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verbthird conjugation

exscrībō

exscrībō (present infinitive exscrībere, perfect active exscrīpsī, supine exscrīptum)
Classical[ɛks(ː)kriː.boː]Ecclesiastical[eksˈskriː.bo]

Meaning

  1. to write out or off, copy
  2. to write or note down
  3. to take after, resemble

Conjugation conjugation 3

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.exscrībōexscrībēbamexscrībamexscrīpsīexscrīpseramexscrīpserō
2nd sg.exscrībisexscrībēbāsexscrībēsexscrīpsistīexscrīpserāsexscrīpseris
3rd sg.exscrībitexscrībēbatexscrībetexscrīpsitexscrīpseratexscrīpserit
1st pl.exscrībimusexscrībēbāmusexscrībēmusexscrīpsimusexscrīpserāmusexscrīpserimus
2nd pl.exscrībitisexscrībēbātisexscrībētisexscrīpsistisexscrīpserātisexscrīpseritis
3rd pl.exscrībuntexscrībēbantexscrībentexscrīpsērunt
exscrīpsēre
exscrīpserantexscrīpserint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.exscrībamexscrīberemexscrīpserimexscrīpsissem
2nd sg.exscrībāsexscrīberēsexscrīpserīsexscrīpsissēs
3rd sg.exscrībatexscrīberetexscrīpseritexscrīpsisset
1st pl.exscrībāmusexscrīberēmusexscrīpserīmusexscrīpsissēmus
2nd pl.exscrībātisexscrīberētisexscrīpserītisexscrīpsissētis
3rd pl.exscrībantexscrīberentexscrīpserintexscrīpsissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.exscrīborexscrībēbarexscrībar
2nd sg.exscrīberis
exscrībere
exscrībēbāris
exscrībēbāre
exscrībēris
exscrībēre
3rd sg.exscrībiturexscrībēbāturexscrībētur
1st pl.exscrībimurexscrībēbāmurexscrībēmur
2nd pl.exscrībiminīexscrībēbāminīexscrībēminī
3rd pl.exscrībunturexscrībēbanturexscrībentur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.exscrībarexscrīberer
2nd sg.exscrībāris
exscrībāre
exscrīberēris
exscrīberēre
3rd sg.exscrībāturexscrīberētur
1st pl.exscrībāmurexscrīberēmur
2nd pl.exscrībāminīexscrīberēminī
3rd pl.exscrībanturexscrīberentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.exscrībeexscrībere
pres. 2nd pl.exscrībiteexscrībiminī
fut. 2nd sg.exscrībitōexscrībitor
fut. 3rd sg.exscrībitōexscrībitor
fut. 2nd pl.exscrībitōte—
fut. 3rd pl.exscrībuntōexscrībuntor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitiveexscrībereexscrībī
perfect infinitiveexscrīpsisseexscrīptum esse
future infinitiveexscrīptūrum esseexscrīptum īrī
present participleexscrībēns
exscrībente, exscrībentem, exscrībentēs, exscrībentī, exscrībentia, exscrībentibus, exscrībentis, exscrībentīs, exscrībentium
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perfect participle—exscrīptus
exscrīpta, exscrīptā, exscrīptae, exscrīptam, exscrīptārum, exscrīptās, exscrīpte, exscrīptī, exscrīptīs, exscrīptō, exscrīptōrum, exscrīptōs
future participleexscrīptūrus
exscrīptūra, exscrīptūrā, exscrīptūrae, exscrīptūram, exscrīptūrārum, exscrīptūrās, exscrīptūre, exscrīptūrī, exscrīptūrīs, exscrīptūrō, exscrīptūrōrum, exscrīptūrōs, exscrīptūrum
exscrībendus
exscrībundus, exscrībenda, exscrībendā, exscrībendae, exscrībendam, exscrībendārum, exscrībendās, exscrībende, exscrībendīs, exscrībendōrum, exscrībendōs
gerundexscrībendī, exscrībendō, exscrībendumsupineexscrīptum, exscrīptū

ex-scrībo (excr-), psi, ptum (btum), 3, v. a.,
I. to write out, write off, copy.
I. Lit. (rare but class.): tabulas in foro summa hominum frequentia exscribo; adhibentur in exscribendo ex conventu viri primarii, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 77, § 189: complura exscripta de Magonis libris, Varr. R. R. 2, 5, 18: ex Plauti comoedia duos versus exscripsimus, Gell. 3, 3, 8.—
B. Transf. *
1. Of paintings, to copy: imagines exscribere et pingere, Plin. Ep. 4, 28, 1.—
2. In gen., to write or note down: nomina exscripta, Plaut. Rud. prol. 15: bonos in aliis tabulis exscriptos habet, id. ib. 21.—*
II. Trop., to copy or take after, to resemble: filia totum patrem mira similitudine exscripserat, Plin. Ep. 5, 16, 9.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  3. Proto-Italic*eks
  4. Latinexscrībō

Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-? Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreybʰ- Proto-Indo-European *(s)kréybʰeti Proto-Italic *skreiβō Latin scrībō Latin exscrībō From ex- + scrībō.

Descendants
  • Englishexscribe

Quick answers

What does exscrībō mean in Latin?
exscrībō, a verb, means “to write out or off, copy; to write or note down; to take after, resemble”.
What are the principal parts of exscrībō?
exscrībō, exscrībere, exscrīpsī, exscrīptum (third conjugation).
How do you pronounce exscrībō?
In classical Latin, [ɛks(ː)kriː.boː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [eksˈskriː.bo].
Where does exscrībō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ → Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs → Proto-Italic *eks → Latin exscrībō.