Latin

Verb

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

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

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Descendants

• Catalan: inscriure
• English: inscribe
• French: inscrire
• Italian: iscrivere
• Spanish: inscribir

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
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “inscribo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, 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 (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Spanish

Verb

inscribo

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of inscribir.