ascribo

Latin

Alternative forms

adscrībō

Etymology

From ad- (“to”) +‎ scrībō (“I write”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /asˈkriː.boː/, [äs̠ˈkriːboː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /asˈkri.bo/, [äsˈkriːbo]

Verb

ascrībō (present infinitive ascrībere, perfect active ascrīpsī, supine ascrīptum); third conjugation

to state in writing, to add in writing
to insert
to appoint, to enroll, to enfranchise, to reckon, to number
Synonyms: addō, adnumerō, attribuō, īnserō, tribuō

Colonos novos ascribere. ― To appoint new inhabitants.

Conjugation

Conjugation of ascrībō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	ascrībō	ascrībis		ascrībit	ascrībimus	ascrībitis		ascrībunt
	imperfect	ascrībēbam	ascrībēbās		ascrībēbat	ascrībēbāmus	ascrībēbātis		ascrībēbant
	future	ascrībam	ascrībēs		ascrībet	ascrībēmus	ascrībētis		ascrībent
	perfect	ascrīpsī	ascrīpsistī		ascrīpsit	ascrīpsimus	ascrīpsistis		ascrīpsēre, ascrīpsērunt
	pluperfect	ascrīpseram	ascrīpserās		ascrīpserat	ascrīpserāmus	ascrīpserātis		ascrīpserant
	future perfect	ascrīpserō	ascrīpseris		ascrīpserit	ascrīpserimus	ascrīpseritis		ascrīpserint
passive	present	ascrībor	ascrībere, ascrīberis		ascrībitur	ascrībimur	ascrībiminī		ascrībuntur
	imperfect	ascrībēbar	ascrībēbāre, ascrībēbāris		ascrībēbātur	ascrībēbāmur	ascrībēbāminī		ascrībēbantur
	future	ascrībar	ascrībēre, ascrībēris		ascrībētur	ascrībēmur	ascrībēminī		ascrībentur
	perfect	ascrīptus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	ascrīptus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	ascrīptus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular				plural
subjunctive		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	ascrībam	ascrībās		ascrībat	ascrībāmus	ascrībātis		ascrībant
	imperfect	ascrīberem	ascrīberēs		ascrīberet	ascrīberēmus	ascrīberētis		ascrīberent
	perfect	ascrīpserim	ascrīpserīs		ascrīpserit	ascrīpserīmus	ascrīpserītis		ascrīpserint
	pluperfect	ascrīpsissem	ascrīpsissēs		ascrīpsisset	ascrīpsissēmus	ascrīpsissētis		ascrīpsissent
passive	present	ascrībar	ascrībāre, ascrībāris		ascrībātur	ascrībāmur	ascrībāminī		ascrībantur
	imperfect	ascrīberer	ascrīberēre, ascrīberēris		ascrīberētur	ascrīberēmur	ascrīberēminī		ascrīberentur
	perfect	ascrīptus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	ascrīptus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular				plural
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	ascrībe		—	—	ascrībite		—
active	future	—	ascrībitō		ascrībitō	—	ascrībitōte		ascrībuntō
passive	present	—	ascrībere		—	—	ascrībiminī		—
passive	future	—	ascrībitor		ascrībitor	—	—		ascrībuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		ascrībere		ascrībī		ascrībēns		—
future		ascrīptūrum esse		ascrīptum īrī		ascrīptūrus		ascrībendus, ascrībundus
perfect		ascrīpsisse		ascrīptum esse		—		ascrīptus
future perfect		—		ascrīptum fore		—		—
perfect potential		ascrīptūrum fuisse		—		—		—
verbal nouns		gerund					supine
		genitive	dative		accusative	ablative	accusative		ablative
		ascrībendī	ascrībendō		ascrībendum	ascrībendō	ascrīptum		ascrīptū

Related terms

Descendants

→ Catalan: adscriure
→ English: ascribe
Galician: adscribir
→ Italian: ascrivere
Portuguese: adscrever
→ Spanish: adscribir

References

“ascribo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“ascribo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
ascribo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to admit another into the circle of one's intimates: aliquem (tertium) ad (in) amicitiam ascribere
- to enroll as a citizen, burgess: in civitatem recipere, ascribere, asciscere aliquem