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Latin
Etymology
From con- + scīscō (“seek to know; learn; approve”).
Pronunciation
Verb
cōnscīscō (present infinitive cōnscīscere, perfect active cōnscīvī or cōnsciī, supine cōnscītum); third conjugation
- to approve of, decree, determine, ordain, enact, determine or resolve upon something
- Synonyms: cēnseō, approbō, probō, cēnseō, adnuō, scīscō, sanciō, assentiō
- (usually with reflexive) to adjudge or decree for oneself, appropriate to oneself
- (usually with reflexive) to inflict or bring upon oneself
c. 52 BCE,
Julius Caesar,
Commentarii de Bello Gallico 1.4:
- Orgetorix mortuus est; neque abest suspicio, ut Helvetii arbitrantur, quin ipse sibi mortem consciverit.
- Orgetorix is dead; not without suspicion, as the Helvetii think, that he may have brought about his own death
Conjugation
Conjugation of cōnscīscō (third conjugation)
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indicative
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singular
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plural
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first
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second
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third
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first
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second
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third
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active
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present
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cōnscīscō
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cōnscīscis
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cōnscīscit
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cōnscīscimus
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cōnscīscitis
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cōnscīscunt
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imperfect
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cōnscīscēbam
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cōnscīscēbās
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cōnscīscēbat
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cōnscīscēbāmus
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cōnscīscēbātis
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cōnscīscēbant
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future
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cōnscīscam
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cōnscīscēs
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cōnscīscet
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cōnscīscēmus
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cōnscīscētis
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cōnscīscent
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perfect
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cōnscīvī, cōnsciī
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cōnscīvistī, cōnsciistī
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cōnscīvit, cōnsciit
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cōnscīvimus, cōnsciimus
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cōnscīvistis, cōnsciistis
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cōnscīvērunt, cōnscīvēre, cōnsciērunt, cōnsciēre
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pluperfect
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cōnscīveram, cōnscieram
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cōnscīverās, cōnscierās
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cōnscīverat, cōnscierat
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cōnscīverāmus, cōnscierāmus
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cōnscīverātis, cōnscierātis
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cōnscīverant, cōnscierant
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future perfect
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cōnscīverō, cōnscierō
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cōnscīveris, cōnscieris
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cōnscīverit, cōnscierit
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cōnscīverimus, cōnscierimus
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cōnscīveritis, cōnscieritis
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cōnscīverint, cōnscierint
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passive
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present
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cōnscīscor
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cōnscīsceris, cōnscīscere
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cōnscīscitur
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cōnscīscimur
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cōnscīsciminī
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cōnscīscuntur
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imperfect
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cōnscīscēbar
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cōnscīscēbāris, cōnscīscēbāre
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cōnscīscēbātur
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cōnscīscēbāmur
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cōnscīscēbāminī
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cōnscīscēbantur
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future
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cōnscīscar
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cōnscīscēris, cōnscīscēre
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cōnscīscētur
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cōnscīscēmur
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cōnscīscēminī
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cōnscīscentur
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perfect
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cōnscītus + present active indicative of sum
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pluperfect
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cōnscītus + imperfect active indicative of sum
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future perfect
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cōnscītus + future active indicative of sum
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subjunctive
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singular
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plural
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first
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second
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third
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first
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second
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third
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active
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present
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cōnscīscam
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cōnscīscās
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cōnscīscat
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cōnscīscāmus
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cōnscīscātis
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cōnscīscant
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imperfect
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cōnscīscerem
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cōnscīscerēs
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cōnscīsceret
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cōnscīscerēmus
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cōnscīscerētis
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cōnscīscerent
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perfect
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cōnscīverim, cōnscierim
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cōnscīverīs, cōnscierīs
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cōnscīverit, cōnscierit
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cōnscīverīmus, cōnscierīmus
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cōnscīverītis, cōnscierītis
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cōnscīverint, cōnscierint
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pluperfect
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cōnscīvissem, cōnsciissem
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cōnscīvissēs, cōnsciissēs
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cōnscīvisset, cōnsciisset
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cōnscīvissēmus, cōnsciissēmus
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cōnscīvissētis, cōnsciissētis
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cōnscīvissent, cōnsciissent
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passive
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present
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cōnscīscar
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cōnscīscāris, cōnscīscāre
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cōnscīscātur
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cōnscīscāmur
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cōnscīscāminī
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cōnscīscantur
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imperfect
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cōnscīscerer
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cōnscīscerēris, cōnscīscerēre
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cōnscīscerētur
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cōnscīscerēmur
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cōnscīscerēminī
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cōnscīscerentur
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perfect
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cōnscītus + present active subjunctive of sum
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pluperfect
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cōnscītus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
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imperative
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singular
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plural
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first
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second
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third
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first
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second
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third
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active
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present
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—
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cōnscīsce
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—
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—
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cōnscīscite
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—
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future
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—
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cōnscīscitō
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cōnscīscitō
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—
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cōnscīscitōte
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cōnscīscuntō
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passive
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present
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—
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cōnscīscere
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—
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—
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cōnscīsciminī
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—
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future
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—
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cōnscīscitor
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cōnscīscitor
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—
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cōnscīscuntor
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non-finite forms
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active
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passive
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present
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perfect
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future
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present
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perfect
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future
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infinitives
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cōnscīscere
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cōnscīvisse, cōnsciisse
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cōnscītūrum esse
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cōnscīscī
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cōnscītum esse
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cōnscītum īrī
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participles
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cōnscīscēns
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—
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cōnscītūrus
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—
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cōnscītus
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cōnscīscendus, cōnscīscundus
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verbal nouns
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gerund
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supine
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genitive
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dative
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accusative
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ablative
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accusative
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ablative
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cōnscīscendī
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cōnscīscendō
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cōnscīscendum
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cōnscīscendō
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cōnscītum
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cōnscītū
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References
- “conscisco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “conscisco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- conscisco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to commit suicide: mortem sibi consciscere
- to poison oneself: veneno sibi mortem consciscere