SCR 
SCR 
SCR 
fompose. Cic. Scripsi tres libros. Id. 
defsnsionem. Id. liistoriam. Horat. 
poenmta. Cic. carmen in aliquern. 
Also, simply, Scribere, to write, com¬ 
pose any thing, especially poems. Te- 
rent. Ad scribendum animum appulit, 
A. c. to writ!.air or composing any thing. 
Cic. Se ml scribendi studium contulit, 
ft. c. to composing a poem. Also, Simply, 
Scribere, to write, treat of any thing in 
■writing. Oell. Ut Plutarchus scribit. 
— Also, of advocates, to give written 
formularies or rules. Cic. Mur. 9. — 
Cic. Dicam alicui scribere, h. e. to bring 
an action against a person in writing, 
hi. leges, A. e. to make, draw up. JUv. 
fnedus amiciti®, h. e. to make. Cic. 
testamentqm, h. c. to make a will. Id. 
senatus consultum, h. e. to commit to 
writing. Also, simply, scribere. Id. 
Adesse scribendo, h. e. to be present 
when a decree of the senate was committed 
to writing. So, also, Id. Esse ad scri¬ 
bendum. — Also, to appoint, institute, 
designate by writing. Cic. aliquern 
heredem, h. e. to appoint or designate by 
writing in a will as one’s heir. So, also, 
Id. aliquern tutorem. Pandect, servo 
li'oertatem, h. e. to bequeath, by will. — 
Plant. Scribere alicui nuinos, h. e. to 
pay by a bill of exchange. Horat. Scribe 
decern a Nerio, h. e. scribe te decern 
se.tertia accepisse a Nerio, borrow of 
Norms 10,000 sesterces. — Also, to sing 
or write of any one. Cic. Eum Marinin, 
quem scripsissem, li. e. de quo scripsis- 
sein, cecinissem, of whom I wrote the 
poem called Marius. Horat. Scribere 
Vario (dot. for a Vario). — Also, to 
write or put down a name in a list or cata¬ 
logue. — Hence, to enlist, enrol, levy. 
Lev. milites. Cic. supplement,um le- 
gionibus, h. e. to enlist recruits. Liv. 
socios navales, li. e. to levy; or, with 
us, press sailors. Id. Colonos scribere 
in urbem aliquam, h. e. to send. Also, 
of other persons. Horat. Scribe tui 
gregis bunc, h. e. reckon him among 
your friends. — Also, to write , entitle. 
Liv. se consulem.-If Plaut. Scrip- 
sti, for scripsisti. Auson. Scripse, for 
scripsisse. 
ECRTBoNIOS LaRGOS, a physician in the 
time of the emperors Tiberius and Clau¬ 
dius. 
SCRINIUM (unc.), ii, n. a wooden case 
2 for keeping papers, books, ointments, &c.; 
a casket, coffer, trunk, chest, case ; a dc.,k, 
escritoire, book-case, Kifioorog, Kificomov. 
Sallust., Horat. and Plin. Under the 
emperors in later times, there were 
four kinds of scrinia: memorhe, epis- 
tolarum, libellorum, and epistolarum 
Grfficaram. \ 
SCRIPLUM, i, n. same as Scripiilum. 
Rhemn. Farm. 
SGRTPTILIS (scribo), e, adj. that can be 
3 written. Ammian. 
SCRIPTIS (Id.), onis, f. a writing, the 
act of writing. Cic. - IT Also, a 
writing for exercise, or that which one 
writes for exercise. Cic. -IT Also, a 
writing; a thing written. Cic. 
SCRIPTIT5 (frequentat. of scribo), as, 
avi, atum, a. 1. to write often. Cic. 
Scribas, vel potius scriptites. - 
IT Also, to write, particularly when it 
is done often, cr, simply, to write. Cic. 
orationes multas. Id. Griecisic scripti- 
tarunt, h. e. scripserunt. 
SCRIPTSR (scribo), oris, m. any one that 
writes or composes in writing, a writer, 
an author, amvypatptvg. Cic. artium bo- 
narurn. Id. rerum suarum. Horat. 
Trojani belli, A. e. Homerus. Cic. le- 
gum, ft. e. a legislator. — Also, without 
a genit.. Lysias is called by Cic. Subti- 
1 is*scriptor. Liv. Scriptores return, A. e. 
historians. — Also, same as Scriba. 
Herat. Scriptor librarius, and, simply, 
Cic. Scriptor, A. e. a scribe, secretary. Id. 
Scriptor rerum domesticarum, ft. c. who 
writes an account of all that passes at home. 
SCRIPToRIOS (scriptor), a, um, adj. of 
o or serving for writing, ypa<l>u<6g. Cels. 
calamus. Id. atramentum. 
SCRIPTuLUM (dimin. of scriptum), i, n. 
a line or a little line. Ovid. -IT Also, 
for Scripulum. Farr. 
