conscriptus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of conscrībō.

Participle

cōnscrīptus (feminine cōnscrīpta, neuter cōnscrīptum); first/second-declension participle

  1. enrolled, enlisted
  2. composed
    • 412 CE – 426 CE, Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis, City of God 15.8:
      Sed pertinuit ad Deum, quo ista inspirante conscripta sunt, has duas societates suis diuersis generationibus primitus digerere atque distinguere []
      But it suited the purpose of God, by whose inspiration these histories were composed, to arrange and distinguish from the first these two societies in their several generations []

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative cōnscrīptus cōnscrīpta cōnscrīptum cōnscrīptī cōnscrīptae cōnscrīpta
genitive cōnscrīptī cōnscrīptae cōnscrīptī cōnscrīptōrum cōnscrīptārum cōnscrīptōrum
dative cōnscrīptō cōnscrīptae cōnscrīptō cōnscrīptīs
accusative cōnscrīptum cōnscrīptam cōnscrīptum cōnscrīptōs cōnscrīptās cōnscrīpta
ablative cōnscrīptō cōnscrīptā cōnscrīptō cōnscrīptīs
vocative cōnscrīpte cōnscrīpta cōnscrīptum cōnscrīptī cōnscrīptae cōnscrīpta

Noun

cōnscrīptus m (genitive cōnscrīptī); second declension

  1. senator, counselor (someone enrolled)

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • French: conscrit

References

  • conscriptus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • conscriptus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • conscriptus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.