inscribo

Latin

Etymology

From in- (“in, on; onto”) +‎ scrībō (“write”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /inˈskriː.boː/, [ĩːˈs̠kriːboː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /inˈskri.bo/, [inˈskriːbo]

Verb

īnscrībō (present infinitive īnscrībere, perfect active īnscrīpsī, supine īnscrīptum); third conjugation

to write in or upon something, inscribe; furnish with an inscription, give a title to a book
(figuratively) to ascribe, assign, attribute
(figuratively) to mark, make known
(figuratively) to brand, place a brand upon

Conjugation

Conjugation of īnscrībō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
indicative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	īnscrībō	īnscrībis	īnscrībit	īnscrībimus	īnscrībitis	īnscrībunt
	imperfect	īnscrībēbam	īnscrībēbās	īnscrībēbat	īnscrībēbāmus	īnscrībēbātis	īnscrībēbant
	future	īnscrībam	īnscrībēs	īnscrībet	īnscrībēmus	īnscrībētis	īnscrībent
	perfect	īnscrīpsī	īnscrīpsistī	īnscrīpsit	īnscrīpsimus	īnscrīpsistis	īnscrīpsērunt, īnscrīpsēre
	pluperfect	īnscrīpseram	īnscrīpserās	īnscrīpserat	īnscrīpserāmus	īnscrīpserātis	īnscrīpserant
	future perfect	īnscrīpserō	īnscrīpseris	īnscrīpserit	īnscrīpserimus	īnscrīpseritis	īnscrīpserint
passive	present	īnscrībor	īnscrīberis, īnscrībere	īnscrībitur	īnscrībimur	īnscrībiminī	īnscrībuntur
	imperfect	īnscrībēbar	īnscrībēbāris, īnscrībēbāre	īnscrībēbātur	īnscrībēbāmur	īnscrībēbāminī	īnscrībēbantur
	future	īnscrībar	īnscrībēris, īnscrībēre	īnscrībētur	īnscrībēmur	īnscrībēminī	īnscrībentur
	perfect	īnscrīptus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	īnscrīptus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	īnscrīptus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
subjunctive		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	īnscrībam	īnscrībās	īnscrībat	īnscrībāmus	īnscrībātis	īnscrībant
	imperfect	īnscrīberem	īnscrīberēs	īnscrīberet	īnscrīberēmus	īnscrīberētis	īnscrīberent
	perfect	īnscrīpserim	īnscrīpserīs	īnscrīpserit	īnscrīpserīmus	īnscrīpserītis	īnscrīpserint
	pluperfect	īnscrīpsissem	īnscrīpsissēs	īnscrīpsisset	īnscrīpsissēmus	īnscrīpsissētis	īnscrīpsissent
passive	present	īnscrībar	īnscrībāris, īnscrībāre	īnscrībātur	īnscrībāmur	īnscrībāminī	īnscrībantur
	imperfect	īnscrīberer	īnscrīberēris, īnscrīberēre	īnscrīberētur	īnscrīberēmur	īnscrīberēminī	īnscrīberentur
	perfect	īnscrīptus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	īnscrīptus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
imperative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	īnscrībe	—	—	īnscrībite	—
active	future	—	īnscrībitō	īnscrībitō	—	īnscrībitōte	īnscrībuntō
passive	present	—	īnscrībere	—	—	īnscrībiminī	—
passive	future	—	īnscrībitor	īnscrībitor	—	—	īnscrībuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
non-finite forms		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		īnscrībere	īnscrīpsisse	īnscrīptūrum esse	īnscrībī	īnscrīptum esse	īnscrīptum īrī
participles		īnscrībēns	—	īnscrīptūrus	—	īnscrīptus	īnscrībendus, īnscrībundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		īnscrībendī	īnscrībendō	īnscrībendum	īnscrībendō	īnscrīptum	īnscrīptū

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

Spanish: inscribir
Catalan: inscriure
Danish: indskrive
Dutch: inschrijven
English: inscribe
French: inscrire
Galician: inscribir
German: einschreiben
Irish: inscríobh
Italian: inscrivere, iscrivere
Leonese: iscribire
Norwegian: innskrive
Piedmontese: iscrive
Portuguese: inscrever
Romanian: înscrie
Spanish: inscribir
Swedish: inskriva

References

“inscribo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“inscribo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
inscribo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to put an inscription on statues: statuas inscribere (Verr. 2. 69. 167)
- the book is entitled 'Laelius': liber inscribitur Laelius (Off. 2. 9. 30)
- Cicero says in his 'Laelius.: Cicero dicit in Laelio (suo) or in eo (not suo) libro, qui inscribitur Laelius
inscribo in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Spanish

Verb

inscribo

first-person singular present indicative of inscribir