ascribo

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Verb

ascrībō (present infinitive ascrībere, perfect active ascrīpsī, supine ascrīptum); third conjugation

  1. to state in writing, to add in writing
  2. to insert
  3. to appoint, to enroll, to enfranchise, to reckon, to number
    Synonyms: addō, adnumerō, attribuō, īnserō, tribuō
    Colonos novos ascribere. ― To appoint new inhabitants.

Conjugation

   Conjugation of ascrībō (third conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present ascrībō ascrībis ascrībit ascrībimus ascrībitis ascrībunt
imperfect ascrībēbam ascrībēbās ascrībēbat ascrībēbāmus ascrībēbātis ascrībēbant
future ascrībam ascrībēs ascrībet ascrībēmus ascrībētis ascrībent
perfect ascrīpsī ascrīpsistī ascrīpsit ascrīpsimus ascrīpsistis ascrīpsērunt,
ascrīpsēre
pluperfect ascrīpseram ascrīpserās ascrīpserat ascrīpserāmus ascrīpserātis ascrīpserant
future perfect ascrīpserō ascrīpseris ascrīpserit ascrīpserimus ascrīpseritis ascrīpserint
passive present ascrībor ascrīberis,
ascrībere 		ascrībitur ascrībimur ascrībiminī ascrībuntur
imperfect ascrībēbar ascrībēbāris,
ascrībēbāre 		ascrībēbātur ascrībēbāmur ascrībēbāminī ascrībēbantur
future ascrībar ascrībēris,
ascrībēre 		ascrībētur ascrībēmur ascrībēminī ascrībentur
perfect ascrīptus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect ascrīptus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect ascrīptus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present ascrībam ascrībās ascrībat ascrībāmus ascrībātis ascrībant
imperfect ascrīberem ascrīberēs ascrīberet ascrīberēmus ascrīberētis ascrīberent
perfect ascrīpserim ascrīpserīs ascrīpserit ascrīpserīmus ascrīpserītis ascrīpserint
pluperfect ascrīpsissem ascrīpsissēs ascrīpsisset ascrīpsissēmus ascrīpsissētis ascrīpsissent
passive present ascrībar ascrībāris,
ascrībāre 		ascrībātur ascrībāmur ascrībāminī ascrībantur
imperfect ascrīberer ascrīberēris,
ascrīberēre 		ascrīberētur ascrīberēmur ascrīberēminī ascrīberentur
perfect ascrīptus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect ascrīptus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — ascrībe — — ascrībite —
future — ascrībitō ascrībitō — ascrībitōte ascrībuntō
passive present — ascrībere — — ascrībiminī —
future — ascrībitor ascrībitor — — ascrībuntor
non-finite forms infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present ascrībere ascrībī ascrībēns —
future ascrīptūrum esse ascrīptum īrī ascrīptūrus ascrībendus,
ascrībundus
perfect ascrīpsisse ascrīptum esse — ascrīptus
future perfect — ascrīptum fore — —
perfect potential ascrīptūrum fuisse — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
ascrībendī ascrībendō ascrībendum ascrībendō ascrīptum ascrīptū

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
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