conscisco

Latin

Etymology

From con- +‎ scīscō (“seek to know; learn; approve”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kõːˈskiːs.koː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [kon̠ʲˈʃis.ko]

Verb

cōnscīscō (present infinitive cōnscīscere, perfect active cōnscīvī or cōnsciī, supine cōnscītum); third conjugation

1. to approve of, decree, determine, ordain, enact, determine or resolve upon something

   Synonyms: cēnseō, approbō, probō, cēnseō, adnuō, scīscō, sanciō, assentiō

2. (usually with reflexive) to adjudge or decree for oneself, appropriate to oneself
3. (usually with reflexive) to inflict or bring upon oneself
   • c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 1.4:

     Orgetorix mortuus est; neque abest suspicio, ut Helvetii arbitrantur, quin ipse sibi mortem consciverit.

     Orgetorix is dead; not without suspicion, as the Helvetii think, that he may have brought about his own death

Conjugation

   Conjugation of cōnscīscō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	cōnscīscō		cōnscīscis		cōnscīscit		cōnscīscimus		cōnscīscitis		cōnscīscunt
	imperfect	cōnscīscēbam		cōnscīscēbās		cōnscīscēbat		cōnscīscēbāmus		cōnscīscēbātis		cōnscīscēbant
	future	cōnscīscam		cōnscīscēs		cōnscīscet		cōnscīscēmus		cōnscīscētis		cōnscīscent
	perfect	cōnscīvī, cōnsciī		cōnscīvistī, cōnsciistī		cōnscīvit, cōnsciit		cōnscīvimus, cōnsciimus		cōnscīvistis, cōnsciistis		cōnscīvērunt, cōnscīvēre, cōnsciērunt, cōnsciēre
	pluperfect	cōnscīveram, cōnscieram		cōnscīverās, cōnscierās		cōnscīverat, cōnscierat		cōnscīverāmus, cōnscierāmus		cōnscīverātis, cōnscierātis		cōnscīverant, cōnscierant
	future perfect	cōnscīverō, cōnscierō		cōnscīveris, cōnscieris		cōnscīverit, cōnscierit		cōnscīverimus, cōnscierimus		cōnscīveritis, cōnscieritis		cōnscīverint, cōnscierint
passive	present	cōnscīscor		cōnscīsceris, cōnscīscere		cōnscīscitur		cōnscīscimur		cōnscīsciminī		cōnscīscuntur
	imperfect	cōnscīscēbar		cōnscīscēbāris, cōnscīscēbāre		cōnscīscēbātur		cōnscīscēbāmur		cōnscīscēbāminī		cōnscīscēbantur
	future	cōnscīscar		cōnscīscēris, cōnscīscēre		cōnscīscētur		cōnscīscēmur		cōnscīscēminī		cōnscīscentur
	perfect	cōnscītus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	cōnscītus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	cōnscītus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	cōnscīscam		cōnscīscās		cōnscīscat		cōnscīscāmus		cōnscīscātis		cōnscīscant
	imperfect	cōnscīscerem		cōnscīscerēs		cōnscīsceret		cōnscīscerēmus		cōnscīscerētis		cōnscīscerent
	perfect	cōnscīverim, cōnscierim		cōnscīverīs, cōnscierīs		cōnscīverit, cōnscierit		cōnscīverīmus, cōnscierīmus		cōnscīverītis, cōnscierītis		cōnscīverint, cōnscierint
	pluperfect	cōnscīvissem, cōnsciissem		cōnscīvissēs, cōnsciissēs		cōnscīvisset, cōnsciisset		cōnscīvissēmus, cōnsciissēmus		cōnscīvissētis, cōnsciissētis		cōnscīvissent, cōnsciissent
passive	present	cōnscīscar		cōnscīscāris, cōnscīscāre		cōnscīscātur		cōnscīscāmur		cōnscīscāminī		cōnscīscantur
	imperfect	cōnscīscerer		cōnscīscerēris, cōnscīscerēre		cōnscīscerētur		cōnscīscerēmur		cōnscīscerēminī		cōnscīscerentur
	perfect	cōnscītus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	cōnscītus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		cōnscīsce		—		—		cōnscīscite		—
	future	—		cōnscīscitō		cōnscīscitō		—		cōnscīscitōte		cōnscīscuntō
passive	present	—		cōnscīscere		—		—		cōnscīsciminī		—
	future	—		cōnscīscitor		cōnscīscitor		—		—		cōnscīscuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		cōnscīscere			cōnscīscī			cōnscīscēns			—
future		cōnscītūrum esse			cōnscītum īrī			cōnscītūrus			cōnscīscendus, cōnscīscundus
perfect		cōnscīvisse, cōnsciisse			cōnscītum esse			—			cōnscītus
future perfect		—			cōnscītum fore			—			—
perfect potential		cōnscītūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		cōnscīscendī		cōnscīscendō		cōnscīscendum		cōnscīscendō		cōnscītum		cōnscītū

Related terms

• ascīscō
• cōnsciō
• dēscīscō
• perscīscō
• rescīscō
• scīscō

References

• “conscisco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “conscisco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “conscisco”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to commit suicide: mortem sibi consciscere
    
  • to poison oneself: veneno sibi mortem consciscere