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

(transitive) to seek to know; ask, search, inquire, question
Synonyms: scīscitor, percontor, quaerō, investīgō, indāgō, requīrō, scrūtor, interrogō
(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
(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
indicative		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
subjunctive		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
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	scīsce		—	—	scīscite		—
active	future	—	scīscitō		scīscitō	—	scīscitōte		scīscuntō
passive	present	—	scīscere		—	—	scīsciminī		—
passive	future	—	scīscitor		scīscitor	—	—		scīscuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		scīscere		scīscī		scīscēns		—
future		scītūrum esse		scītum īrī		scītūrus		scīscendus, scīscundus
perfect		scīvisse		scītum esse		—		scītus
future perfect		—		scītum fore		—		—
perfect potential		scītūrum fuisse		—		—		—
verbal nouns		gerund					supine
		genitive	dative		accusative	ablative	accusative		ablative
		scīscendī	scīscendō		scīscendum	scīscendō	scītum		scītū

Derived terms

Related terms

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)