LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbthird conjugation

subscrībō

subscrībō (present infinitive subscrībere, perfect active subscrīpsī, supine subscrīptum)
Classical[sʊpˈskriː.boː]Ecclesiastical[subˈskriː.bo]
subscrīptus perf. pass. ptcp.

Meaning

  1. to write underneath or below, append
  2. to sign, subscribe one's name
  3. oftento set down, note down, record
  4. to assent or agree to, approve of, support
  5. to grant, allow, accord something to someone

Conjugation conjugation 3

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.subscrībōsubscrībēbamsubscrībamsubscrīpsīsubscrīpseramsubscrīpserō
2nd sg.subscrībissubscrībēbāssubscrībēssubscrīpsistīsubscrīpserāssubscrīpseris
3rd sg.subscrībitsubscrībēbatsubscrībetsubscrīpsitsubscrīpseratsubscrīpserit
1st pl.subscrībimussubscrībēbāmussubscrībēmussubscrīpsimussubscrīpserāmussubscrīpserimus
2nd pl.subscrībitissubscrībēbātissubscrībētissubscrīpsistissubscrīpserātissubscrīpseritis
3rd pl.subscrībuntsubscrībēbantsubscrībentsubscrīpsērunt
subscrīpsēre		subscrīpserantsubscrīpserint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.subscrībamsubscrīberemsubscrīpserimsubscrīpsissem
2nd sg.subscrībāssubscrīberēssubscrīpserīssubscrīpsissēs
3rd sg.subscrībatsubscrīberetsubscrīpseritsubscrīpsisset
1st pl.subscrībāmussubscrīberēmussubscrīpserīmussubscrīpsissēmus
2nd pl.subscrībātissubscrīberētissubscrīpserītissubscrīpsissētis
3rd pl.subscrībantsubscrīberentsubscrīpserintsubscrīpsissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.subscrīborsubscrībēbarsubscrībar
2nd sg.subscrīberis
subscrībere		subscrībēbāris
subscrībēbāre		subscrībēris
subscrībēre
3rd sg.subscrībitursubscrībēbātursubscrībētur
1st pl.subscrībimursubscrībēbāmursubscrībēmur
2nd pl.subscrībiminīsubscrībēbāminīsubscrībēminī
3rd pl.subscrībuntursubscrībēbantursubscrībentur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.subscrībarsubscrīberer
2nd sg.subscrībāris
subscrībāre		subscrīberēris
subscrīberēre
3rd sg.subscrībātursubscrīberētur
1st pl.subscrībāmursubscrīberēmur
2nd pl.subscrībāminīsubscrīberēminī
3rd pl.subscrībantursubscrīberentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.subscrībesubscrībere
pres. 2nd pl.subscrībitesubscrībiminī
fut. 2nd sg.subscrībitōsubscrībitor
fut. 3rd sg.subscrībitōsubscrībitor
fut. 2nd pl.subscrībitōte—
fut. 3rd pl.subscrībuntōsubscrībuntor
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitivesubscrīberesubscrībī
perfect infinitivesubscrīpsissesubscrīptum esse
future infinitivesubscrīptūrum essesubscrīptum īrī
present participlesubscrībēns—
perfect participle—subscrīptus
subscrīpta, subscrīptā, subscrīptae, subscrīptam, subscrīptārum, subscrīptās, subscrīpte, subscrīptī, subscrīptīs, subscrīptō, subscrīptōrum, subscrīptōs
future participlesubscrīptūrus
subscrīptūra, subscrīptūrā, subscrīptūrae, subscrīptūram, subscrīptūrārum, subscrīptūrās, subscrīptūre, subscrīptūrī, subscrīptūrīs, subscrīptūrō, subscrīptūrōrum, subscrīptūrōs, subscrīptūrum		subscrībendus
subscrībundus, subscrībenda, subscrībendā, subscrībendae, subscrībendam, subscrībendārum, subscrībendās, subscrībende, subscrībendīs, subscrībendōrum, subscrībendōs
gerundsubscrībendī, subscrībendō, subscrībendumsupinesubscrīptum, subscrīptū

