praescribo
Latin
Etymology
From prae- + scrībō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /prae̯sˈkriː.boː/, [präe̯s̠ˈkriːboː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /presˈkri.bo/, [presˈkriːbo]
Verb
praescrībō (present infinitive praescrībere, perfect active praescrīpsī, supine praescrīptum); third conjugation
- I write in front; I prefix
- I order, appoint, direct, command or prescribe
- Synonyms: praecipiō, imperō, indīcō, ēdīcō, iniungō, mandō, dictō, iubeō, pōnō
Conjugation
| Conjugation of praescrībō (third conjugation) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | praescrībō | praescrībis | praescrībit | praescrībimus | praescrībitis | praescrībunt |
| imperfect | praescrībēbam | praescrībēbās | praescrībēbat | praescrībēbāmus | praescrībēbātis | praescrībēbant | |
| future | praescrībam | praescrībēs | praescrībet | praescrībēmus | praescrībētis | praescrībent | |
| perfect | praescrīpsī | praescrīpsistī | praescrīpsit | praescrīpsimus | praescrīpsistis | praescrīpsērunt, praescrīpsēre | |
| pluperfect | praescrīpseram | praescrīpserās | praescrīpserat | praescrīpserāmus | praescrīpserātis | praescrīpserant | |
| future perfect | praescrīpserō | praescrīpseris | praescrīpserit | praescrīpserimus | praescrīpseritis | praescrīpserint | |
| passive | present | praescrībor | praescrīberis, praescrībere | praescrībitur | praescrībimur | praescrībiminī | praescrībuntur |
| imperfect | praescrībēbar | praescrībēbāris, praescrībēbāre | praescrībēbātur | praescrībēbāmur | praescrībēbāminī | praescrībēbantur | |
| future | praescrībar | praescrībēris, praescrībēre | praescrībētur | praescrībēmur | praescrībēminī | praescrībentur | |
| perfect | praescrīptus + present active indicative of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | praescrīptus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||
| future perfect | praescrīptus + future active indicative of sum | ||||||
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | praescrībam | praescrībās | praescrībat | praescrībāmus | praescrībātis | praescrībant |
| imperfect | praescrīberem | praescrīberēs | praescrīberet | praescrīberēmus | praescrīberētis | praescrīberent | |
| perfect | praescrīpserim | praescrīpserīs | praescrīpserit | praescrīpserīmus | praescrīpserītis | praescrīpserint | |
| pluperfect | praescrīpsissem | praescrīpsissēs | praescrīpsisset | praescrīpsissēmus | praescrīpsissētis | praescrīpsissent | |
| passive | present | praescrībar | praescrībāris, praescrībāre | praescrībātur | praescrībāmur | praescrībāminī | praescrībantur |
| imperfect | praescrīberer | praescrīberēris, praescrīberēre | praescrīberētur | praescrīberēmur | praescrīberēminī | praescrīberentur | |
| perfect | praescrīptus + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| pluperfect | praescrīptus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| active | present | — | praescrībe | — | — | praescrībite | — |
| future | — | praescrībitō | praescrībitō | — | praescrībitōte | praescrībuntō | |
| passive | present | — | praescrībere | — | — | praescrībiminī | — |
| future | — | praescrībitor | praescrībitor | — | — | praescrībuntor | |
| non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
| present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
| infinitives | praescrībere | praescrīpsisse | praescrīptūrum esse | praescrībī | praescrīptum esse | praescrīptum īrī | |
| participles | praescrībēns | — | praescrīptūrus | — | praescrīptus | praescrībendus, praescrībundus | |
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
| genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||
| praescrībendī | praescrībendō | praescrībendum | praescrībendō | praescrīptum | praescrīptū | ||
Descendants
- Catalan: prescriure
- English: prescribe
- French: prescrire
- Italian: prescrivere
- Occitan: prescriure
- Portuguese: prescrever
- Romanian: prescrie
- Sicilian: priscrìviri
- Spanish: prescribir
References
- “praescribo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “praescribo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- praescribo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- praescribo in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016