripserat, Plin. Ep. 5, 16, 9.

Perseus ID: n17179 Key: exscribo