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Latin
Etymology
From in- (“in, on; onto”) + scrībō (“write”).
Pronunciation
Verb
īnscrībō (present infinitive īnscrībere, perfect active īnscrīpsī, supine īnscrīptum); third conjugation
- to write in or upon something, inscribe; furnish with an inscription, give a title to a book
- (figuratively) to ascribe, assign, attribute
- (figuratively) to mark, make known
- (figuratively) to brand, place a brand upon
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References
- “inscribo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “inscribo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- inscribo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to put an inscription on statues: statuas inscribere (Verr. 2. 69. 167)
- the book is entitled 'Laelius': liber inscribitur Laelius (Off. 2. 9. 30)
- Cicero says in his 'Laelius.: Cicero dicit in Laelio (suo) or in eo (not suo) libro, qui inscribitur Laelius
- inscribo in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
Spanish
Verb
inscribo
- first-person singular present indicative of inscribir