inscribo

Latin

Etymology

From in- (“in, on; onto”) +‎ scrībō (“write”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /inˈskriː.boː/, [ĩːˈs̠kriːboː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /inˈskri.bo/, [inˈskriːbo]

Verb

inscrībō (present infinitive inscrībere, perfect active inscrīpsī, supine inscrīptum); third conjugation

1. I write in or upon something, inscribe; furnish with an inscription, give a title to a book.
2. (figuratively) I ascribe, assign, attribute.
3. (figuratively) I mark, make known.
4. (figuratively) I brand, place a brand upon.

Conjugation

Conjugation of inscrībō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	inscrībō	inscrībis	inscrībit	inscrībimus	inscrībitis	inscrībunt
	imperfect	inscrībēbam	inscrībēbās	inscrībēbat	inscrībēbāmus	inscrībēbātis	inscrībēbant
	future	inscrībam	inscrībēs	inscrībet	inscrībēmus	inscrībētis	inscrībent
	perfect	inscrīpsī	inscrīpsistī	inscrīpsit	inscrīpsimus	inscrīpsistis	inscrīpsērunt, inscrīpsēre
	pluperfect	inscrīpseram	inscrīpserās	inscrīpserat	inscrīpserāmus	inscrīpserātis	inscrīpserant
	future perfect	inscrīpserō	inscrīpseris	inscrīpserit	inscrīpserimus	inscrīpseritis	inscrīpserint
passive	present	inscrībor	inscrīberis, inscrībere	inscrībitur	inscrībimur	inscrībiminī	inscrībuntur
	imperfect	inscrībēbar	inscrībēbāris, inscrībēbāre	inscrībēbātur	inscrībēbāmur	inscrībēbāminī	inscrībēbantur
	future	inscrībar	inscrībēris, inscrībēre	inscrībētur	inscrībēmur	inscrībēminī	inscrībentur
	perfect	inscrīptus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	inscrīptus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	inscrīptus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	inscrībam	inscrībās	inscrībat	inscrībāmus	inscrībātis	inscrībant
	imperfect	inscrīberem	inscrīberēs	inscrīberet	inscrīberēmus	inscrīberētis	inscrīberent
	perfect	inscrīpserim	inscrīpserīs	inscrīpserit	inscrīpserīmus	inscrīpserītis	inscrīpserint
	pluperfect	inscrīpsissem	inscrīpsissēs	inscrīpsisset	inscrīpsissēmus	inscrīpsissētis	inscrīpsissent
passive	present	inscrībar	inscrībāris, inscrībāre	inscrībātur	inscrībāmur	inscrībāminī	inscrībantur
	imperfect	inscrīberer	inscrīberēris, inscrīberēre	inscrīberētur	inscrīberēmur	inscrīberēminī	inscrīberentur
	perfect	inscrīptus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	inscrīptus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	inscrībe	—	—	inscrībite	—
	future	—	inscrībitō	inscrībitō	—	inscrībitōte	inscrībuntō
passive	present	—	inscrībere	—	—	inscrībiminī	—
	future	—	inscrībitor	inscrībitor	—	—	inscrībuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		inscrībere	inscrīpsisse	inscrīptūrum esse	inscrībī	inscrīptum esse	inscrīptum īrī
participles		inscrībēns	—	inscrīptūrus	—	inscrīptus	inscrībendus, inscrībundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		inscrībendī	inscrībendō	inscrībendum	inscrībendō	inscrīptum	inscrīptū

Derived terms

• inscrīptiō
• inscrīptum
• inscrīptūra
• inscrīptus
• subinscrībō

 

Related terms

Related terms

• āscrībō
• circumscrībō
• cōnscrībō
• dēscrībō
• dīscrībō
• exscrībō
• perscrībō
• postscrībō
• praescrībō
• prōscrībō
• rescrībō
• scrībō
• subscrībō
• superscrībō
• trānscrībō

Descendants

• Spanish: inscribir
• Catalan: inscriure
• Danish: indskrive
• Dutch: inschrijven
• English: inscribe
• French: inscrire
• Galician: inscribir
• German: einschreiben
• Irish: inscríobh
• Italian: inscrivere, iscrivere
• Leonese: iscribire
• Norwegian: innskrive
• Piedmontese: iscrive
• Portuguese: inscrever
• Romanian: înscrie
• Spanish: inscribir
• Swedish: inskriva

References

• “inscribo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “inscribo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• inscribo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to put an inscription on statues: statuas inscribere (Verr. 2. 69. 167)
    
  • the book is entitled 'Laelius': liber inscribitur Laelius (Off. 2. 9. 30)
    
  • Cicero says in his 'Laelius.: Cicero dicit in Laelio (suo) or in eo (not suo) libro, qui inscribitur Laelius
    
• inscribo in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Spanish

Verb

inscribo

1. first-person singular present indicative of inscribir