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          ex-scrībo (excr-), psi, ptum (btum), 3, v. a., to write out, write off, copy.  Lit. (rare but class.): tabulas in foro summa hominum frequentia exscribo; adhibentur in exscribendo ex conventu viri primarii, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 77, § 189: complura exscripta de Magonis libris, Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 18: ex Plauti comoedia duos versus exscripsimus, Gell. 3, 3, 8.— Transf. *  Of paintings, to copy: imagines exscribere et pingere, Plin. Ep. 4, 28, 1.— In gen., to write or note down: nomina exscripta, Plaut. Rud. prol. 15: bonos in aliis tabulis exscriptos habet, id. ib. 21.—*  Trop., to copy or take after, to resemble: filia totum patrem mira similitudine exscripserat, Plin. Ep. 5, 16, 9.
          
         
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            Headword (normalized/stripped):
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            ex-scrībo (excr-), psi, ptum (btum), 3, v. a., to write out, write off, copy.  Lit. (rare but class.): tabulas in foro summa hominum frequentia exscribo; adhibentur in exscribendo ex conventu viri primarii, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 77, § 189: complura exscripta de Magonis libris, Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 18: ex Plauti comoedia duos versus exscripsimus, Gell. 3, 3, 8.— Transf. *  Of paintings, to copy: imagines exscribere et pingere, Plin. Ep. 4, 28, 1.— In gen., to write or note down: nomina exscripta, Plaut. Rud. prol. 15: bonos in aliis tabulis exscriptos habet, id. ib. 21.—*  Trop., to copy or take after, to resemble: filia totum patrem mira similitudine exscripserat, Plin. Ep. 5, 16, 9.
           
          
          
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              urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lat.ls.perseus-eng2-n17179
            
           
          
         
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