verbthird conjugation
rescrībō
rescrībō (present infinitive rescrībere, perfect active rescrīpsī, supine rescrīptum)
Classical[rɛsˈkriː.boː]Ecclesiastical[resˈkriː.bo]
Meaning
- to write back in reply
Is ad me rescripsit.
He wrote to me again. - (of emperors or lawyers) to answer in writing a petition or legal question; to give a rescript or a judicial decision
- (in account-books) to make an entry per contra; to place to one's credit; hence, to pay back, repay
- to re-enlist
- to enlist under a different name, office, etc.: to transfer from one kind of troops to another
In the readers how our graded readers gloss it
re-enroll; write back
rescrībō -ere — in De Bello Gallico I
Conjugation conjugation 3
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | rescrībō | rescrībēbam | rescrībam | rescrīpsī | rescrīpseram | rescrīpserō |
| 2nd sg. | rescrībis | rescrībēbās | rescrībēs | rescrīpsistī | rescrīpserās | rescrīpseris |
| 3rd sg. | rescrībit | rescrībēbat | rescrībet | rescrīpsit | rescrīpserat | rescrīpserit |
| 1st pl. | rescrībimus | rescrībēbāmus | rescrībēmus | rescrīpsimus | rescrīpserāmus | rescrīpserimus |
| 2nd pl. | rescrībitis | rescrībēbātis | rescrībētis | rescrīpsistis | rescrīpserātis | rescrīpseritis |
| 3rd pl. | rescrībunt | rescrībēbant | rescrībent | rescrīpsērunt rescrīpsēre | rescrīpserant | rescrīpserint |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | rescrībam | rescrīberem | rescrīpserim | rescrīpsissem |
| 2nd sg. | rescrībās | rescrīberēs | rescrīpserīs | rescrīpsissēs |
| 3rd sg. | rescrībat | rescrīberet | rescrīpserit | rescrīpsisset |
| 1st pl. | rescrībāmus | rescrīberēmus | rescrīpserīmus | rescrīpsissēmus |
| 2nd pl. | rescrībātis | rescrīberētis | rescrīpserītis | rescrīpsissētis |
| 3rd pl. | rescrībant | rescrīberent | rescrīpserint | rescrīpsissent |
passive indicative
| form | present | imperfect | future |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | rescrībor | rescrībēbar | rescrībar |
| 2nd sg. | rescrīberis rescrībere | rescrībēbāris rescrībēbāre | rescrībēris rescrībēre |
| 3rd sg. | rescrībitur | rescrībēbātur | rescrībētur |
| 1st pl. | rescrībimur | rescrībēbāmur | rescrībēmur |
| 2nd pl. | rescrībiminī | rescrībēbāminī | rescrībēminī |
| 3rd pl. | rescrībuntur | rescrībēbantur | rescrībentur |
passive subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect |
|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | rescrībar | rescrīberer |
| 2nd sg. | rescrībāris rescrībāre | rescrīberēris rescrīberēre |
| 3rd sg. | rescrībātur | rescrīberētur |
| 1st pl. | rescrībāmur | rescrīberēmur |
| 2nd pl. | rescrībāminī | rescrīberēminī |
| 3rd pl. | rescrībantur | rescrīberentur |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | rescrībe | rescrībere |
| pres. 2nd pl. | rescrībite | rescrībiminī |
| fut. 2nd sg. | rescrībitō | rescrībitor |
| fut. 3rd sg. | rescrībitō | rescrībitor |
| fut. 2nd pl. | rescrībitōte | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | rescrībuntō | rescrībuntor |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | rescrībere | rescrībī |
| perfect infinitive | rescrīpsisse | rescrīptum esse |
| future infinitive | rescrīptūrum esse | rescrīptum īrī |
| present participle | rescrībēns | — |
| perfect participle | — | rescrīptus rescrīpta, rescrīptā, rescrīptae, rescrīptam, rescrīptārum, rescrīptās, rescrīpte, rescrīptī, rescrīptīs, rescrīptō, rescrīptōrum, rescrīptōs |
| future participle | rescrīptūrus rescrīptūra, rescrīptūrā, rescrīptūrae, rescrīptūram, rescrīptūrārum, rescrīptūrās, rescrīptūre, rescrīptūrī, rescrīptūrīs, rescrīptūrō, rescrīptūrōrum, rescrīptūrōs, rescrīptūrum | rescrībendus rescrībundus, rescrībenda, rescrībendā, rescrībendae, rescrībendam, rescrībendārum, rescrībendās, rescrībende, rescrībendīs, rescrībendōrum, rescrībendōs |
gerundrescrībendī, rescrībendō, rescrībendumsupinerescrīptum, rescrīptū
rē-scrībo, psi, ptum, 3, v. a.
