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.
WRITE Copy link • WRITEscribere (general term): litteras scribere or facere (Plaut.; to form letters): dueere litterarum formas (Ruhnken., of children learning to write): hence, to write a good hand, or fine hand, lepida manu facere litteras or scribere (after Plaut.): to write a bad, wretched hand, male, negligenter exarare litteras [Vid: also, HAND]: to write from a copy, litterarum ductus sequi (Quint., 10, 2, 2); versus ad imitationem propositos describere (after Quint., 1, 1, 35): litteris consignare: litteris mandare: scriptura, persequi (to note or put down in writing): in chartam conjicere (to put hastily upon paper): memoriae causa in libellum referre (to put down in a note-book, in order to assist the memory): enotare (to note or put down in writing what one has just read or thought of): litteris custodire: memoriae prodere, tradere (to commit to writing): conscribere (to compose in writing): To write down with abbreviations, to write down in short hand (what another says), aliquid velocissime notis excipere: to write briefly, breviter describere, exponere, complecti: to write fully, copiously, stilo uberiore explicare: to write in verse, versibus describere, persequi: well written, verbis apte comprehensus et conclusus: to write for one’s livelihood, calamo victum quaeritare (after Ter., Andr., 1, 1, 48): to write a letter, scribere or conscribere epistolam (to compose a letter, with reference to the contents or substance of the letter; whereas scribere litteras, e.g., manu sua, refers to the manual act of writing): to write (a letter) to anybody, (a) absolutely, litteras ad aliquem dare or mittere (☞ but not litteras scribere, or simply scribere, ad aliquem or alicui): to write fully, or at length, to anybody, litteras dare ad aliquem plurimis verbis scriptas; ad aliquem uberiores litteras mittere; (b) with notice of the contents of the letter, litteras mittere (to send a letter to; with an accusative and infinitive when the letter contains only statements or information, but with ut and the conjunct, when the letter contains a command, charge, etc.); scribere alicui or ad aliquem (to inform or enjoin by letter; with an accusative and infinitive, or with ut and a conjunction, according to the nature of the communication, as before); aliquem per litteras certiorem faeere de aliqua re (or with an accusative and infinitive, to give intelligence of anything by letter): to write concerning anybody or anything, scribere de aliquo or de aliqua re; to anybody, alicui or ad aliquem (general term) epistolam conscribere de aliqua re; to anybody, alicui (if by letter); librum scribere de aliqua re (a book): to write against anybody, scribere in or adversus aliquem (general term); librum edere contra aliquem (to publish a book against anybody): to write to one another, to correspond by writing, litteras dare et accipere: to write back (in reply), litteras rescribere or respondere: to write one’s self as = assume such or such a title or character in writing, se scribere aliquem (e.g., se A. Cornelium Cossum consulem scripserit, Liv., 4, 20, quite at the end); alicui est nomen (with a nominative or dative, more rarely a genitive, of the name): his name is written with a d, *nomen ejus habet litteram d: to read a written reply, ex libello respondere (Plin., Ep., 5, 6, 5): to preach a written sermon, etc., de scripto dicere (Cic.), or orationem, sermonem ex libello habere (cf., Suet., Oct., 84): to write out, perscribere (to write fully and accurately); exscribere; transcribere (to transcribe); transcribere; transferre (to transfer from one book to another). To compose (a book), (librum) scribere or conscribere; edere (to publish). ImPROP. Anything is written on anybody’s forehead, aliquid ex ore ac fronte alicujus pernoscere potes (after Cic., Fat., 5, 10).