scisco

Latin

Etymology

From sciō (“know”) +‎ -scō.

Pronunciation

Verb

scīscō (present infinitive scīscere, perfect active scīvī, supine scītum); third conjugation

  1. (transitive) to seek to know; ask, search, inquire, question
    Synonyms: scīscitor, percontor, quaerō, investīgō, indāgō, requīrō, scrūtor, interrogō
  2. (of the people, after inquiry or examination, transitive) to accept, approve, assent to, vote for; appoint, enact, decree, ordain
    Synonyms: sanciō, probō, adnuō, cōnscīscō, approbō, assentiō
  3. (transitive) to learn, ascertain, determine, know
    Synonyms: agnōscō, cognōscō, inveniō, comperiō, sentiō, cōnsciō, sapiō, sciō, nōscō, intellegō, percipiō, discernō, tongeō, cernō, audiō
    Antonyms: ignōrō, nesciō

Conjugation

   Conjugation of scīscō (third conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present scīscō scīscis scīscit scīscimus scīscitis scīscunt
imperfect scīscēbam scīscēbās scīscēbat scīscēbāmus scīscēbātis scīscēbant
future scīscam scīscēs scīscet scīscēmus scīscētis scīscent
perfect scīvī scīvistī scīvit scīvimus scīvistis scīvērunt,
scīvēre
pluperfect scīveram scīverās scīverat scīverāmus scīverātis scīverant
future perfect scīverō scīveris scīverit scīverimus scīveritis scīverint
passive present scīscor scīsceris,
scīscere 		scīscitur scīscimur scīsciminī scīscuntur
imperfect scīscēbar scīscēbāris,
scīscēbāre 		scīscēbātur scīscēbāmur scīscēbāminī scīscēbantur
future scīscar scīscēris,
scīscēre 		scīscētur scīscēmur scīscēminī scīscentur
perfect scītus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect scītus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect scītus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present scīscam scīscās scīscat scīscāmus scīscātis scīscant
imperfect scīscerem scīscerēs scīsceret scīscerēmus scīscerētis scīscerent
perfect scīverim scīverīs scīverit scīverīmus scīverītis scīverint
pluperfect scīvissem scīvissēs scīvisset scīvissēmus scīvissētis scīvissent
passive present scīscar scīscāris,
scīscāre 		scīscātur scīscāmur scīscāminī scīscantur
imperfect scīscerer scīscerēris,
scīscerēre 		scīscerētur scīscerēmur scīscerēminī scīscerentur
perfect scītus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect scītus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — scīsce — — scīscite —
future — scīscitō scīscitō — scīscitōte scīscuntō
passive present — scīscere — — scīsciminī —
future — scīscitor scīscitor — — scīscuntor
non-finite forms infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present scīscere scīscī scīscēns —
future scītūrum esse scītum īrī scītūrus scīscendus,
scīscundus
perfect scīvisse scītum esse — scītus
future perfect — scītum fore — —
perfect potential scītūrum fuisse — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
scīscendī scīscendō scīscendum scīscendō scītum scītū

Derived terms

References

  • “scisco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “scisco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • scisco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to vote for a law: legem sciscere (Planc. 14. 35)
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