exscribo

ex-scrībo ( excr- ), psi, ptum (btum), 3, v. a., to write out, write off, copy.

I.

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.—

B.

Transf.

* 1.

Of paintings, to copy:

imagines exscribere et pingere,

Plin. Ep. 4, 28, 1.—

2.

In gen., to write or note down:

nomina exscripta,

Plaut. Rud. prol. 15:

bonos in aliis tabulis exscriptos habet,

id. ib. 21.—

* II.

Trop., to copy or take after, to resemble:

filia totum patrem mira similitudine exscripserat,

Plin. Ep. 5, 16, 9.