LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininethird declension

īnscrīptiō

īnscrīptiō f (genitive īnscrīptiōnis)
Mille Verba core vocabulary

Meaning

  1. inscription, title

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

litterae in saxō vel aere sculptae; in monumentīs legitur.
īnscrīptiō -ōnis f — in Mille Verba, Artēs et Litterae

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeīnscrīptiōīnscrīptiōnēs
genitiveīnscrīptiōnisīnscrīptiōnum
dativeīnscrīptiōnīīnscrīptiōnibus
accusativeīnscrīptiōnemīnscrīptiōnēs
ablativeīnscrīptiōneīnscrīptiōnibus
vocativeīnscrīptiōīnscrīptiōnēs

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

index, inscriptio libri
the title of a book.

inscriptĭo, ōnis, f. inscribo,
I. a writing upon, inscribing; an inscription, title (class.): nominis inscriptio, Cic. Dom. 20, 51: quod de inscriptione quaeris, non dubito, quin καθῆκον officium sit; sed inscriptio plenior, de officiis, id. Att. 16, 11, 4.—An inscription on monuments: hinc illa infelicis monumenti inscriptio, turba se medicorum periisse, Plin. 29, 1, 5, § 11: frontis, a branding on the forehead, Petr. 106; 103; so plur., Sen. de Ira, 3, 3, 6: servi, quibus stigmata inscripta sint, Gai. Inst. 1, 13.— An accusation (post-class.): libellos inscriptionis deponere, Dig. 48, 5, 2.

Origins

Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin īnscrīptiō From inscrībō + -tiō.

Descendants
  • Catalaninscripció
  • Englishinscription
  • Frenchinscription
  • Italianiscrizione
  • Occitaninscripcion
  • Portugueseinscrição
  • Romanianinscripție
  • Spanishinscripción
  • Corsicaninscrizzione
  • Corsicaniscrizzione

Quick answers

What does īnscrīptiō mean in Latin?
īnscrīptiō, a noun, means “inscription, title”.
What is the genitive of īnscrīptiō?
The genitive singular is īnscrīptiōnis. īnscrīptiō is feminine, third declension.