proscribo

Latin

Etymology

From prō- +‎ scrībō (“write”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /proːsˈkriː.boː/

Verb

prōscrībō (present infinitive prōscrībere, perfect active prōscrīpsī, supine prōscrīptum); third conjugation

1. I advertise, proclaim
2. I publish
3. I proscribe, ban.
4. I outlaw, banish.

Inflection

Conjugation of proscribo (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	prōscrībō	prōscrībis	prōscrībit	prōscrībimus	prōscrībitis	prōscrībunt
	imperfect	prōscrībēbam	prōscrībēbās	prōscrībēbat	prōscrībēbāmus	prōscrībēbātis	prōscrībēbant
	future	prōscrībam	prōscrībēs	prōscrībet	prōscrībēmus	prōscrībētis	prōscrībent
	perfect	prōscrīpsī	prōscrīpsistī	prōscrīpsit	prōscrīpsimus	prōscrīpsistis	prōscrīpsērunt, prōscrīpsēre
	pluperfect	prōscrīpseram	prōscrīpserās	prōscrīpserat	prōscrīpserāmus	prōscrīpserātis	prōscrīpserant
	future perfect	prōscrīpserō	prōscrīpseris	prōscrīpserit	prōscrīpserimus	prōscrīpseritis	prōscrīpserint
passive	present	prōscrībor	prōscrīberis, prōscrībere	prōscrībitur	prōscrībimur	prōscrībiminī	prōscrībuntur
	imperfect	prōscrībēbar	prōscrībēbāris, prōscrībēbāre	prōscrībēbātur	prōscrībēbāmur	prōscrībēbāminī	prōscrībēbantur
	future	prōscrībar	prōscrībēris, prōscrībēre	prōscrībētur	prōscrībēmur	prōscrībēminī	prōscrībentur
	perfect	prōscrīptus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	prōscrīptus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	prōscrīptus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	prōscrībam	prōscrībās	prōscrībat	prōscrībāmus	prōscrībātis	prōscrībant
	imperfect	prōscrīberem	prōscrīberēs	prōscrīberet	prōscrīberēmus	prōscrīberētis	prōscrīberent
	perfect	prōscrīpserim	prōscrīpserīs	prōscrīpserit	prōscrīpserīmus	prōscrīpserītis	prōscrīpserint
	pluperfect	prōscrīpsissem	prōscrīpsissēs	prōscrīpsisset	prōscrīpsissēmus	prōscrīpsissētis	prōscrīpsissent
passive	present	prōscrībar	prōscrībāris, prōscrībāre	prōscrībātur	prōscrībāmur	prōscrībāminī	prōscrībantur
	imperfect	prōscrīberer	prōscrīberēris, prōscrīberēre	prōscrīberētur	prōscrīberēmur	prōscrīberēminī	prōscrīberentur
	perfect	prōscrīptus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	prōscrīptus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	prōscrībe	—	—	prōscrībite	—
	future	—	prōscrībitō	prōscrībitō	—	prōscrībitōte	prōscrībuntō
passive	present	—	prōscrībere	—	—	prōscrībiminī	—
	future	—	prōscrībitor	prōscrībitor	—	—	prōscrībuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		prōscrībere	prōscrīpsisse	prōscrīptūrus esse	prōscrībī	prōscrīptus esse	prōscrīptum īrī
participles		prōscrībēns	—	prōscrīptūrus	—	prōscrīptus	prōscrībendus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		nominative	genitive	dative/ablative	accusative	accusative	ablative
		prōscrībere	prōscrībendī	prōscrībendō	prōscrībendum	prōscrīptum	prōscrīptū

Related terms

• prōscrīptiō
• scrībō

Descendants

• English: proscribe
• French: proscrire
• Italian: proscrivere
• Spanish: proscribir

References

• proscribo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• proscribo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• proscribo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to proscribe a person, declare him an outlaw: proscribere aliquem or alicuius possessiones
    
• proscribo in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

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Spanish

Verb

proscribo

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of proscribir.