I. To write back or in return, to reply in writing (freq. and class.).
A. In gen.:
antemeridianis tuis litteris heri statim rescripsi: nunc respondeo vespertinis, Cic. Att. 13, 23, 1; so, cui rei, id. ib. 5, 12, 3; 13, 21, 1; cf.: litterae mihi redditae sunt a Pompeio . . . ei statim rescripsi, non me quaerere, etc., id. ib. 8, 1, 2: ad eam (epistulam) rescribam igitur, id. ib. 4, 16, 1: ad litteras, id. ib. 14, 21, 1: ad ea, quae requisieras, id. ib. 12, 21; cf.: tibi ad ea quae quaeris, id. Fam. 1, 9, 2: ad Trebatium, id. Att. 7, 17, 4: Pompeius rescripserat, sese, etc., Caes. B. C. 1, 19: tibi meam (epistulam), quam ad eum rescripseram, misi, Cic. Att. 13, 6, 3: debes hoc etiam rescribere, Hor. Ep. 1, 3, 30: rescribere veteribus orationibus, to write against, reply to, ἀντιγράφειν, Quint. 10, 5, 20; so, orationibus, Suet. Caes. 73: oratorum actionibus, id. Calig. 53: cujus libris de Orthographiā, id. Gram. 19; cf.: rescripta Bruto de Catone, id. Aug. 85: nil mihi rescribas, Ov. H. 1, 2: non rescribendi gloria visa levis, id. ib. 17, 2: orationem, Tac. A. 4, 34 (in Cic. Tusc. 4, 2, 3, descriptos is the true read.).—B. In partic.
1. Polit. and jurid. t. t., of emperors or lawyers, to answer in writing a petition or legal question; to give a rescript or a judicial decision:
Tiberio pro cliente Graeco petenti rescripsit (Augustus), non aliter se daturum quam si, etc., Suet. Aug. 40; 45; 51; id. Tib. 30; 32; id. Claud. 5; id. Ner. 40; Dig. 1, 16, 4 fin.; ib. 18, 1, 71 al.— Hence, rēscriptum, i, n., subst., an imperial rescript, Tac. A. 6, 15 (9): quaesitum est, an adversus rescriptum principis provocari possit, Dig. 49, 1, 1: quod et Herennio Modestino studioso meo de Dalmatiā consulenti rescripsi, ib. 47, 2, 53, § 20; 40, 4, 46; 40, 7, 29 al.—2. In account-books, to make an entry per contra; to place to one's credit; hence, i. q. to pay back, repay:
illud mihi Argentum rursum jube rescribi, Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 29; Plaut. As. 2, 4, 34: qui de residuis CCCC. HS. CC. praesentia solverimus, reliqua rescribamus, will place to his credit, will pay hereafter, Cic. Att. 16, 2, 1: dictantis, quod tu numquam rescribere possis, Hor. S. 2, 3, 76: Darios, Aus. Ep. 5, 23.—II. To write over again, write anew (not anteAug.): Pollio Asinius parum diligenter compositos putat (Caesaris commentarios), existimatque rescripturum et correcturum fuisse, i. e. to revise (syn. retractare), Suet. Caes. 56:
actiones, Plin. Ep. 5, 8, 7; cf. id. ib. 7, 9, 5; 8, 21, 6.—2. In partic., in milit. lang., to enroll anew, to re-enlist:
rescriptae ex eodem milite novae legiones, Liv. 9, 10.— 3. In milit. lang., to transfer from one kind of troops to another:
Caesarem decimam legionem ad equum rescribere, Caes. B. G. 1, 42 fin.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
re-scrībō scrīpsī, scrīptus, ere,
to write back, write in return, reply in writing: tuis litteris: me non quaerere, etc.: ad litteras: ad ea, quae requisieras: Pompeius rescripserat, sese, etc., Cs.: Nil mihi rescribas, O.—In accounts, to place to one's credit: illud mihi Argentum iube rescribi, have passed to my credit, T.: qui de residuis CCCC HS CC praesentia solverimus, reliqua rescribamus.— To pay back, repay: Dictantis, quod tu numquam rescribere possis, H.—To write again, write anew, enroll anew, re-enlist: rescriptae ex eodem milite novae legiones, L.: decimam legionem ad equum rescribere (in a double sense: transfer to the cavalry and raise to the rank of knights), Cs.
Origins
- Proto-Italic*wre-
- Latinrescrībō
Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-? Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreybʰ- Proto-Indo-European *(s)kréybʰeti Proto-Italic *skreiβō Latin scrībō Latin rescrībō From re- + scrībō.
Descendants
- Catalanreescriure
- Englishrescribe
- Frenchréécrire
- Italianriscrivere
- Portuguesereescrever
- Romanianrescrie
- Spanishreescribir