perscribo
Latin
Etymology
From per- + scribo.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /perˈskriː.boː/, [pɛrˈs̠kriːboː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /perˈskri.bo/, [perˈskriːbo]
Verb
perscrībō (present infinitive perscrībere, perfect active perscrīpsī, supine perscrīptum); third conjugation
- I write out; I write in full or in detail
- Synonym: scrībō
Conjugation
| Conjugation of perscrībō (third conjugation) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | perscrībō | perscrībis | perscrībit | perscrībimus | perscrībitis | perscrībunt |
| imperfect | perscrībēbam | perscrībēbās | perscrībēbat | perscrībēbāmus | perscrībēbātis | perscrībēbant | |
| future | perscrībam | perscrībēs | perscrībet | perscrībēmus | perscrībētis | perscrībent | |
| perfect | perscrīpsī | perscrīpsistī | perscrīpsit | perscrīpsimus | perscrīpsistis | perscrīpsērunt, perscrīpsēre | |
| pluperfect | perscrīpseram | perscrīpserās | perscrīpserat | perscrīpserāmus | perscrīpserātis | perscrīpserant | |
| future perfect | perscrīpserō | perscrīpseris | perscrīpserit | perscrīpserimus | perscrīpseritis | perscrīpserint | |
| passive | present | perscrībor | perscrīberis, perscrībere | perscrībitur | perscrībimur | perscrībiminī | perscrībuntur |
| imperfect | perscrībēbar | perscrībēbāris, perscrībēbāre | perscrībēbātur | perscrībēbāmur | perscrībēbāminī | perscrībēbantur | |
| future | perscrībar | perscrībēris, perscrībēre | perscrībētur | perscrībēmur | perscrībēminī | perscrībentur | |
| perfect | perscrīptus + present active indicative of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | perscrīptus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||
| future perfect | perscrīptus + future active indicative of sum | ||||||
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | perscrībam | perscrībās | perscrībat | perscrībāmus | perscrībātis | perscrībant |
| imperfect | perscrīberem | perscrīberēs | perscrīberet | perscrīberēmus | perscrīberētis | perscrīberent | |
| perfect | perscrīpserim | perscrīpserīs | perscrīpserit | perscrīpserīmus | perscrīpserītis | perscrīpserint | |
| pluperfect | perscrīpsissem | perscrīpsissēs | perscrīpsisset | perscrīpsissēmus | perscrīpsissētis | perscrīpsissent | |
| passive | present | perscrībar | perscrībāris, perscrībāre | perscrībātur | perscrībāmur | perscrībāminī | perscrībantur |
| imperfect | perscrīberer | perscrīberēris, perscrīberēre | perscrīberētur | perscrīberēmur | perscrīberēminī | perscrīberentur | |
| perfect | perscrīptus + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | perscrīptus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | perscrībe | — | — | perscrībite | — |
| future | — | perscrībitō | perscrībitō | — | perscrībitōte | perscrībuntō | |
| passive | present | — | perscrībere | — | — | perscrībiminī | — |
| future | — | perscrībitor | perscrībitor | — | — | perscrībuntor | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | perscrībere | perscrīpsisse | perscrīptūrum esse | perscrībī | perscrīptum esse | perscrīptum īrī | |
| participles | perscrībēns | — | perscrīptūrus | — | perscrīptus | perscrībendus, perscrībundus | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||
| perscrībendī | perscrībendō | perscrībendum | perscrībendō | perscrīptum | perscrīptū | ||
Derived terms
- perscriptio
References
- “perscribo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “perscribo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- perscribo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to write a history of Rome: res populi Romani perscribere
- to write a history of Rome: res populi Romani perscribere
- perscribo in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016