conscribo

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?

Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm

Proto-Italic *kom

Proto-Italic *kom-

Latin con-

Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-?

Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreybʰ-

Proto-Indo-European *(s)kréybʰeti

Proto-Italic *skreiβō

Latin scrībō

Latin cōnscrībō

From con- + scrībō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kõːˈskriː.boː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [konˈskriː.bo]

Verb

cōnscrībō (present infinitive cōnscrībere, perfect active cōnscrīpsī, supine cōnscrīptum); third conjugation

1. to enroll or enlist, levy (write together in a list)

   Synonyms: indicō, dēligō

2. to draw up, compose, write
   • 106 BCE – 43 BCE, Cicero, Cato Maior De Senectute 1.1:

     Nunc autem vīsum est mihi dē senectūte aliquid ad tē cōnscrībere.

     Now, however, I have resolved to write something to you on the subject of old age.

Conjugation

   Conjugation of cōnscrībō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	cōnscrībō		cōnscrībis		cōnscrībit		cōnscrībimus		cōnscrībitis		cōnscrībunt
	imperfect	cōnscrībēbam		cōnscrībēbās		cōnscrībēbat		cōnscrībēbāmus		cōnscrībēbātis		cōnscrībēbant
	future	cōnscrībam		cōnscrībēs		cōnscrībet		cōnscrībēmus		cōnscrībētis		cōnscrībent
	perfect	cōnscrīpsī		cōnscrīpsistī		cōnscrīpsit		cōnscrīpsimus		cōnscrīpsistis		cōnscrīpsērunt, cōnscrīpsēre
	pluperfect	cōnscrīpseram		cōnscrīpserās		cōnscrīpserat		cōnscrīpserāmus		cōnscrīpserātis		cōnscrīpserant
	future perfect	cōnscrīpserō		cōnscrīpseris		cōnscrīpserit		cōnscrīpserimus		cōnscrīpseritis		cōnscrīpserint
passive	present	cōnscrībor		cōnscrīberis, cōnscrībere		cōnscrībitur		cōnscrībimur		cōnscrībiminī		cōnscrībuntur
	imperfect	cōnscrībēbar		cōnscrībēbāris, cōnscrībēbāre		cōnscrībēbātur		cōnscrībēbāmur		cōnscrībēbāminī		cōnscrībēbantur
	future	cōnscrībar		cōnscrībēris, cōnscrībēre		cōnscrībētur		cōnscrībēmur		cōnscrībēminī		cōnscrībentur
	perfect	cōnscrīptus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	cōnscrīptus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	cōnscrīptus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	cōnscrībam		cōnscrībās		cōnscrībat		cōnscrībāmus		cōnscrībātis		cōnscrībant
	imperfect	cōnscrīberem		cōnscrīberēs		cōnscrīberet		cōnscrīberēmus		cōnscrīberētis		cōnscrīberent
	perfect	cōnscrīpserim		cōnscrīpserīs		cōnscrīpserit		cōnscrīpserīmus		cōnscrīpserītis		cōnscrīpserint
	pluperfect	cōnscrīpsissem		cōnscrīpsissēs		cōnscrīpsisset		cōnscrīpsissēmus		cōnscrīpsissētis		cōnscrīpsissent
passive	present	cōnscrībar		cōnscrībāris, cōnscrībāre		cōnscrībātur		cōnscrībāmur		cōnscrībāminī		cōnscrībantur
	imperfect	cōnscrīberer		cōnscrīberēris, cōnscrīberēre		cōnscrīberētur		cōnscrīberēmur		cōnscrīberēminī		cōnscrīberentur
	perfect	cōnscrīptus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	cōnscrīptus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		cōnscrībe		—		—		cōnscrībite		—
	future	—		cōnscrībitō		cōnscrībitō		—		cōnscrībitōte		cōnscrībuntō
passive	present	—		cōnscrībere		—		—		cōnscrībiminī		—
	future	—		cōnscrībitor		cōnscrībitor		—		—		cōnscrībuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		cōnscrībere			cōnscrībī			cōnscrībēns			—
future		cōnscrīptūrum esse			cōnscrīptum īrī			cōnscrīptūrus			cōnscrībendus, cōnscrībundus
perfect		cōnscrīpsisse			cōnscrīptum esse			—			cōnscrīptus
future perfect		—			cōnscrīptum fore			—			—
perfect potential		cōnscrīptūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		cōnscrībendī		cōnscrībendō		cōnscrībendum		cōnscrībendō		cōnscrīptum		cōnscrīptū

Derived terms

• cōnscrībillō
• cōnscrīptiō
• cōnscrīptor
• cōnscrīptus

Descendants

• English: conscribe
• Italian: coscrivere
• Romanian: conscrie

References

• “conscribo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “conscribo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “conscribo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to write a book: librum scribere, conscribere
    
  • to make a will: testamentum facere, conscribere
    
  • to levy troops: milites (exercitum) scribere, conscribere