inscribo
Latin
Etymology
From in- (“in, on; onto”) + scrībō (“write”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /inˈskriː.boː/, [ĩːˈs̠kriːboː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /inˈskri.bo/, [inˈskriːbo]
Verb
inscrībō (present infinitive inscrībere, perfect active inscrīpsī, supine inscrīptum); third conjugation
- I write in or upon something, inscribe; furnish with an inscription, give a title to a book.
- (figuratively) I ascribe, assign, attribute.
- (figuratively) I mark, make known.
- (figuratively) I brand, place a brand upon.
Conjugation
| Conjugation of inscrībō (third conjugation) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | inscrībō | inscrībis | inscrībit | inscrībimus | inscrībitis | inscrībunt |
| imperfect | inscrībēbam | inscrībēbās | inscrībēbat | inscrībēbāmus | inscrībēbātis | inscrībēbant | |
| future | inscrībam | inscrībēs | inscrībet | inscrībēmus | inscrībētis | inscrībent | |
| perfect | inscrīpsī | inscrīpsistī | inscrīpsit | inscrīpsimus | inscrīpsistis | inscrīpsērunt, inscrīpsēre | |
| pluperfect | inscrīpseram | inscrīpserās | inscrīpserat | inscrīpserāmus | inscrīpserātis | inscrīpserant | |
| future perfect | inscrīpserō | inscrīpseris | inscrīpserit | inscrīpserimus | inscrīpseritis | inscrīpserint | |
| passive | present | inscrībor | inscrīberis, inscrībere | inscrībitur | inscrībimur | inscrībiminī | inscrībuntur |
| imperfect | inscrībēbar | inscrībēbāris, inscrībēbāre | inscrībēbātur | inscrībēbāmur | inscrībēbāminī | inscrībēbantur | |
| future | inscrībar | inscrībēris, inscrībēre | inscrībētur | inscrībēmur | inscrībēminī | inscrībentur | |
| perfect | inscrīptus + present active indicative of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | inscrīptus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||
| future perfect | inscrīptus + future active indicative of sum | ||||||
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | inscrībam | inscrībās | inscrībat | inscrībāmus | inscrībātis | inscrībant |
| imperfect | inscrīberem | inscrīberēs | inscrīberet | inscrīberēmus | inscrīberētis | inscrīberent | |
| perfect | inscrīpserim | inscrīpserīs | inscrīpserit | inscrīpserīmus | inscrīpserītis | inscrīpserint | |
| pluperfect | inscrīpsissem | inscrīpsissēs | inscrīpsisset | inscrīpsissēmus | inscrīpsissētis | inscrīpsissent | |
| passive | present | inscrībar | inscrībāris, inscrībāre | inscrībātur | inscrībāmur | inscrībāminī | inscrībantur |
| imperfect | inscrīberer | inscrīberēris, inscrīberēre | inscrīberētur | inscrīberēmur | inscrīberēminī | inscrīberentur | |
| perfect | inscrīptus + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | inscrīptus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | inscrībe | — | — | inscrībite | — |
| future | — | inscrībitō | inscrībitō | — | inscrībitōte | inscrībuntō | |
| passive | present | — | inscrībere | — | — | inscrībiminī | — |
| future | — | inscrībitor | inscrībitor | — | — | inscrībuntor | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | inscrībere | inscrīpsisse | inscrīptūrum esse | inscrībī | inscrīptum esse | inscrīptum īrī | |
| participles | inscrībēns | — | inscrīptūrus | — | inscrīptus | inscrībendus, inscrībundus | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||
| inscrībendī | inscrībendō | inscrībendum | inscrībendō | inscrīptum | inscrīptū | ||
Derived terms
- inscrīptiō
- inscrīptum
- inscrīptūra
- inscrīptus
- subinscrībō
Related terms
Related terms
- āscrībō
- circumscrībō
- cōnscrībō
- dēscrībō
- dīscrībō
- exscrībō
- perscrībō
- postscrībō
- praescrībō
- prōscrībō
- rescrībō
- scrībō
- subscrībō
- superscrībō
- trānscrībō
Descendants
- Spanish: inscribir
- Catalan: inscriure
- Danish: indskrive
- Dutch: inschrijven
- English: inscribe
- French: inscrire
- Galician: inscribir
- German: einschreiben
- Irish: inscríobh
- Italian: inscrivere, iscrivere
- Leonese: iscribire
- Norwegian: innskrive
- Piedmontese: iscrive
- Portuguese: inscrever
- Romanian: înscrie
- Spanish: inscribir
- Swedish: inskriva
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, 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
- to put an inscription on statues: statuas inscribere (Verr. 2. 69. 167)
- inscribo in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
Spanish
Verb
inscribo
- first-person singular present indicative of inscribir