Latin

Alternative forms

• adsignō

Verb

assignō ‎(present infinitive assignāre, perfect active assignāvī, supine assignātum); first conjugation

1. I appoint to, assign, distribute, allot, allocate.
2. I confer upon, assign something to someone, bestow.
3. I ascribe, attribute, impute, reckon.
4. I commit, consign or give over something to someone take care of.
5. I make a mark upon, seal.

Inflection

Derived terms

• assignātiō
• assignātor

Descendants

• English: assign
• French: assigner
• Italian: assegnare
• Portuguese: assinar
• Spanish: asignar

References

• assigno in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “assigno”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to allot land: agros assignare (Leg. Agr. 1. 6. 17)
    
  • to attribute the fault to some one: culpam alicui attribuere, assignare