describe Copy link Outline I. To draw with lines1. descrībo, psi, ptum, 32. circumscrībo, 3 (only of circles)II. To give a description of1. descrībo, 32. scrībo, 3 (in writing)3. dēpingo, pinxi, pictum, 3 (as with colours, vividly)4. expōno, pŏsui, pŏsĭtum, 3 (to set forth, narrate)5. dēsigno, 1 (to mark out)6. exprĭmo, pressi, pressum, 3 (with exactness)7. dēformo, 1 (rare)8. pĕrăgo, ēgi, actum (to detail)9. dēmonstro, 1 (to point out clearly)10. narro, ēnarro, 111. exsĕquor, persĕquor, 312. explĭco, āvi and ui, etc., 1 (to unfold, enter into detail) • describe: I. To draw with lines: 1. descrībo, psi, ptum, 3: to d. geometrical figures in the sand, geometricas formas in arena d., Cic.: to d. (the circumference of) a circle, circuitionem circuli d., Vitr. 2. circumscrībo, 3 (only of circles): to d. a circle round a person with a stick, virgula aliquem c., Cic.: Liv.: simly., orbem c., Cic. Phr.: the stars d. their circles, sidera circulos [orbesque] suos conficiunt, Cic.: he d.s a circle with his troops, circumagit sua per vestigia ductos, Sil.: to d. a circle round a place with the plough, aratrum circumducere, Cic.: see also circle. II. To give a description of: 1. descrībo, 3: a woman such as I just now d.d, mulier hujusmodi, qualem ego paulo ante descripsi, Cic.: briefly to d., breviter d., Cic. (More freq. in sense of to mark out, define.) 2. scrībo, 3 (in writing): to d. to any one the form and situation of a farm, formam et situm agri alicui scribere, Hor.: v. to write. 3. dēpingo, pinxi, pictum, 3 (as with colours, vividly): to d. this fellow's life, vitam hujusce d., Cic.: Pl. 4. expōno, pŏsui, pŏsĭtum, 3 (to set forth, narrate): to d. what took place, ex. rem gestam, res quemadmodum gesta sit, Cic.: to d. [the form of] what is best, ex. formam optimi, Cic. 5. dēsigno, 1 (to mark out): to d. the affections, as it were, in outline, affectus velut primis lineis d., Quint. 6. exprĭmo, pressi, pressum, 3 (with exactness): to d. a man's manners in a speech, mores alicujus oratione ex., Cic.: this scene Praxiteles chased in silver and my friend Archias has d.d in verse, hanc speciem P. caelavit argento et noster expressit Archias versibus, Cic. 7. dēformo, 1 (rare): the character I have d.d (or modelled) above, ille quem supra deformavi, Cic.: Sen. 8. pĕrăgo, ēgi, actum (to detail): to d. exploits of peace and war, res pace belloque gestas p., Liv.: Hor. 9. dēmonstro, 1 (to point out clearly): he d.s the size and shape of the ships, navium modum formamque demonstrat, Caes.: to d. in writing, scripto d., Quint. 10. narro, ēnarro, 1: v. to relate. 11. exsĕquor, persĕquor, 3: usu. with verbis: v. to relate. 12. explĭco, āvi and ui, etc., 1 (to unfold, enter into detail): to d. the whole character of another, vitam alterius totam ex., Cic.: also with de: to d. (the structure of) catapults, de catapultis ex., Vitr.