assigno

Catalan

Verb

assigno

1. first-person singular present indicative of assignar

Latin

Alternative forms

• adsignō

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd

Proto-Italic *ad

Proto-Italic *ad-

Latin ad-

Proto-Indo-European *sek-

Proto-Indo-European *-nóm

Proto-Italic *seknom

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Italic *-āō

Proto-Italic *seknāō

Latin signō

Latin assignō

From ad- + signō (“to mark, designate”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [asˈsɪŋ.noː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [asˈsiɲ.ɲo]

Verb

assignō (present infinitive assignāre, perfect active assignāvī, supine assignātum); first conjugation

1. to appoint to, assign, distribute, allot, allocate

   Synonyms: dēlēgō, dēsignō, mandō, dēmandō, tribuō, dispēnsō, īnstituō, impertiō, elēgō, lēgō, appōnō, prōdō, cōnsociō, ōrdinō, distribuō, attribuō, discrībō, largior, addīcō

2. to confer upon, assign something to someone, bestow
3. to ascribe, attribute, impute, reckon
4. to commit, consign or give over something to someone take care of
5. to make a mark upon, seal

Conjugation

   Conjugation of assignō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	assignō		assignās		assignat		assignāmus		assignātis		assignant
	imperfect	assignābam		assignābās		assignābat		assignābāmus		assignābātis		assignābant
	future	assignābō		assignābis		assignābit		assignābimus		assignābitis		assignābunt
	perfect	assignāvī		assignāvistī		assignāvit		assignāvimus		assignāvistis		assignāvērunt, assignāvēre
	pluperfect	assignāveram		assignāverās		assignāverat		assignāverāmus		assignāverātis		assignāverant
	future perfect	assignāverō		assignāveris		assignāverit		assignāverimus		assignāveritis		assignāverint
passive	present	assignor		assignāris, assignāre		assignātur		assignāmur		assignāminī		assignantur
	imperfect	assignābar		assignābāris, assignābāre		assignābātur		assignābāmur		assignābāminī		assignābantur
	future	assignābor		assignāberis, assignābere		assignābitur		assignābimur		assignābiminī		assignābuntur
	perfect	assignātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	assignātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	assignātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	assignem		assignēs		assignet		assignēmus		assignētis		assignent
	imperfect	assignārem		assignārēs		assignāret		assignārēmus		assignārētis		assignārent
	perfect	assignāverim		assignāverīs		assignāverit		assignāverīmus		assignāverītis		assignāverint
	pluperfect	assignāvissem		assignāvissēs		assignāvisset		assignāvissēmus		assignāvissētis		assignāvissent
passive	present	assigner		assignēris, assignēre		assignētur		assignēmur		assignēminī		assignentur
	imperfect	assignārer		assignārēris, assignārēre		assignārētur		assignārēmur		assignārēminī		assignārentur
	perfect	assignātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	assignātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		assignā		—		—		assignāte		—
	future	—		assignātō		assignātō		—		assignātōte		assignantō
passive	present	—		assignāre		—		—		assignāminī		—
	future	—		assignātor		assignātor		—		—		assignantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		assignāre			assignārī			assignāns			—
future		assignātūrum esse			assignātum īrī			assignātūrus			assignandus
perfect		assignāvisse			assignātum esse			—			assignātus
future perfect		—			assignātum fore			—			—
perfect potential		assignātūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		assignandī		assignandō		assignandum		assignandō		assignātum		assignātū

Derived terms

• assignātiō
• assignātor

Descendants

• Catalan: assignar
• Old French: assigner, asigner, assiner, asener, assener
  • → Middle English: assignen
    • English: assign
  • French: assigner
• Galician: asinar, aseñar, asignar
• Italian: assegnare
• Piedmontese: assegné
• Portuguese: assinar
• Romanian: asemna, asigna
• Spanish: asignar

References

• “assigno”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “assigno”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to allot land: agros assignare (Leg. Agr. 1. 6. 17)
    
  • to attribute the fault to some one: culpam alicui attribuere, assignare
    

Portuguese

Verb

assigno

1. first-person singular present indicative of assignar