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	ascrīpsērunt, ascrīpsēre
	pluperfect	ascrīpseram	ascrīpserās	ascrīpserat	ascrīpserāmus	ascrīpserātis	ascrīpserant
	future perfect	ascrīpserō	ascrīpseris	ascrīpserit	ascrīpserimus	ascrīpseritis	ascrīpserint
passive	present	ascrībor	ascrīberis, ascrībere	ascrībitur	ascrībimur	ascrībiminī	ascrībuntur
	imperfect	ascrībēbar	ascrībēbāris, ascrībēbāre	ascrībēbātur	ascrībēbāmur	ascrībēbāminī	ascrībēbantur
	future	ascrībar	ascrībēris, ascrībēre	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	ascrībāris, ascrībāre	ascrībātur	ascrībāmur	ascrībāminī	ascrībantur
	imperfect	ascrīberer	ascrīberēris, ascrīberēre	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		active			passive
non-finite forms		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		ascrībere	ascrīpsisse	ascrīptūrum esse	ascrībī	ascrīptum esse	ascrīptum īrī
participles		ascrībēns	—	ascrīptūrus	—	ascrīptus	ascrībendus, ascrībundus
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