conscisco

Latin

Etymology

From con- +‎ scīscō (“seek to know; learn; approve”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /konˈskiːs.koː/, [kõːˈs̠kiːs̠koː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /konˈʃis.ko/, [kon̠ʲˈʃisko]

Verb

cōnscīscō (present infinitive cōnscīscere, perfect active cōnscīvī or cōnsciī, supine cōnscītum); third conjugation

1. to approve of, decree, determine, ordain, enact, determine or resolve upon something

   Synonyms: cēnseō, approbō, probō, cēnseō, adnuō, scīscō, sanciō, assentiō

2. (usually with reflexive) to adjudge or decree for oneself, appropriate to oneself
3. (usually with reflexive) to inflict or bring upon oneself
   • c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 1.4:

     Orgetorix mortuus est; neque abest suspicio, ut Helvetii arbitrantur, quin ipse sibi mortem consciverit.

     Orgetorix is dead; not without suspicion, as the Helvetii think, that he may have brought about his own death

Conjugation

   Conjugation of cōnscīscō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	cōnscīscō	cōnscīscis	cōnscīscit	cōnscīscimus	cōnscīscitis	cōnscīscunt
	imperfect	cōnscīscēbam	cōnscīscēbās	cōnscīscēbat	cōnscīscēbāmus	cōnscīscēbātis	cōnscīscēbant
	future	cōnscīscam	cōnscīscēs	cōnscīscet	cōnscīscēmus	cōnscīscētis	cōnscīscent
	perfect	cōnscīvī, cōnsciī	cōnscīvistī, cōnsciistī	cōnscīvit, cōnsciit	cōnscīvimus, cōnsciimus	cōnscīvistis, cōnsciistis	cōnscīvērunt, cōnscīvēre, cōnsciērunt, cōnsciēre
	pluperfect	cōnscīveram, cōnscieram	cōnscīverās, cōnscierās	cōnscīverat, cōnscierat	cōnscīverāmus, cōnscierāmus	cōnscīverātis, cōnscierātis	cōnscīverant, cōnscierant
	future perfect	cōnscīverō, cōnscierō	cōnscīveris, cōnscieris	cōnscīverit, cōnscierit	cōnscīverimus, cōnscierimus	cōnscīveritis, cōnscieritis	cōnscīverint, cōnscierint
passive	present	cōnscīscor	cōnscīsceris, cōnscīscere	cōnscīscitur	cōnscīscimur	cōnscīsciminī	cōnscīscuntur
	imperfect	cōnscīscēbar	cōnscīscēbāris, cōnscīscēbāre	cōnscīscēbātur	cōnscīscēbāmur	cōnscīscēbāminī	cōnscīscēbantur
	future	cōnscīscar	cōnscīscēris, cōnscīscēre	cōnscīscētur	cōnscīscēmur	cōnscīscēminī	cōnscīscentur
	perfect	cōnscītus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	cōnscītus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	cōnscītus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	cōnscīscam	cōnscīscās	cōnscīscat	cōnscīscāmus	cōnscīscātis	cōnscīscant
imperfect	cōnscīscerem	cōnscīscerēs	cōnscīsceret	cōnscīscerēmus	cōnscīscerētis	cōnscīscerent
perfect	cōnscīverim, cōnscierim	cōnscīverīs, cōnscierīs	cōnscīverit, cōnscierit	cōnscīverīmus, cōnscierīmus	cōnscīverītis, cōnscierītis	cōnscīverint, cōnscierint
pluperfect	cōnscīvissem, cōnsciissem	cōnscīvissēs, cōnsciissēs	cōnscīvisset, cōnsciisset	cōnscīvissēmus, cōnsciissēmus	cōnscīvissētis, cōnsciissētis	cōnscīvissent, cōnsciissent
passive	present	cōnscīscar	cōnscīscāris, cōnscīscāre	cōnscīscātur	cōnscīscāmur	cōnscīscāminī	cōnscīscantur
imperfect	cōnscīscerer	cōnscīscerēris, cōnscīscerēre	cōnscīscerētur	cōnscīscerēmur	cōnscīscerēminī	cōnscīscerentur
perfect	cōnscītus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect	cōnscītus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	cōnscīsce	—	—	cōnscīscite	—
	future	—	cōnscīscitō	cōnscīscitō	—	cōnscīscitōte	cōnscīscuntō
passive	present	—	cōnscīscere	—	—	cōnscīsciminī	—
	future	—	cōnscīscitor	cōnscīscitor	—	—	cōnscīscuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		cōnscīscere	cōnscīvisse, cōnsciisse	cōnscītūrum esse	cōnscīscī	cōnscītum esse	cōnscītum īrī
participles		cōnscīscēns	—	cōnscītūrus	—	cōnscītus	cōnscīscendus, cōnscīscundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		cōnscīscendī	cōnscīscendō	cōnscīscendum	cōnscīscendō	cōnscītum	cōnscītū

Related terms

• ascīscō
• cōnsciō
• dēscīscō
• perscīscō
• rescīscō
• scīscō

References

• “conscisco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “conscisco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• conscisco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to commit suicide: mortem sibi consciscere
    
  • to poison oneself: veneno sibi mortem consciscere