rescribo

Latin

Etymology

From re- +‎ scrībō.

Pronunciation

Verb

rescrībō (present infinitive rescrībere, perfect active rescrīpsī, supine rescrīptum); third conjugation

  1. to write back in reply
    Is ad me rescripsit.
    He wrote to me again.
  2. (politics, law) (of emperors or lawyers) to answer in writing a petition or legal question; to give a rescript or a judicial decision
  3. (accounting) (in account-books) to make an entry per contra; to place to one's credit; hence, to pay back, repay
  4. (military):
    1. to re-enlist
    2. to enlist under a different name, office, etc.: to transfer from one kind of troops to another

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Catalan: reescriure
  • English: rescribe
  • French: réécrire
  • Italian: riscrivere
  • Portuguese: reescrever
  • Romanian: rescrie
  • Spanish: reescribir

References

  • rescribo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • rescribo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • rescribo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Spanish

Verb

rescribo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of rescribir