Latin

Verb

āscrībō ‎(present infinitive āscrībere, perfect active āscrīpsī, supine āscrīptum); third conjugation

1. I state in writing, I add in writing.
2. I insert.
3. I appoint, I enroll, I enfranchise, I reckon, I number.

   Colonos novos ascribere.

   To appoint new inhabitants.

Synonyms

• (appoint, enroll): addō, adnumerō, attribuō, īnserō, tribuō

Inflection

Related terms

Descendants

• English: ascribe
• Italian: ascrivere

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
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “ascribo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, 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