conscisco

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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

  1. to approve of, decree, determine, ordain, enact, determine or resolve upon something
    Synonyms: cēnseō, approbō, probō, cēnseō, adnuō, scīscō, sanciō, assentiō
  2. (usually with reflexive) to adjudge or decree for oneself, appropriate to oneself
  3. (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)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present cōnscīscō cōnscīscis cōnscīscit cōnscīscimus cōnscīscitis cōnscīscunt
imperfect cōnscīscēbam cōnscīscēbās cōnscīscēbat cōnscīscēbāmus cōnscīscēbātis cōnscīscēbant
future cōnscīscam cōnscīscēs cōnscīscet cōnscīscēmus cōnscīscētis cōnscīscent
perfect cōnscīvī,
cōnsciī
cōnscīvistī,
cōnsciistī
cōnscīvit,
cōnsciit
cōnscīvimus,
cōnsciimus
cōnscīvistis,
cōnsciistis
cōnscīvērunt,
cōnscīvēre,
cōnsciērunt,
cōnsciēre
pluperfect cōnscīveram,
cōnscieram
cōnscīverās,
cōnscierās
cōnscīverat,
cōnscierat
cōnscīverāmus,
cōnscierāmus
cōnscīverātis,
cōnscierātis
cōnscīverant,
cōnscierant
future perfect cōnscīverō,
cōnscierō
cōnscīveris,
cōnscieris
cōnscīverit,
cōnscierit
cōnscīverimus,
cōnscierimus
cōnscīveritis,
cōnscieritis
cōnscīverint,
cōnscierint
passive present cōnscīscor cōnscīsceris,
cōnscīscere
cōnscīscitur cōnscīscimur cōnscīsciminī cōnscīscuntur
imperfect cōnscīscēbar cōnscīscēbāris,
cōnscīscēbāre
cōnscīscēbātur cōnscīscēbāmur cōnscīscēbāminī cōnscīscēbantur
future cōnscīscar cōnscīscēris,
cōnscīscēre
cōnscīscētur cōnscīscēmur cōnscīscēminī cōnscīscentur
perfect cōnscītus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect cōnscītus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect cōnscītus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present cōnscīscam cōnscīscās cōnscīscat cōnscīscāmus cōnscīscātis cōnscīscant
imperfect cōnscīscerem cōnscīscerēs cōnscīsceret cōnscīscerēmus cōnscīscerētis cōnscīscerent
perfect cōnscīverim,
cōnscierim
cōnscīverīs,
cōnscierīs
cōnscīverit,
cōnscierit
cōnscīverīmus,
cōnscierīmus
cōnscīverītis,
cōnscierītis
cōnscīverint,
cōnscierint
pluperfect cōnscīvissem,
cōnsciissem
cōnscīvissēs,
cōnsciissēs
cōnscīvisset,
cōnsciisset
cōnscīvissēmus,
cōnsciissēmus
cōnscīvissētis,
cōnsciissētis
cōnscīvissent,
cōnsciissent
passive present cōnscīscar cōnscīscāris,
cōnscīscāre
cōnscīscātur cōnscīscāmur cōnscīscāminī cōnscīscantur
imperfect cōnscīscerer cōnscīscerēris,
cōnscīscerēre
cōnscīscerētur cōnscīscerēmur cōnscīscerēminī cōnscīscerentur
perfect cōnscītus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect cōnscītus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present cōnscīsce cōnscīscite
future cōnscīscitō cōnscīscitō cōnscīscitōte cōnscīscuntō
passive present cōnscīscere cōnscīsciminī
future cōnscīscitor cōnscīscitor cōnscīscuntor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives cōnscīscere cōnscīvisse,
cōnsciisse
cōnscītūrum esse cōnscīscī cōnscītum esse cōnscītum īrī
participles cōnscīscēns cōnscītūrus cōnscītus cōnscīscendus,
cōnscīscundus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
cōnscīscendī cōnscīscendō cōnscīscendum cōnscīscendō cōnscītum cōnscītū

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