write Copy link Outline 1. scrībo, psi, ptum, 32. conscrībo (to draw up in w.ing)3. perscrībo (to w. in full, w. out)4. exscrībo (to copy as an extract)5. transcrībo (to w. from one book into another)6. descrībo (to copy, or to w. down plainly)7. rescrībo (to w. again, w. back) • write: 1. scrībo, psi, ptum, 3: when letters are written with a pen in a book, quom in libro scribuntur calamo litterae, Pl. Ps. 1, 5, 131: w. this song on the middle column, hoc carmen media scribe columna, Prop. 4, 7, 83: Aufidius was w.ing a Grecian history, Aufidius Graecam scribebat historiam, Cic. Tusc. 5, 38, 112: who could w. worthily of Mars? quis Martem digne scripserit? Hor. Od. 1, 6, 14. a letter carefully written, epistola perdiligenter scripta, Cic. Att. 1, 11, 1: with infin. of information: he w.s that he will come, scribit se affore, Caes. B. G. 5, 48: with relat. clause: w. to me what you are doing, scribe ad me quid agas, Cic. Fam. 7, 12, 2: to w. an order to do, by subj., with or without ut: to w. me word to come, scribere ad me ut venirem, id. Att. 11, 7, 2: he w.s to Labienus to come, scribit Labieno veniat, Caes. B. G. 5, 46. absol., to be an author: he whom no one has excelled in w.ing, ille quo nemo in scribendo praestantior fuit, Cic. Rep. 2, 11, 21. 2. conscrībo (to draw up in w.ing): a book written about his consulship and acts, liber de consulatu et de rebus gestis suis conscriptus, Cic. Brut. 35, 132: pages written in a beautiful hand, tabellae lepida conscriptae manu, Pl. Ps. 1, 1, 28. 3. perscrībo (to w. in full, w. out): he w.s of what had been done, rem gestam perscribit, Caes. B. G. 5, 47: my brother has written out your speech, frater meus tuam orationem perscripsit, Cic. Fam. 5, 4, 2. 4. exscrībo (to copy as an extract): I w. out the inscriptions in the forum, tabulas in foro exscribo, Cic. Verr. 2, 77, 189. 5. transcrībo (to w. from one book into another): the will written into another set of tablets, testamentum in alias tabulas transcriptum, Cic. Clu. 14, 41. 6. descrībo (to copy, or to w. down plainly): Balbus wrote to me that he had written out my fifth book, De Finibus, Balbus scripsit ad me se quintum De Finibus librum descripsisse, Cic. Att. 13, 21, 4: the songs which I have written on the bark of the beech, quae in cortice fagi carmina descripsi, Virg. E. 5, 14. 7. rescrībo (to w. again, w. back): to w. over again and correct, rescribere et corrigere, Suet. Caes. 56: to your morning letter I wrote answer at once, yesterday, antemeridianis tuis litteris heri statim rescripsi, Cic. Att. 13, 23, 1. Phr.: to w. a careless hand, *negligenter exarare litteras (Kr.): to w. a good hand, lepidis literis conscribere, Pl. Ps. 1, 1, 28: I got your letter written in an unsteady hand, accepi tuam epistolam vacillantibus litterulis, Cic. Fam. 16, 15, 2: I wrote these few lines, hoc litterularum exaravi, Cic. Att. 12, 1, 1: I write this at Rome, dabam Romae, Cic.: to w. (publish) against any one, *contra aliquem librum edere: to put thoughts in w.ing, mandare litteris cogitationes, Cic.: to w. down in short hand, notis excipere velocissime, Suet. Tit. 3: there is w. evidence for this, exstat hoc, memoriae traditum est, Cic.