he who willingly subscribes ( his name ); hence, trop., he who subscribes to , agrees to , approves any thing (perh. only in the foll. exs.): ascriptores legis agrariae, Cic.Agr. 9: venalis ascriptor et subscriptor tuus, id.Dom. 19; id.Red. in Sen. 4, 9; 10, 26.