subscribo

Latin

Etymology

From sub- +‎ scrībō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /subˈskriː.boː/, [s̠ʊpˈs̠kriːboː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /subˈskri.bo/, [subˈskriːbo]

Verb

subscrībō (present infinitive subscrībere, perfect active subscrīpsī, supine subscrīptum); third conjugation

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

Conjugation

Conjugation of subscrībō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	subscrībō	subscrībis	subscrībit	subscrībimus	subscrībitis	subscrībunt
	imperfect	subscrībēbam	subscrībēbās	subscrībēbat	subscrībēbāmus	subscrībēbātis	subscrībēbant
	future	subscrībam	subscrībēs	subscrībet	subscrībēmus	subscrībētis	subscrībent
	perfect	subscrīpsī	subscrīpsistī	subscrīpsit	subscrīpsimus	subscrīpsistis	subscrīpsērunt, subscrīpsēre
	pluperfect	subscrīpseram	subscrīpserās	subscrīpserat	subscrīpserāmus	subscrīpserātis	subscrīpserant
	future perfect	subscrīpserō	subscrīpseris	subscrīpserit	subscrīpserimus	subscrīpseritis	subscrīpserint
passive	present	subscrībor	subscrīberis, subscrībere	subscrībitur	subscrībimur	subscrībiminī	subscrībuntur
	imperfect	subscrībēbar	subscrībēbāris, subscrībēbāre	subscrībēbātur	subscrībēbāmur	subscrībēbāminī	subscrībēbantur
	future	subscrībar	subscrībēris, subscrībēre	subscrībētur	subscrībēmur	subscrībēminī	subscrībentur
	perfect	subscrīptus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	subscrīptus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	subscrīptus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	subscrībam	subscrībās	subscrībat	subscrībāmus	subscrībātis	subscrībant
	imperfect	subscrīberem	subscrīberēs	subscrīberet	subscrīberēmus	subscrīberētis	subscrīberent
	perfect	subscrīpserim	subscrīpserīs	subscrīpserit	subscrīpserīmus	subscrīpserītis	subscrīpserint
	pluperfect	subscrīpsissem	subscrīpsissēs	subscrīpsisset	subscrīpsissēmus	subscrīpsissētis	subscrīpsissent
passive	present	subscrībar	subscrībāris, subscrībāre	subscrībātur	subscrībāmur	subscrībāminī	subscrībantur
	imperfect	subscrīberer	subscrīberēris, subscrīberēre	subscrīberētur	subscrīberēmur	subscrīberēminī	subscrīberentur
	perfect	subscrīptus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	subscrīptus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	subscrībe	—	—	subscrībite	—
	future	—	subscrībitō	subscrībitō	—	subscrībitōte	subscrībuntō
passive	present	—	subscrībere	—	—	subscrībiminī	—
	future	—	subscrībitor	subscrībitor	—	—	subscrībuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		subscrībere	subscrīpsisse	subscrīptūrum esse	subscrībī	subscrīptum esse	subscrīptum īrī
participles		subscrībēns	—	subscrīptūrus	—	subscrīptus	subscrībendus, subscrībundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		subscrībendī	subscrībendō	subscrībendum	subscrībendō	subscrīptum	subscrīptū

Derived terms

• subscrīptiō
• subscrīptor
• subscrīptus

 

Descendants

• Catalan: subscriure
• English: subscribe
• French: souscrire
• Galician: subscribir
• Italian: soscrivere
• Portuguese: subscrever
• Romanian: subscrie
• Spanish: suscribir

References

• “subscribo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “subscribo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• subscribo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /subsˈkɾibo/ [suβ̞sˈkɾi.β̞o]
• Rhymes: -ibo
• Syllabification: subs‧cri‧bo

Verb

subscribo

1. first-person singular present indicative of subscribir