conscribo

conscribo

Latin

Etymology

    From con- + scrībō.

    Pronunciation

    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

    Derived terms

    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