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Latin
Etymology
From prō- + scrībō (“write”).
Pronunciation
Verb
prōscrībō (present infinitive prōscrībere, perfect active prōscrīpsī, supine prōscrīptum); third conjugation
- to advertise, proclaim
- to publish
- to proscribe, ban
- to outlaw, banish
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References
- “proscribo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “proscribo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- proscribo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to proscribe a person, declare him an outlaw: proscribere aliquem or alicuius possessiones
- proscribo 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
proscribo
- first-person singular present indicative of proscribir