sub-scrībo, psi, ptum, 3, v. a.
I. To write underneath or below (class.; cf. subnoto).
A. In gen.: statuis inauratis ... subscripsit, Reges ab se in gratiam esse reductos, Cic. Clu. 36, 101; cf.: subscripsere quidam L. Bruti statuae: utinam viveres, etc., Suet. Caes. 80: si quaeret Pater Urbium Subscribi statuis, Hor. C. 3, 24, 28; cf.: meo subscribi causa sepulcro, Ov. M. 9, 563: quarum (litterarum) exemplum subscripsi, Balb. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 13, A, § 1; Treb. ap. Cic. Fam. 12, 16, 3; cf.: seminaria ulmorum parentur eā ratione, quam deinceps subscripsimus, Col. 5, 6, 5.—
B. In partic.
1. Jurid. t. t., to write down, sign, or subscribe one's name to an accusation (either as principal prosecutor or as seconding others), together with the ground of the charge; hence, in gen., to charge, accuse, prosecute: in L. Popillium subscripsit L. Gellius, quod is pecuniam accepisset, quo innocentem condemnaret, Cic. Clu. 47, 131; cf.: quia parricidii causa subscripta esset, id. Inv. 2, 19, 58: Gabinium de ambitu reum fecit P. Sulla, subscribente privigno Memmio, fratre Caecilio, etc., id. Q. Fr. 3, 3, 2; cf.: Capito Agrippae subscripsit in C. Cassium, Vell. 2, 69, 5; and: accusanti patrono subscripsit, Suet. Rhet. 3; Nep. Att. 6, 3: cras subscribam homini dicam, Plaut. Poen. 3, 6, 5: in crimen, Dig. 47, 1, 3; 47, 2, 92: in crimine, ib. 48, 10, 24.—
2. Publicists' t. t., of the censor, to write down, set down, note down the reason of his official censure under or against the name of the person censured: video animadvertisse censores in judices quosdam illius consilii Juniani, cum istam ipsam causam subscriberent, Cic. Clu. 42, 119: censor C. Ateium notavit, quod ementitum auspicia subscripsit, id. Div. 1, 16, 29: haec quae de judicio corrupto subscripserint, etc., id. Clu. 45, 127: ac primum illud statuamus, utrum quia censores subscripserint, ita sit; an quia ita fuerit, illi subscripserint, id. ib. 44, 123: quod censores de ceteris subscripserunt, Quint. 5, 13, 33.—
3. To sign, subscribe a document (by appending one's name or a formula of greeting; perh. not ante-Aug.): omnes (tutores) debent unius editioni subscribere, Dig. 2, 13, 6: rationibus, testamento, ib. 40, 7, 40; for which, also, rationes, ib. 35, 1, 80 fin.; 34, 3, 12: si subscripserit in tabulis emptionis, concessisse videtur, ib. 20, 6, 8 fin.: cum de supplicio cujusdam capite damnati, ut ex more subscriberet, admoneretur, Suet. Ner. 10; id. Calig. 29: ipse Commodus in subscribendo tardus et neglegens, ita ut libellis una forma multis subscriberet, in epistolis autem plurimis Vale tantum scriberet, Lampr. Commod. 13; Suet. Tib. 32 Wolf (cf. Dio, 57, 11).—
b. Transf.
(a). To assent to, agree to, approve of any thing: nec quicquam prius pro potestate subscripsit, quam quingenties sestertium ad peragendam Auream domum, Suet. Oth. 7: Caesaris irae, Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 3: aut gratiae aut odio suo, Phaedr. 3, 10, 57: odiis accusationibusque Hannibalis, Liv. 33, 47: orationi alicujus, id. 10, 22: luxuriae, Cels. 3, 4: si fortuna voto subscripserit, Col. 1, 2, 3: tuo desiderio, Traj. ap. Plin. Ep. 10, 95 (96): amoribus alicujus, Val. Max. 4, 7, 4.—
(b). To grant, allow, accord a thing to any one (post-class.), Tert. Virg. Vel. 10; id. Idol. 13; id. Anim. 40.—
II. (With the idea of the verb predom.) To write or note down (=notare; very rare): numerum aratorum, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 51, § 120: audita, Quint. 12, 8, 8: quaedam, Suet. Aug. 27; cf.: suspiria nostra (a delatoribus), Tac. Agr. 45 (acc. to others this passage belongs to B. 1.).

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*upó
  2. Proto-Italic*supo
  3. Latinsubscrībō

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

Descendants
  • Catalansubscriure
  • Englishsubscribe
  • Frenchsouscrire
  • Italiansoscrivere
  • Portuguesesubscrever
  • Romaniansubscrie
  • Spanishsuscribir
  • Galiciansubscribir

Quick answers

What does subscrībō mean in Latin?
subscrībō, a verb, means “to write underneath or below, append; to sign, subscribe one's name; to set down, note down, record”.
What are the principal parts of subscrībō?
subscrībō, subscrībere, subscrīpsī, subscrīptum (third conjugation).
How do you pronounce subscrībō?
In classical Latin, [sʊpˈskriː.boː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [subˈskriː.bo].
Where does subscrībō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *upó → Proto-Italic *supo → Latin subscrībō.