conscriptio

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

conscriptĭo, ōnis, f. [conscribo, II.], a drawing up in writing, a composing, composition (rare).

I In abstr.: libelli, Sid. Ep. 7, 18.—More freq.,

II In concr., a representation, treatise, writing; in plur., * Cic. Clu. 67, 191; * Vitr. 7, prooem. § 1: in annalium conscriptionibus legere, Arn. 7, p. 242. —

III (Conscribo, I.) A levying of troops , Julian. ap. Cassiod. 16, Hist. Eccl. 17.

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