scribillo
Latin
Etymology
Possibly a back-formation from cōnscrībillō, or else from scrībō (“I write”) + -illō (diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [skriːˈbɪl.loː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [skriˈbil.lo]
Verb
scrībillō (present infinitive scrībillāre, perfect active scrībillāvī, supine scrībillātum); first conjugation
- (New Latin) to scribble or write of trivial matters
- 1876, Léon Cahun, The Adventures of Captain Mago: Or a Phoenician Expedition, B. C. 1000 Ch. 1, para. 40, (morphology note: scribillatores is a transparent substantive form of scribillo):
- He has lived among women and scribblers until he had no more pluck in him than a garden-tortoise.
- 1914 translation by Arcadius Avellanus
- Hic enim vitam medio inter scribillatores mulierculasque degere sciens est usque adeo, ut animo virili haud plus testudine hortensi polleat.
- 1914 translation by Arcadius Avellanus
- He has lived among women and scribblers until he had no more pluck in him than a garden-tortoise.
- 2012, Nemo Nusquam, Verba et Facta[1] De donis in Christi Nativitatem emendis:
- ...ut tempus tererem quo deberem potius aliquid academicum scribillare.
- ...to waste time which I should rather spend scribbling some journal article.
- ...ut tempus tererem quo deberem potius aliquid academicum scribillare.
Conjugation
Conjugation of scrībillō (first conjugation)
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||||
| active | present | scrībillō | scrībillās | scrībillat | scrībillāmus | scrībillātis | scrībillant | ||||||
| imperfect | scrībillābam | scrībillābās | scrībillābat | scrībillābāmus | scrībillābātis | scrībillābant | |||||||
| future | scrībillābō | scrībillābis | scrībillābit | scrībillābimus | scrībillābitis | scrībillābunt | |||||||
| perfect | scrībillāvī | scrībillāvistī | scrībillāvit | scrībillāvimus | scrībillāvistis | scrībillāvērunt, scrībillāvēre | |||||||
| pluperfect | scrībillāveram | scrībillāverās | scrībillāverat | scrībillāverāmus | scrībillāverātis | scrībillāverant | |||||||
| future perfect | scrībillāverō | scrībillāveris | scrībillāverit | scrībillāverimus | scrībillāveritis | scrībillāverint | |||||||
| passive | present | scrībillor | scrībillāris, scrībillāre |
scrībillātur | scrībillāmur | scrībillāminī | scrībillantur | ||||||
| imperfect | scrībillābar | scrībillābāris, scrībillābāre |
scrībillābātur | scrībillābāmur | scrībillābāminī | scrībillābantur | |||||||
| future | scrībillābor | scrībillāberis, scrībillābere |
scrībillābitur | scrībillābimur | scrībillābiminī | scrībillābuntur | |||||||
| perfect | scrībillātus + present active indicative of sum | ||||||||||||
| pluperfect | scrībillātus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||||||||
| future perfect | scrībillātus + future active indicative of sum | ||||||||||||
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||||
| active | present | scrībillem | scrībillēs | scrībillet | scrībillēmus | scrībillētis | scrībillent | ||||||
| imperfect | scrībillārem | scrībillārēs | scrībillāret | scrībillārēmus | scrībillārētis | scrībillārent | |||||||
| perfect | scrībillāverim | scrībillāverīs | scrībillāverit | scrībillāverīmus | scrībillāverītis | scrībillāverint | |||||||
| pluperfect | scrībillāvissem | scrībillāvissēs | scrībillāvisset | scrībillāvissēmus | scrībillāvissētis | scrībillāvissent | |||||||
| passive | present | scrībiller | scrībillēris, scrībillēre |
scrībillētur | scrībillēmur | scrībillēminī | scrībillentur | ||||||
| imperfect | scrībillārer | scrībillārēris, scrībillārēre |
scrībillārētur | scrībillārēmur | scrībillārēminī | scrībillārentur | |||||||
| perfect | scrībillātus + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||||||||
| pluperfect | scrībillātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||||||||
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||||
| active | present | — | scrībillā | — | — | scrībillāte | — | ||||||
| future | — | scrībillātō | scrībillātō | — | scrībillātōte | scrībillantō | |||||||
| passive | present | — | scrībillāre | — | — | scrībillāminī | — | ||||||
| future | — | scrībillātor | scrībillātor | — | — | scrībillantor | |||||||
| non-finite forms | infinitive | participle | |||||||||||
| active | passive | active | passive | ||||||||||
| present | scrībillāre | scrībillārī | scrībillāns | — | |||||||||
| future | scrībillātūrum esse | scrībillātum īrī | scrībillātūrus | scrībillandus | |||||||||
| perfect | scrībillāvisse | scrībillātum esse | — | scrībillātus | |||||||||
| future perfect | — | scrībillātum fore | — | — | |||||||||
| perfect potential | scrībillātūrum fuisse | — | — | — | |||||||||
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||||||||
| genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||||||||
| scrībillandī | scrībillandō | scrībillandum | scrībillandō | scrībillātum | scrībillātū | ||||||||