noun · femininethird declension
cōnscrīptiō
cōnscrīptiō f (genitive cōnscrīptiōnis)
Classical[kõːˈskriːp.ti.oː]Ecclesiastical[konˈskrip.t͡si.o]
Meaning
- The act of drawing up or composing; composition.
- A treatise, writing, account; composition.
- The act of levying troops.
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | cōnscrīptiō | cōnscrīptiōnēs |
| genitive | cōnscrīptiōnis | cōnscrīptiōnum |
| dative | cōnscrīptiōnī | cōnscrīptiōnibus |
| accusative | cōnscrīptiōnem | cōnscrīptiōnēs |
| ablative | cōnscrīptiōne | cōnscrīptiōnibus |
| vocative | cōnscrīptiō | cōnscrīptiōnēs |
conscriptĭo, ōnis, f. conscribo, II.,
I. a drawing up in writing, a composing, composition (rare).
I. In abstr.:
libelli, Sid. Ep. 7, 18.—More freq., II. In concr., a representation, treatise, writing; in plur., * Cic. Clu. 67, 191; * Vitr. 7, prooem. § 1:
in annalium conscriptionibus legere, Arn. 7, p. 242. —III. (Conscribo, I.) A levying of troops, Julian. ap. Cassiod. 16, Hist. Eccl. 17.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
cōnscrīptiō ōnis, f
conscribo, a record, report: falsae quaestionum, forged depositions.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin cōnscrīptiō From cōnscrībō + -tiō.