conscisco

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word conscisco. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word conscisco, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say conscisco in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word conscisco you have here. The definition of the word conscisco will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofconscisco, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

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

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