transcribe Copy link Outline 1. transcrībo (transscr.), psi, ptum, 3 (the most exact equiv. of Eng.)2. dēscrībo, 3 (to make a copy of a work or document)3. exscrībo, 3 (usu. of copying a part from an author)4. transfĕro, 3, irr. • transcribe: 1. transcrībo (transscr.), psi, ptum, 3 (the most exact equiv. of Eng.): to t. with one's own hand, sua manu tr., Auct. Her. 4, 4, 6: to t. a will, testamentum in alias tabulas tr., Cic. Clu. 14, 41: to t. verbatim, ad verbum tr., Plin. pref. § 22. 2. dēscrībo, 3 (to make a copy of a work or document): I have sent (the book) to Rome to be t.d (have copies made by the librarii), Romam (librum) misi describendum, Cic. Att. 13, 21, 6 (transcribo would rather refer to a single transcription): I allowed many persons to t. (make copies of) the letter, epistolam multis describendam dedi, ib. 8, 9, 1. 3. exscrībo, 3 (usu. of copying a part from an author): in Cic. Verr. 2, 67, 189, appy. = to copy with scrupulous exactness. (Rescribo, to re-write.) 4. transfĕro, 3, irr.: to t. a letter, literas de tabulis in tabulas tr., cf. Cic. Verr. 2, 77, 189.