Lewis & Short

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ex-scrībo (excr-), psi, ptum (btum), 3, v. a., to write out, write off, copy.

  1. I. 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.
    1. B. Transf.
      1. * 1. Of paintings, to copy: imagines exscribere et pingere, Plin. Ep. 4, 28, 1.
      2. 2. In gen., to write or note down: nomina exscripta, Plaut. Rud. prol. 15: bonos in aliis tabulis exscriptos habet, id. ib. 21.
  2. * II. Trop., to copy or take after, to resemble: filia totum patrem mira similitudine exscripserat, Plin. Ep. 5, 16, 9.