ex-scrībo (excr-), psi, ptum (btum), 3, v. a., to write out, write off, copy.
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.—
B Transf. *
1 Of paintings, to copy : imagines exscribere et pingere, Plin. Ep. 4, 28, 1.—
2 In gen., to write or note down : nomina exscripta, Plaut. Rud. prol. 15: bonos in aliis tabulis exscriptos habet, id. ib. 21.—*
II Trop., to copy or take after , to resemble : filia totum patrem mira similitudine exscripserat, Plin. Ep. 5, 16, 9.