ascribo

Latin

Alternative forms

• adscrībō

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd

Proto-Italic *ad

Proto-Italic *ad-

Latin ad-

Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-?

Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreybʰ-

Proto-Indo-European *(s)kréybʰeti

Proto-Italic *skreiβō

Latin scrībō

Latin ascrībō

From ad- (“to”) + scrībō (“to write”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [asˈkriː.boː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [asˈkriː.bo]

Verb

ascrībō (present infinitive ascrībere, perfect active ascrīpsī, supine ascrīptum); third conjugation

1. to state in writing, to add in writing
2. to insert
3. to appoint, to enroll, to enfranchise, to reckon, to number

   Synonyms: addō, adnumerō, attribuō, īnserō, tribuō

   Colonos novos ascribere. ― To appoint new inhabitants.

Conjugation

   Conjugation of ascrībō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	ascrībō		ascrībis		ascrībit		ascrībimus		ascrībitis		ascrībunt
	imperfect	ascrībēbam		ascrībēbās		ascrībēbat		ascrībēbāmus		ascrībēbātis		ascrībēbant
	future	ascrībam		ascrībēs		ascrībet		ascrībēmus		ascrībētis		ascrībent
	perfect	ascrīpsī		ascrīpsistī		ascrīpsit		ascrīpsimus		ascrīpsistis		ascrīpsērunt, ascrīpsēre
	pluperfect	ascrīpseram		ascrīpserās		ascrīpserat		ascrīpserāmus		ascrīpserātis		ascrīpserant
	future perfect	ascrīpserō		ascrīpseris		ascrīpserit		ascrīpserimus		ascrīpseritis		ascrīpserint
passive	present	ascrībor		ascrīberis, ascrībere		ascrībitur		ascrībimur		ascrībiminī		ascrībuntur
	imperfect	ascrībēbar		ascrībēbāris, ascrībēbāre		ascrībēbātur		ascrībēbāmur		ascrībēbāminī		ascrībēbantur
	future	ascrībar		ascrībēris, ascrībēre		ascrībētur		ascrībēmur		ascrībēminī		ascrībentur
	perfect	ascrīptus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	ascrīptus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	ascrīptus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	ascrībam		ascrībās		ascrībat		ascrībāmus		ascrībātis		ascrībant
	imperfect	ascrīberem		ascrīberēs		ascrīberet		ascrīberēmus		ascrīberētis		ascrīberent
	perfect	ascrīpserim		ascrīpserīs		ascrīpserit		ascrīpserīmus		ascrīpserītis		ascrīpserint
	pluperfect	ascrīpsissem		ascrīpsissēs		ascrīpsisset		ascrīpsissēmus		ascrīpsissētis		ascrīpsissent
passive	present	ascrībar		ascrībāris, ascrībāre		ascrībātur		ascrībāmur		ascrībāminī		ascrībantur
	imperfect	ascrīberer		ascrīberēris, ascrīberēre		ascrīberētur		ascrīberēmur		ascrīberēminī		ascrīberentur
	perfect	ascrīptus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	ascrīptus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		ascrībe		—		—		ascrībite		—
	future	—		ascrībitō		ascrībitō		—		ascrībitōte		ascrībuntō
passive	present	—		ascrībere		—		—		ascrībiminī		—
	future	—		ascrībitor		ascrībitor		—		—		ascrībuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		ascrībere			ascrībī			ascrībēns			—
future		ascrīptūrum esse			ascrīptum īrī			ascrīptūrus			ascrībendus, ascrībundus
perfect		ascrīpsisse			ascrīptum esse			—			ascrīptus
future perfect		—			ascrīptum fore			—			—
perfect potential		ascrīptūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		ascrībendī		ascrībendō		ascrībendum		ascrībendō		ascrīptum		ascrīptū

Related terms

• circumscrībō
• cōnscrībō
• contrāscrībō
• dēscrībō
• dīscrībō
• exscrībō
• īnscrībō
• interscrībō
• perscrībō
• postscrībō
• praescrībō
• prōscrībō
• rescrībō
• scrībō
• subscrībō
• superscrībō
• trānscrībō

Descendants

• → Catalan: adscriure
• → English: ascribe
• → Galician: adscribir
• → Italian: ascrivere
• → Portuguese: adscrever
• → Spanish: adscribir

References

• “ascribo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ascribo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ascribo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to admit another into the circle of one's intimates: aliquem (tertium) ad (in) amicitiam ascribere
    
  • to enroll as a citizen, burgess: in civitatem recipere, ascribere, asciscere aliquem