describere: exscribere (to copy off): rescribere (to write out again): transcribere: transferre (to transfer to another book): furari aliquid ab aliquo (to copy in a dishonorable manner, Cic., Att., 2, 1, 1). To transcribe with one’s own hand, aliquid sua manu transcribere: to transcribe from an author litterally, but not to name him, auctorem ad verbum transcribere, neque nominare (Plin.).