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Etymology edit

From ad- +‎ scīscō (seek to know; learn; approve).

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Verb edit

ascīscō (present infinitive ascīscere, perfect active ascīvī, supine ascītum); third conjugation

  1. to take or receive something with knowledge; approve, accept, recognize, adopt
    Synonyms: accipiō, recipiō, sūmō, concipiō
  2. to take or receive someone to oneself; bring in, win over, recruit, adopt, associate with oneself
  3. (with reflexive or dative) to assume, claim or arrogate something to oneself, lay claim to
    Synonym: arrogō

Conjugation edit

   Conjugation of ascīscō (third conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present ascīscō ascīscis ascīscit ascīscimus ascīscitis ascīscunt
imperfect ascīscēbam ascīscēbās ascīscēbat ascīscēbāmus ascīscēbātis ascīscēbant
future ascīscam ascīscēs ascīscet ascīscēmus ascīscētis ascīscent
perfect ascīvī ascīvistī ascīvit ascīvimus ascīvistis ascīvērunt,
ascīvēre
pluperfect ascīveram ascīverās ascīverat ascīverāmus ascīverātis ascīverant
future perfect ascīverō ascīveris ascīverit ascīverimus ascīveritis ascīverint
passive present ascīscor ascīsceris,
ascīscere
ascīscitur ascīscimur ascīsciminī ascīscuntur
imperfect ascīscēbar ascīscēbāris,
ascīscēbāre
ascīscēbātur ascīscēbāmur ascīscēbāminī ascīscēbantur
future ascīscar ascīscēris,
ascīscēre
ascīscētur ascīscēmur ascīscēminī ascīscentur
perfect ascītus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect ascītus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect ascītus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present ascīscam ascīscās ascīscat ascīscāmus ascīscātis ascīscant
imperfect ascīscerem ascīscerēs ascīsceret ascīscerēmus ascīscerētis ascīscerent
perfect ascīverim ascīverīs ascīverit ascīverīmus ascīverītis ascīverint
pluperfect ascīvissem ascīvissēs ascīvisset ascīvissēmus ascīvissētis ascīvissent
passive present ascīscar ascīscāris,
ascīscāre
ascīscātur ascīscāmur ascīscāminī ascīscantur
imperfect ascīscerer ascīscerēris,
ascīscerēre
ascīscerētur ascīscerēmur ascīscerēminī ascīscerentur
perfect ascītus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect ascītus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present ascīsce ascīscite
future ascīscitō ascīscitō ascīscitōte ascīscuntō
passive present ascīscere ascīsciminī
future ascīscitor ascīscitor ascīscuntor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives ascīscere ascīvisse ascītūrum esse ascīscī ascītum esse ascītum īrī
participles ascīscēns ascītūrus ascītus ascīscendus,
ascīscundus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
ascīscendī ascīscendō ascīscendum ascīscendō ascītum ascītū

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References edit

  • ascisco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • ascisco”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • ascisco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to enroll as a citizen, burgess: in civitatem recipere, ascribere, asciscere aliquem
    • to make some one one's ally: socium aliquem asciscere (B. G. 1. 5)