RTPTUM (scribo), i,n. a writing, thing 
written; any thing committed to writing , 
o-vyypappa. Cic. Scriptum relinquere, 
A. e. to leave behind in writing. Id. Quod a 
Platone in scriptis relictum esse dicunt, 
A. e. in writing, properly among his writ¬ 
ings. Id. Mandare scriptis, ft. c. to commit 
to writing, to write down. Id. Scripta scri¬ 
bere. Id. He scripto dicere, A. e. to 
speak from written notes, to read a speech, 
recite from a written composition. Id. 
Laudavit scripto meo, A. e. a speech 
which I had composed. Id. (luoniain 
scripto illo istius sententiam dicere ve- 
tabatur, ft. e. a written ordinance. Id. 
duum videtur scriptoris voluntas cum 
scripto ipso dissentire, ft. e. when the 
meaning and intention of the writer does 
not seem to agree with his expressions. 
-IT Also, a writing. Cic. In scripto 
multo essem crebrior, A. e. in letter- 
writing. -IT Also, a line. Cic. Lusus 
duodecim scriptorum, A. e. a certain game 
played with dice and men. -—- li Scrip- 
turn facere, ft. e. scribam esse, to be a 
writer or secretary. See Scriptus, us. 
SCRIPTC'RX (Id.), a;, f. a marking. 
Hence, a line or limit, boundary. Petron. 
malarum. - IT Also, a writing; the 
act of writing, ypatftri. Cic. assidua. 
Id. Scriptura persequi aliquid, A. e. to 
write. — Hence, a writing, thing written, 
any thing committed to writing. JVepos. 
Genus scriptur®, A. e. a style or manner 
of writing. Ctcc. in Cic. Ep. Mendum 
scriptur®, ft. c. an error in writing. Cic. 
Per scripturam complecti, ft. e. to com¬ 
pose in writing. Id. Ex inferiore scrip¬ 
tura, A. e. parte testamenti. Id. Scrip¬ 
turam, in qua inerit illud ambiguum. 
Val. Max. Duabus arcis lapideis reper- 
tis, quarum in altera scriptura indica- 
bat corpus Num® Pompilii inesse, A. e. 
the inscription or superscription. Sueton. 
Libelli scriptura brevi, ft. e. notes or bil¬ 
lets expressed in a few words. — Particu¬ 
larly of poems. Terent. N T e cum scrip¬ 
tura evanesceret. Sueton. in Vita Juve¬ 
nal. Genus scriptur® excoiuit, h. e. sa¬ 
tyr® faciend®. — Hence, with eccle¬ 
siastical writers, Scriptura, and plur. 
Scriptural, the Bible, Scriptures, sacred 
writings, to. lepa /3i,8\ia. — Also, a 
style or manner of writing. Terent. Fa- 
bulas tenui esse oratione et scriptura 
levi. — Also, a tax paid from public pas¬ 
tures. Cic. Vectigal ex scriptura, ft. e. 
revenue from public pastures. Id. Gtui 
pro magistro est in scriptura. 
SCRIPTO RaRIOS (scriptura), a, um, 
3 adj. relating to the tax from public pas¬ 
tures, consequently, relating to public 
pastures. Fest. ager, A. e. on which 
cattle were pastured for a certain rent. 
Lucil. Scripturarius homo, h. e. one who 
has to do with the money arising from 
public pastures, whether as a recorder or 
as a farmer. 
SCRIPTuRIS (desiderat. of scribo), is, 
3 a. 4. to desire to write. Sidon. 
SCRTPTOS (scribo), us, m. a writing; 
3 particularly, the office of a secretary, 
secretarisliip. Liv. Scriptum facere, 
ft. e. to be a writer or secretary. Frunto. 
Scriptus publicus. 
SCRIPTOS, a, um. See Scribo. 
SCRIPOLARIS, or SCRuPOLaRIS (scri¬ 
pulum, or scrupulum), e, adj of a scru¬ 
ple, in weight. Plin. 
SCRiPOLATIM,or SCROPOLaTIM (Id.), 
adv. by scruples, in weight. Plin. 
SCRIPOLUM, or SCRuPOLUM (unc.),i, 
n. a scruple or the smallest part of a 
weight or measure. As a weight, the 
two hundred and eighty-eisrhth part, of a 
pound. Cic. Attic. 4, 16. Ed. Em. Scri¬ 
pulum. Ovid. Scrupula quinque. Vitr. 
Auri scripulum. -IT Also, the two 
hundred and eighty-eighth part of an acre 
(jugerum). Colum. - IT Also, the 
smallest part of any measure, as, of a de¬ 
gree in astronomy, otherwise called a 
minute. -IT Instead of Scripulum, or 
Scrupulum, we find also in Farr. Scrip- 
tulum; in Rhemn. Faun. Scriplum ; in 
Inscript. Scruptilus. 
SCR5BIOOLOS (dimin. of scrobs), i, m. 
2 a little ditch or furrow, (36§piov. Cn- 
lum. 
SCRSBIS, and SCRoBS (unc.), bis, m. 
and f. a ditch, furrow, hole, opvypa, 
(TKappa. Colum. Nfe protinus totus 
|. scrobs terra compleatur. Id. Scrobis 
806 
fieri debet latus pedum duorum. Id 
Hunc serobem autumno facito. Plin 
Platani in sua scrobe reponuntur. Id. 
