ascripticius

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

ascriptīcĭus (adscr-), a, um, adj. [ascribo, II.],

enrolled or received in any community ( as citizen , soldier , etc.): novi et adscripticii cives, * Cic. N. D. 3, 15, 39: ascripticii veluti quidam scripti dicebantur, qui supplendis legionibus ascribebantur. Hos et accensos dicebant, quod ad legionum censum essent adscripti, Paul. ex Fest. p. 14 Müll.; cf. ascriptivus: servi, slaves bound to the soil , and transferred with it from one possessor to another , Cod. 11, 47, 6.

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