perscribo

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Latin

Etymology

From per- +‎ scribo.

Pronunciation

Verb

perscrībō (present infinitive perscrībere, perfect active perscrīpsī, supine perscrīptum); third conjugation

  1. to write out; to write in full or in detail
    Synonym: scrībō

Conjugation

   Conjugation of perscrībō (third conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present perscrībō perscrībis perscrībit perscrībimus perscrībitis perscrībunt
imperfect perscrībēbam perscrībēbās perscrībēbat perscrībēbāmus perscrībēbātis perscrībēbant
future perscrībam perscrībēs perscrībet perscrībēmus perscrībētis perscrībent
perfect perscrīpsī perscrīpsistī perscrīpsit perscrīpsimus perscrīpsistis perscrīpsērunt,
perscrīpsēre
pluperfect perscrīpseram perscrīpserās perscrīpserat perscrīpserāmus perscrīpserātis perscrīpserant
future perfect perscrīpserō perscrīpseris perscrīpserit perscrīpserimus perscrīpseritis perscrīpserint
passive present perscrībor perscrīberis,
perscrībere
perscrībitur perscrībimur perscrībiminī perscrībuntur
imperfect perscrībēbar perscrībēbāris,
perscrībēbāre
perscrībēbātur perscrībēbāmur perscrībēbāminī perscrībēbantur
future perscrībar perscrībēris,
perscrībēre
perscrībētur perscrībēmur perscrībēminī perscrībentur
perfect perscrīptus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect perscrīptus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect perscrīptus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present perscrībam perscrībās perscrībat perscrībāmus perscrībātis perscrībant
imperfect perscrīberem perscrīberēs perscrīberet perscrīberēmus perscrīberētis perscrīberent
perfect perscrīpserim perscrīpserīs perscrīpserit perscrīpserīmus perscrīpserītis perscrīpserint
pluperfect perscrīpsissem perscrīpsissēs perscrīpsisset perscrīpsissēmus perscrīpsissētis perscrīpsissent
passive present perscrībar perscrībāris,
perscrībāre
perscrībātur perscrībāmur perscrībāminī perscrībantur
imperfect perscrīberer perscrīberēris,
perscrīberēre
perscrīberētur perscrīberēmur perscrīberēminī perscrīberentur
perfect perscrīptus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect perscrīptus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present perscrībe perscrībite
future perscrībitō perscrībitō perscrībitōte perscrībuntō
passive present perscrībere perscrībiminī
future perscrībitor perscrībitor perscrībuntor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives perscrībere perscrīpsisse perscrīptūrum esse perscrībī perscrīptum esse perscrīptum īrī
participles perscrībēns perscrīptūrus perscrīptus perscrībendus,
perscrībundus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
perscrībendī perscrībendō perscrībendum perscrībendō perscrīptum perscrīptū

Derived terms

References

  • perscribo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • perscribo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • perscribo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to write a history of Rome: res populi Romani perscribere
  • perscribo in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016