conscribo

con-scrībo, psi, ptum, 3, v. a.; lit., to write together, i. e.,

I.

To write together in a roll or list, to enroll; very freq. as a milit. t. t., of the levying of troops, Caes. B. G. 1, 10; 1, 24; 2, 2; 2, 8 et saep.; Lentul. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 15, 7:

cohortes veteranas tumulti causā,

Sall. C. 59, 5:

inter septimanos conscribi,

Tac. H. 3, 25:

inter nostros,

Vulg. 1 Macc. 13, 40:

conscripti in Ciliciam legiones,

Suet. Caes. 8; 24; id. Galb. 10:

exercitum adversum aliquem,

Val. Max. 5, 4, 5.—And of the enrolment of colonists:

decrevit senatus, ut C. Lentulus consul sex milia familiarum conscriberet, quae in eas colonias dividerentur,

Liv. 37, 46, 10.—So of enrolling in a particular class of citizens, to inscribe, choose:

eodem tempore et centuriae tres equitum conscriptae sunt,

Liv. 1, 13, 8.—So the frequently occurring title of senators: Patres Conscripti (prop. Patres, conscripti, i. e. Patres et conscripti), chosen, elect, assembled fathers (lit. fathers and elect ):

traditum inde (sc. post reges exactos) fertur, ut in Senatum vocarentur, qui Patres quique Conscripti essent: Conscriptos videlicet in novum senatum appellabant lectos,

Liv. 2, 1, 11; cf. Fest. p. 254, 22 Müll.; Paul. ex Fest. p. 7, 5, and p. 41, 13 ib.; Cic. Cat. 1, 11, 27; id. Planc. 35, 87; Nep. Hann. 12, 2; Liv. 3, 52, 6; 6, 26, 4; Dict. of Antiq.;

and in imitation of this: di conscripti,

App. M. 6, p. 182, 35.—In a play upon words (censured by Quint.): ne Patres conscripti videantur circumscripti, Auct. ap. Quint. 9, 3, 72.—Also in sing., of one senator:

pater conscriptus,

Cic. Phil. 13, 13, 28; and absol., poet. in sing.: conscriptus, i, m., a senator: quod sit conscripti, quod judicis officium, * Hor. A. P. 314.—So also of the enrolling of the people for the purpose of bribery, Cic. Planc. 18, 45; 19, 47; id. Sest. 15, 34:

rex me opere oravit maximo ut sibi latrones cogerem et conscriberem,

Plaut. Mil. 1, 1, 76.—

II.

To put together in writing, to draw up, compose, write (class.).

(α).

With acc.:

librum de consulatu, etc.,

Cic. Brut. 35, 132; cf. Nep. Lys. 4, 2:

volumen,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 35, 101:

Topica Aristotelea,

id. Fam. 7, 19 init.; Ov. P. 2, 9, 73:

lepidas tabellas,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 26:

epistulam,

Cic. Att. 13, 50, 1:

syngraphum inter me et amicam,

Plaut. As. 4, 1, 1:

imaginem,

to delineate, sketch, Stat. S. 3, 1, 117:

legem (consules),

to draw up, Cic. Att. 4, 1, 7; cf.

edicta,

Suet. Tit. 6:

condiciones,

Liv. 26, 24, 8; cf. id. 29, 12, 15:

foedus,

id. 41, 24, 15:

testamentum,

Suet. Claud. 44:

fortunas alterius litteris,

Cic. Clu. 66, 186.—

* (β).

With rel.-clause:

cum pluribus conscripsisset, qui esset optimus rei publicae status,

Cic. Fin. 5, 4, 11 Madv. N. cr. —

(γ).

With de:

(illi), de quibus audivi et legi et ipse conscripsi,

Cic. Sen. 23, 83; id. Att. 12, 19, 2; Quint. 2, 11, 24:

de ratione dicendi,

Auct. Her. 1, 1, 1.—

(δ).

With acc. and inf.: ut in ordinem se coactum conscriberet, write down, notice that he should be, etc., Suet. Claud. 38: omni personae quam dotem suscepisse cum marito conscribitur, Cod. Just. 5, 15, 3.—

2.

Esp., of physicians, to prescribe:

pro salutaribus mortifera,

Cic. Leg. 2, 5, 13.—

B.

Meton., to write something all over, to fill with writing (rare; mostly poet. ):

mensam vino,

Ov. Am. 2, 5, 17; cf.: epistolium lacrimis, * Cat. 68, 2.— Humorously, to mark by beating, to cudgel:

conscribere aliquem totum stilis ulmeis,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 5, 132; cf. conscribillo.—

2.

With in and abl., to write upon, mark upon:

signum sanguinis id est crucis in suā fronte,

Lact. 4, 26, 39.