praescribo

Latin

Etymology

From prae- +‎ scrībō.

Pronunciation

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
    • 166 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Andria 151–153:
      “Tūtē ipse hīs rebū’ fīnem praescrīpstī, pater. / Prope adest quom aliēnō mōre vīvendumst mihi. / Sine nunc meō mē vīvere intereā modo!”
      (The character Simo imitates what his son Pamphilus said to him:) “You yourself, father, have already prescribed a limit to this affair. The time’s almost here when I’ll have to live to suit someone else’s habits. For now, in the meantime, let me live in my own way!”
      (rebu = rebus; praesrīpstī = praescrīpsistī; “tūtē ipse praescrīpstī”: multiple emphasis of “you” for comic effect)

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 infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present praescrībere praescrībī praescrībēns —
future praescrīptūrum esse praescrīptum īrī praescrīptūrus praescrībendus,
praescrībundus
perfect praescrīpsisse praescrīptum esse — praescrīptus
future perfect — praescrīptum fore — —
perfect potential praescrīptūrum fuisse — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
praescrībendī praescrībendō praescrībendum praescrībendō praescrīptum praescrīptū

Descendants

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 (16 July 2016 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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