inscribo

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁en-
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én
Proto-Italic *en
Proto-Italic *en-
Latin in-
Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-?
Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreybʰ-
Proto-Indo-European *(s)kréybʰeti
Proto-Italic *skreiβō
Latin scrībō
Latin inscribo

    From in- (“in, on; onto”) +‎ scrībō (“write”).

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    īnscrībō (present infinitive īnscrībere, perfect active īnscrīpsī, supine īnscrīptum); third conjugation

    1. to write in or upon something, inscribe; furnish with an inscription, give a title to a book
    2. (figuratively) to ascribe, assign, attribute
    3. (figuratively) to mark, make known
    4. (figuratively) to brand, place a brand upon

    Conjugation

       Conjugation of īnscrībō (third conjugation)
    indicative singular plural
    first second third first second third
    active present īnscrībō īnscrībis īnscrībit īnscrībimus īnscrībitis īnscrībunt
    imperfect īnscrībēbam īnscrībēbās īnscrībēbat īnscrībēbāmus īnscrībēbātis īnscrībēbant
    future īnscrībam īnscrībēs īnscrībet īnscrībēmus īnscrībētis īnscrībent
    perfect īnscrīpsī īnscrīpsistī īnscrīpsit īnscrīpsimus īnscrīpsistis īnscrīpsērunt,
    īnscrīpsēre
    pluperfect īnscrīpseram īnscrīpserās īnscrīpserat īnscrīpserāmus īnscrīpserātis īnscrīpserant
    future perfect īnscrīpserō īnscrīpseris īnscrīpserit īnscrīpserimus īnscrīpseritis īnscrīpserint
    passive present īnscrībor īnscrīberis,
    īnscrībere     		īnscrībitur īnscrībimur īnscrībiminī īnscrībuntur
    imperfect īnscrībēbar īnscrībēbāris,
    īnscrībēbāre     		īnscrībēbātur īnscrībēbāmur īnscrībēbāminī īnscrībēbantur
    future īnscrībar īnscrībēris,
    īnscrībēre     		īnscrībētur īnscrībēmur īnscrībēminī īnscrībentur
    perfect īnscrīptus + present active indicative of sum
    pluperfect īnscrīptus + imperfect active indicative of sum
    future perfect īnscrīptus + future active indicative of sum
    subjunctive singular plural
    first second third first second third
    active present īnscrībam īnscrībās īnscrībat īnscrībāmus īnscrībātis īnscrībant
    imperfect īnscrīberem īnscrīberēs īnscrīberet īnscrīberēmus īnscrīberētis īnscrīberent
    perfect īnscrīpserim īnscrīpserīs īnscrīpserit īnscrīpserīmus īnscrīpserītis īnscrīpserint
    pluperfect īnscrīpsissem īnscrīpsissēs īnscrīpsisset īnscrīpsissēmus īnscrīpsissētis īnscrīpsissent
    passive present īnscrībar īnscrībāris,
    īnscrībāre     		īnscrībātur īnscrībāmur īnscrībāminī īnscrībantur
    imperfect īnscrīberer īnscrīberēris,
    īnscrīberēre     		īnscrīberētur īnscrīberēmur īnscrīberēminī īnscrīberentur
    perfect īnscrīptus + present active subjunctive of sum
    pluperfect īnscrīptus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
    imperative singular plural
    first second third first second third
    active present — īnscrībe — — īnscrībite —
    future — īnscrībitō īnscrībitō — īnscrībitōte īnscrībuntō
    passive present — īnscrībere — — īnscrībiminī —
    future — īnscrībitor īnscrībitor — — īnscrībuntor
    non-finite forms infinitive participle
    active passive active passive
    present īnscrībere īnscrībī īnscrībēns —
    future īnscrīptūrum esse īnscrīptum īrī īnscrīptūrus īnscrībendus,
    īnscrībundus
    perfect īnscrīpsisse īnscrīptum esse — īnscrīptus
    future perfect — īnscrīptum fore — —
    perfect potential īnscrīptūrum fuisse — — —
    verbal nouns gerund supine
    genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
    īnscrībendī īnscrībendō īnscrībendum īnscrībendō īnscrīptum īnscrīptū

    Derived terms

    Descendants

    References

    • “inscribo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “inscribo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • “inscribo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
      • to put an inscription on statues: statuas inscribere (Verr. 2. 69. 167)
      • the book is entitled 'Laelius': liber inscribitur Laelius (Off. 2. 9. 30)
      • Cicero says in his 'Laelius.: Cicero dicit in Laelio (suo) or in eo (not suo) libro, qui inscribitur Laelius
    • inscribo in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

    Spanish

    Verb

    inscribo

    1. first-person singular present indicative of inscribir
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