perscisco

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /perˈskiːs.koː/, [pɛrˈs̠kiːs̠koː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /perˈʃis.ko/, [perˈʃisko]

Verb

perscīscō (present infinitive perscīscere); third conjugation, no perfect or supine stems

1. (transitive) to learn thoroughly, become well informed of

Conjugation

   Conjugation of perscīscō (third conjugation, no supine stem, no perfect stem)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	perscīscō		perscīscis		perscīscit		perscīscimus		perscīscitis		perscīscunt
	imperfect	perscīscēbam		perscīscēbās		perscīscēbat		perscīscēbāmus		perscīscēbātis		perscīscēbant
	future	perscīscam		perscīscēs		perscīscet		perscīscēmus		perscīscētis		perscīscent
passive	present	perscīscor		perscīsceris, perscīscere		perscīscitur		perscīscimur		perscīsciminī		perscīscuntur
	imperfect	perscīscēbar		perscīscēbāris, perscīscēbāre		perscīscēbātur		perscīscēbāmur		perscīscēbāminī		perscīscēbantur
	future	perscīscar		perscīscēris, perscīscēre		perscīscētur		perscīscēmur		perscīscēminī		perscīscentur
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	perscīscam		perscīscās		perscīscat		perscīscāmus		perscīscātis		perscīscant
	imperfect	perscīscerem		perscīscerēs		perscīsceret		perscīscerēmus		perscīscerētis		perscīscerent
passive	present	perscīscar		perscīscāris, perscīscāre		perscīscātur		perscīscāmur		perscīscāminī		perscīscantur
	imperfect	perscīscerer		perscīscerēris, perscīscerēre		perscīscerētur		perscīscerēmur		perscīscerēminī		perscīscerentur
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		perscīsce		—		—		perscīscite		—
	future	—		perscīscitō		perscīscitō		—		perscīscitōte		perscīscuntō
passive	present	—		perscīscere		—		—		perscīsciminī		—
	future	—		perscīscitor		perscīscitor		—		—		perscīscuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		perscīscere			perscīscī			perscīscēns			—
future		—			—			—			perscīscendus, perscīscundus
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		perscīscendī		perscīscendō		perscīscendum		perscīscendō		—		—

Related terms

• ascīscō
• cōnscīscō
• dēscīscō
• rescīscō
• scīscō

References

• “perscisco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• perscisco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.