ascribo

Latin

Alternative forms

• ādscrībō

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /aːsˈkriː.boː/, [äːs̠ˈkriːboː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /asˈkri.bo/, [äsˈkriːbo]

Verb

āscrībō (present infinitive āscrībere, perfect active āscrīpsī, supine āscrīptum); third conjugation

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

   Colonos novos ascribere. ― To appoint new inhabitants.

   Synonyms: addō, adnumerō, attribuō, īnserō, tribuō

Conjugation

Conjugation of āscrībō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	āscrībō	āscrībis	āscrībit	āscrībimus	āscrībitis	āscrībunt
	imperfect	āscrībēbam	āscrībēbās	āscrībēbat	āscrībēbāmus	āscrībēbātis	āscrībēbant
	future	āscrībam	āscrībēs	āscrībet	āscrībēmus	āscrībētis	āscrībent
	perfect	āscrīpsī	āscrīpsistī	āscrīpsit	āscrīpsimus	āscrīpsistis	āscrīpsērunt, āscrīpsēre
	pluperfect	āscrīpseram	āscrīpserās	āscrīpserat	āscrīpserāmus	āscrīpserātis	āscrīpserant
	future perfect	āscrīpserō	āscrīpseris	āscrīpserit	āscrīpserimus	āscrīpseritis	āscrīpserint
passive	present	āscrībor	āscrīberis, āscrībere	āscrībitur	āscrībimur	āscrībiminī	āscrībuntur
	imperfect	āscrībēbar	āscrībēbāris, āscrībēbāre	āscrībēbātur	āscrībēbāmur	āscrībēbāminī	āscrībēbantur
	future	āscrībar	āscrībēris, āscrībēre	āscrībētur	āscrībēmur	āscrībēminī	āscrībentur
	perfect	āscrīptus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	āscrīptus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	āscrīptus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	āscrībam	āscrībās	āscrībat	āscrībāmus	āscrībātis	āscrībant
	imperfect	āscrīberem	āscrīberēs	āscrīberet	āscrīberēmus	āscrīberētis	āscrīberent
	perfect	āscrīpserim	āscrīpserīs	āscrīpserit	āscrīpserīmus	āscrīpserītis	āscrīpserint
	pluperfect	āscrīpsissem	āscrīpsissēs	āscrīpsisset	āscrīpsissēmus	āscrīpsissētis	āscrīpsissent
passive	present	āscrībar	āscrībāris, āscrībāre	āscrībātur	āscrībāmur	āscrībāminī	āscrībantur
	imperfect	āscrīberer	āscrīberēris, āscrīberēre	āscrīberētur	āscrīberēmur	āscrīberēminī	āscrīberentur
	perfect	āscrīptus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	āscrīptus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	āscrībe	—	—	āscrībite	—
	future	—	āscrībitō	āscrībitō	—	āscrībitōte	āscrībuntō
passive	present	—	āscrībere	—	—	āscrībiminī	—
	future	—	āscrībitor	āscrībitor	—	—	āscrībuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		āscrībere	āscrīpsisse	āscrīptūrum esse	āscrībī	āscrīptum esse	āscrīptum īrī
participles		āscrībēns	—	āscrīptūrus	—	āscrīptus	āscrībendus, āscrībundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		āscrībendī	āscrībendō	āscrībendum	āscrībendō	āscrīptum	āscrīptū

Related terms

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

 

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