• father (v.): i. e. to ascribe to (q. v.): addīco, xi, ctum, 3: to f. certain plays upon Plautus, fabulas Plauti nomini ad., Gell. 3, 3, ad fin.: ("those heretics) who f.'d the Gospel and first Epistle (of John) upon Cerinthus" (Bp. Bull), *qui evangelium, etc. Cerinthi nomini addixerunt, Cerintho tribuerunt: the verb is now commonly used with something of a bad sense, as now when all are ashamed of the scheme, they try to f. it upon me, *nunc cujus omnes consilii pudet, me ut auctorem incusant, insimulant: don't try to f. that scheme upon me, *ne perge me istius consilii reum facere.