praescribo

Latin

Etymology

From prae- +‎ scrībō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /prae̯sˈkriː.boː/, [präe̯s̠ˈkriːboː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /presˈkri.bo/, [presˈkriːbo]

Verb

praescrībō (present infinitive praescrībere, perfect active praescrīpsī, supine praescrīptum); third conjugation

1. to write in front; to prefix
2. to 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
• Galician: prescribir
• 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 (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016