inscriptĭo, ōnis, f. [inscribo],
a writing upon , inscribing; an inscription , title (class.): nominis inscriptio, Cic. Dom. 20, 51: quod de inscriptione quaeris, non dubito, quin καθῆκον officium sit; sed inscriptio plenior, de officiis, id. Att. 16, 11, 4.— An inscription on monuments: hinc illa infelicis monumenti inscriptio, turba se medicorum periisse, Plin. 29, 1, 5, § 11: frontis, a branding on the forehead , Petr. 106; 103; so plur., Sen. de Ira, 3, 3, 6: servi, quibus stigmata inscripta sint, Gai. Inst. 1, 13.— An accusation (post-class.): libellos inscriptionis deponere, Dig. 48, 5, 2.