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Latin
Etymology
From per- + scribo.
Pronunciation
Verb
perscrībō (present infinitive perscrībere, perfect active perscrīpsī, supine perscrīptum); third conjugation
- to write out; to write in full or in detail
- Synonym: scrībō
Conjugation
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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