proscribo

Latin

Etymology

From prō- +‎ scrībō (“write”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [proːsˈkriː.boː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [prosˈkriː.bo]

Verb

prōscrībō (present infinitive prōscrībere, perfect active prōscrīpsī, supine prōscrīptum); third conjugation

1. to advertise, proclaim
2. to publish
3. to proscribe, ban
4. to outlaw, banish

Conjugation

   Conjugation of prōscrībō (third conjugation)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	prōscrībō		prōscrībis		prōscrībit		prōscrībimus		prōscrībitis		prōscrībunt
	imperfect	prōscrībēbam		prōscrībēbās		prōscrībēbat		prōscrībēbāmus		prōscrībēbātis		prōscrībēbant
	future	prōscrībam		prōscrībēs		prōscrībet		prōscrībēmus		prōscrībētis		prōscrībent
	perfect	prōscrīpsī		prōscrīpsistī		prōscrīpsit		prōscrīpsimus		prōscrīpsistis		prōscrīpsērunt, prōscrīpsēre
	pluperfect	prōscrīpseram		prōscrīpserās		prōscrīpserat		prōscrīpserāmus		prōscrīpserātis		prōscrīpserant
	future perfect	prōscrīpserō		prōscrīpseris		prōscrīpserit		prōscrīpserimus		prōscrīpseritis		prōscrīpserint
passive	present	prōscrībor		prōscrīberis, prōscrībere		prōscrībitur		prōscrībimur		prōscrībiminī		prōscrībuntur
	imperfect	prōscrībēbar		prōscrībēbāris, prōscrībēbāre		prōscrībēbātur		prōscrībēbāmur		prōscrībēbāminī		prōscrībēbantur
	future	prōscrībar		prōscrībēris, prōscrībēre		prōscrībētur		prōscrībēmur		prōscrībēminī		prōscrībentur
	perfect	prōscrīptus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	prōscrīptus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	prōscrīptus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	prōscrībam		prōscrībās		prōscrībat		prōscrībāmus		prōscrībātis		prōscrībant
	imperfect	prōscrīberem		prōscrīberēs		prōscrīberet		prōscrīberēmus		prōscrīberētis		prōscrīberent
	perfect	prōscrīpserim		prōscrīpserīs		prōscrīpserit		prōscrīpserīmus		prōscrīpserītis		prōscrīpserint
	pluperfect	prōscrīpsissem		prōscrīpsissēs		prōscrīpsisset		prōscrīpsissēmus		prōscrīpsissētis		prōscrīpsissent
passive	present	prōscrībar		prōscrībāris, prōscrībāre		prōscrībātur		prōscrībāmur		prōscrībāminī		prōscrībantur
	imperfect	prōscrīberer		prōscrīberēris, prōscrīberēre		prōscrīberētur		prōscrīberēmur		prōscrīberēminī		prōscrīberentur
	perfect	prōscrīptus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	prōscrīptus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		prōscrībe		—		—		prōscrībite		—
	future	—		prōscrībitō		prōscrībitō		—		prōscrībitōte		prōscrībuntō
passive	present	—		prōscrībere		—		—		prōscrībiminī		—
	future	—		prōscrībitor		prōscrībitor		—		—		prōscrībuntor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		prōscrībere			prōscrībī			prōscrībēns			—
future		prōscrīptūrum esse			prōscrīptum īrī			prōscrīptūrus			prōscrībendus, prōscrībundus
perfect		prōscrīpsisse			prōscrīptum esse			—			prōscrīptus
future perfect		—			prōscrīptum fore			—			—
perfect potential		prōscrīptūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		prōscrībendī		prōscrībendō		prōscrībendum		prōscrībendō		prōscrīptum		prōscrīptū

Derived terms

• prōscrīptiō
• prōscrīptor
• prōscrīptūra
• prōscrīpturiō
• prōscrīptus

Descendants

• English: proscribe
• French: proscrire
• Italian: proscrivere
• Portuguese: proscrever
• Romanian: proscrie
• Spanish: proscribir

References

• “proscribo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “proscribo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “proscribo”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to proscribe a person, declare him an outlaw: proscribere aliquem or alicuius possessiones
    
• proscribo in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Spanish

Verb

proscribo

1. first-person singular present indicative of proscribir