ascribo

ascribo

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

    From ad- (to) + scrībō (to write).

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    ascrībō (present infinitive ascrībere, perfect active ascrīpsī, supine ascrīptum); third conjugation

    1. to state in writing, to add in writing
    2. to insert
    3. to appoint, to enroll, to enfranchise, to reckon, to number
      Synonyms: addō, adnumerō, attribuō, īnserō, tribuō
      Colonos novos ascribere.To appoint new inhabitants.

    Conjugation

    Descendants

    • Catalan: adscriure
    • English: ascribe
    • Galician: adscribir
    • Italian: ascrivere
    • Portuguese: adscrever
    • Spanish: adscribir

    References

    • ascribo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • ascribo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • ascribo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
      • to admit another into the circle of one's intimates: aliquem (tertium) ad (in) amicitiam ascribere
      • to enroll as a citizen, burgess: in civitatem recipere, ascribere, asciscere aliquem