Etymology
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From con- + scīscō (“seek to know; learn; approve”).
Pronunciation
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cōnscīscō (present infinitive cōnscīscere, perfect active cōnscīvī or cōnsciī, supine cōnscītum); third conjugation
- to approve of, decree, determine, ordain, enact, determine or resolve upon something
- Synonyms: cēnseō, approbō, probō, cēnseō, adnuō, scīscō, sanciō, assentiō
- (usually with reflexive) to adjudge or decree for oneself, appropriate to oneself
- (usually with reflexive) to inflict or bring upon oneself
Conjugation
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| Conjugation of cōnscīscō (third conjugation)
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| indicative
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singular
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plural
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| first
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second
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third
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first
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second
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third
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| active
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present
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cōnscīscō
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cōnscīscis
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cōnscīscit
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cōnscīscimus
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cōnscīscitis
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cōnscīscunt
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| imperfect
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cōnscīscēbam
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cōnscīscēbās
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cōnscīscēbat
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cōnscīscēbāmus
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cōnscīscēbātis
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cōnscīscēbant
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| future
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cōnscīscam
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cōnscīscēs
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cōnscīscet
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cōnscīscēmus
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cōnscīscētis
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cōnscīscent
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| perfect
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cōnscīvī,
cōnsciī
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cōnscīvistī,
cōnsciistī
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cōnscīvit,
cōnsciit
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cōnscīvimus,
cōnsciimus
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cōnscīvistis,
cōnsciistis
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cōnscīvērunt,
cōnscīvēre,
cōnsciērunt,
cōnsciēre
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| pluperfect
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cōnscīveram,
cōnscieram
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cōnscīverās,
cōnscierās
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cōnscīverat,
cōnscierat
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cōnscīverāmus,
cōnscierāmus
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cōnscīverātis,
cōnscierātis
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cōnscīverant,
cōnscierant
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| future perfect
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cōnscīverō,
cōnscierō
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cōnscīveris,
cōnscieris
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cōnscīverit,
cōnscierit
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cōnscīverimus,
cōnscierimus
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cōnscīveritis,
cōnscieritis
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cōnscīverint,
cōnscierint
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| passive
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present
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cōnscīscor
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cōnscīsceris,
cōnscīscere
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cōnscīscitur
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cōnscīscimur
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cōnscīsciminī
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cōnscīscuntur
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| imperfect
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cōnscīscēbar
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cōnscīscēbāris,
cōnscīscēbāre
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cōnscīscēbātur
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cōnscīscēbāmur
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cōnscīscēbāminī
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cōnscīscēbantur
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| future
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cōnscīscar
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cōnscīscēris,
cōnscīscēre
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cōnscīscētur
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cōnscīscēmur
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cōnscīscēminī
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cōnscīscentur
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| perfect
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cōnscītus + present active indicative of sum
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| pluperfect
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cōnscītus + imperfect active indicative of sum
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| future perfect
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cōnscītus + future active indicative of sum
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| subjunctive
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singular
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plural
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| first
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second
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third
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first
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second
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third
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| active
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present
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cōnscīscam
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cōnscīscās
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cōnscīscat
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cōnscīscāmus
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cōnscīscātis
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cōnscīscant
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| imperfect
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cōnscīscerem
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cōnscīscerēs
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cōnscīsceret
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cōnscīscerēmus
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cōnscīscerētis
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cōnscīscerent
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| perfect
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cōnscīverim,
cōnscierim
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cōnscīverīs,
cōnscierīs
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cōnscīverit,
cōnscierit
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cōnscīverīmus,
cōnscierīmus
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cōnscīverītis,
cōnscierītis
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cōnscīverint,
cōnscierint
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| pluperfect
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cōnscīvissem,
cōnsciissem
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cōnscīvissēs,
cōnsciissēs
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cōnscīvisset,
cōnsciisset
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cōnscīvissēmus,
cōnsciissēmus
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cōnscīvissētis,
cōnsciissētis
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cōnscīvissent,
cōnsciissent
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| passive
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present
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cōnscīscar
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cōnscīscāris,
cōnscīscāre
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cōnscīscātur
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cōnscīscāmur
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cōnscīscāminī
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cōnscīscantur
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| imperfect
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cōnscīscerer
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cōnscīscerēris,
cōnscīscerēre
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cōnscīscerētur
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cōnscīscerēmur
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cōnscīscerēminī
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cōnscīscerentur
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| perfect
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cōnscītus + present active subjunctive of sum
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| pluperfect
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cōnscītus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
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| imperative
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singular
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plural
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| first
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second
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third
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first
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second
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third
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| active
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present
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—
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cōnscīsce
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—
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—
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cōnscīscite
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—
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| future
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—
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cōnscīscitō
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cōnscīscitō
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—
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cōnscīscitōte
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cōnscīscuntō
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| passive
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present
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—
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cōnscīscere
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—
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—
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cōnscīsciminī
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—
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| future
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—
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cōnscīscitor
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cōnscīscitor
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—
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—
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cōnscīscuntor
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| non-finite forms
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active
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passive
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| present
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perfect
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future
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present
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perfect
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future
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| infinitives
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cōnscīscere
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cōnscīvisse,
cōnsciisse
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cōnscītūrum esse
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cōnscīscī
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cōnscītum esse
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cōnscītum īrī
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| participles
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cōnscīscēns
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—
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cōnscītūrus
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—
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cōnscītus
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cōnscīscendus,
cōnscīscundus
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| verbal nouns
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gerund
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supine
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| genitive
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dative
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accusative
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ablative
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accusative
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ablative
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| cōnscīscendī
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cōnscīscendō
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cōnscīscendum
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cōnscīscendō
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cōnscītum
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cōnscītū
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Related terms
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References
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- “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[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to commit suicide: mortem sibi consciscere
- to poison oneself: veneno sibi mortem consciscere