Ramum ab arbore in serobem deprime, 
re. — Hence, also, a grave. Sueton. 
Serobem corain fieri imperavit, dimen- 
sus ad corporis sui moduluin. 
SCRoFX, or SCRoPHX {ypopffag), ®, f. 
a sow that has had pigs, or is kept fur 
breeding. Farr. 
SCRoFiNOS (scrofa), a, um, adj. of a 
3 sow. Marcell. Empir. 
SCROFIS, or SCROPHI5 (unc.), onis, 
3 in. a meeting of the boundaries of two 
fields in the form of a wedge. Script, rei 
arrr. 
SCR5FIPASC0S, or SCRoPHIPASCOS 
3 (scrofa & pasco), a, um, adj. feeding or 
keeping sows. Plaut. 
SCRoFuLX, or SCRoPHOLX (scrofa, or 
3 scropha), ®, f. a swelling of the glands 
of the neck; the scrofula or king’s evil. 
Xoipaieg. Feget. 
SCROTUM (perhaps from scortum, in the 
2 sense of skin), i, n. the scrotum, KtipvKos, 
daxeog. Cels. 
SCRUPjEDX (perhaps from scrupus &. 
3 pes), ®, f. Plur. Scruped®, sc. mere- 
trices, A. e. according to some, moving 
awkwardly or heavily, shambling. Others 
render it bandy-legged, and derive it 
from scaurus. According to Scaligcr 
and Passow, it is to be derived from 
/cpovircra, or upovnega, a high wooden 
shoe, and consequently signifies moving 
heavily, hobbling. 
SCRuPKOS (scrupus), a, um,adj. consid- 
3 ing of pointed, sharp, rough stones, stony, 
pebbly, rough, rugged, steep. Firg. spe- 
lunca. — Figur. Auson. difflcultas, A. e. 
ardua. 
SCRuPoSOS (Id.), a, um, adj .full of rough 
3 stones, rough. Plaut.. via. Lucan, sax 
um. drat.. Pyrene, the rocky Pyrenees 
Apul. agrum. — Figur. Lucret. ratio. 
SCRuPOLaRIS. See Scripularis. 
SCRuPOLATIM. See Scripulatim. 
SCROPOLoSI (scrupulosus), adv. scru- 
2 pulously, carefully, exactly, nicely, anx¬ 
iously, bite panpifi&g. Plin. Scrupulo- 
sius/ Colum. Scrupulose probare. Id. 
Scrupulosissime. 
SCRuPOLoSITaS (Id.), atis, f. too much 
2 nicety or exactness; scrupulousness, scru¬ 
pulosity, vrrcpaKpi/Sua. Colum. - 
IT Also, anxiety, grief, doubtfulness, solici¬ 
tude. Tcrtull. 
SCRuPOLoSOS (scrupulus), a, um, adj, 
1 full of pointed, sharp, or rough stones, 
full of little gravel stones, gravelly, pchUy. 
Hence, rough, rugged, full of points, 
Cic. Scrupulos® cotes. Pacuv. specus, 
-IT Also, figur. exact, vice, diligent, 
scrupulous, precise, curious, full of doubts. 
Frontin. Scrupulosa inquisitione inve¬ 
nire aliquid. Plin. Ventorum ratio 
erit paulo scrupulosior. Faler. Max. 
cura. Apul. Serupulosissimus deormn 
cultus, superstitious. Tertull. Fides 
scrupulosior. Apul. lector.- IT Al¬ 
so, difficult, troublesome. Quin til,, dis- 
putatio. Plin. Ep. volumina. 
SCRuPOLUM, i, n. a scruple. See Scri¬ 
pulum. 
SCRuPOLOS (dimin. of scrupus), i, m. « 
small pointed stone, bit of gravel, ipirffig. 
Solin. Such a small stone is trouble¬ 
some in a shoe, &c.; hence, a scruple, 
doubt, difficulty, uneasiness, trouble, anxi¬ 
ety. Terent. Mill! unus scrupulus etiam 
restat, qui me male habet, h. c. I havt 
still a scruple. Cic. Sin scrupulus te- 
nuissimus residere aliquis videbitm. 
Id. Hunc sibi ex aniino scrupulum, qui 
se dies noctesque stimulat ac pungit, 
ut evellatis, postulat, ft. e. to take away, 
remove. Plin. Ep. Exime hunc mini 
scrupulum, ft. e. take away, remove. 
Cic. Hie turn injectus est Iiominibus 
scrupulus, A. c. was occasioned. Terent. 
•Timet: injeci scrupulum homini, I havt 
put a flea in his ear ; I have given him a 
bone to pick. Colum. Sine sciupulo, 
ft. e. without hesitation. -^ Also, ,t ciir - 
Apul. Reus scrupulo qn®stionis libera- 
tur, from the fear of being tortured. 
IT Also, care, diligence, caution. ^ 
Cluibus scrupulis perniciem prohibeat. 
by what care or diligence. — A!so, ^ 
difficulty, of things not easily to n« 
explained. Ocll. Hos aigut® desidta 
