scisco

Latin

Etymology

From sciō (“know”) +‎ -scō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈskiːs.koː/, [ˈs̠kiːs̠koː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈʃis.ko/, [ˈʃisko]

Verb

scīscō (present infinitive scīscere, perfect active scīvī, supine scītum); third conjugation

1. (transitive) to seek to know; ask, search, inquire, question

   Synonyms: scīscitor, percontor, quaerō, investīgō, indāgō, requīrō, scrūtor, interrogō

2. (of the people, after inquiry or examination, transitive) to accept, approve, assent to, vote for; appoint, enact, decree, ordain

   Synonyms: sanciō, probō, adnuō, cōnscīscō, approbō, assentiō

3. (transitive) to learn, ascertain, determine, know

   Synonyms: agnōscō, cognōscō, inveniō, comperiō, sentiō, cōnsciō, sapiō, sciō, nōscō, intellegō, percipiō, discernō, tongeō, cernō, audiō

   Antonyms: ignōrō, nesciō

Conjugation

Conjugation of scīscō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	scīscō	scīscis	scīscit	scīscimus	scīscitis	scīscunt
	imperfect	scīscēbam	scīscēbās	scīscēbat	scīscēbāmus	scīscēbātis	scīscēbant
	future	scīscam	scīscēs	scīscet	scīscēmus	scīscētis	scīscent
	perfect	scīvī	scīvistī	scīvit	scīvimus	scīvistis	scīvērunt, scīvēre
	pluperfect	scīveram	scīverās	scīverat	scīverāmus	scīverātis	scīverant
	future perfect	scīverō	scīveris	scīverit	scīverimus	scīveritis	scīverint
passive	present	scīscor	scīsceris, scīscere	scīscitur	scīscimur	scīsciminī	scīscuntur
	imperfect	scīscēbar	scīscēbāris, scīscēbāre	scīscēbātur	scīscēbāmur	scīscēbāminī	scīscēbantur
	future	scīscar	scīscēris, scīscēre	scīscētur	scīscēmur	scīscēminī	scīscentur
	perfect	scītus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	scītus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	scītus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	scīscam	scīscās	scīscat	scīscāmus	scīscātis	scīscant
	imperfect	scīscerem	scīscerēs	scīsceret	scīscerēmus	scīscerētis	scīscerent
	perfect	scīverim	scīverīs	scīverit	scīverīmus	scīverītis	scīverint
	pluperfect	scīvissem	scīvissēs	scīvisset	scīvissēmus	scīvissētis	scīvissent
passive	present	scīscar	scīscāris, scīscāre	scīscātur	scīscāmur	scīscāminī	scīscantur
	imperfect	scīscerer	scīscerēris, scīscerēre	scīscerētur	scīscerēmur	scīscerēminī	scīscerentur
	perfect	scītus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	scītus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	scīsce	—	—	scīscite	—
	future	—	scīscitō	scīscitō	—	scīscitōte	scīscuntō
passive	present	—	scīscere	—	—	scīsciminī	—
	future	—	scīscitor	scīscitor	—	—	scīscuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		scīscere	scīvisse	scītūrum esse	scīscī	scītum esse	scītum īrī
participles		scīscēns	—	scītūrus	—	scītus	scīscendus, scīscundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		scīscendī	scīscendō	scīscendum	scīscendō	scītum	scītū

Derived terms

• ascīscō
• cōnscīscō
• dēscīscō
• perscīscō
• rescīscō
• scīscitor
• scītor
• scītum
• scītus

 

Related terms

• sciō
• scītāmenta
• scītātiō
• scītē
• scītulus

 

References

• “scisco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “scisco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• scisco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to vote for a law: legem sciscere (Planc. 14. 35)