postscribo

Latin edit

Etymology edit

From post- +‎ scrībō (“write”).

Pronunciation edit

(Classical) IPA^(key): /postˈskriː.boː/, [pɔs̠(ː)ˈkriːboː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /postˈskri.bo/, [post̪ˈskriːbo]

Verb edit

postscrībō (present infinitive postscrībere, perfect active postscrīpsī, supine postscrīptum); third conjugation

(transitive) to write after or under

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of postscrībō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
indicative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	postscrībō	postscrībis	postscrībit	postscrībimus	postscrībitis	postscrībunt
	imperfect	postscrībēbam	postscrībēbās	postscrībēbat	postscrībēbāmus	postscrībēbātis	postscrībēbant
	future	postscrībam	postscrībēs	postscrībet	postscrībēmus	postscrībētis	postscrībent
	perfect	postscrīpsī	postscrīpsistī	postscrīpsit	postscrīpsimus	postscrīpsistis	postscrīpsērunt, postscrīpsēre
	pluperfect	postscrīpseram	postscrīpserās	postscrīpserat	postscrīpserāmus	postscrīpserātis	postscrīpserant
	future perfect	postscrīpserō	postscrīpseris	postscrīpserit	postscrīpserimus	postscrīpseritis	postscrīpserint
passive	present	postscrībor	postscrīberis, postscrībere	postscrībitur	postscrībimur	postscrībiminī	postscrībuntur
	imperfect	postscrībēbar	postscrībēbāris, postscrībēbāre	postscrībēbātur	postscrībēbāmur	postscrībēbāminī	postscrībēbantur
	future	postscrībar	postscrībēris, postscrībēre	postscrībētur	postscrībēmur	postscrībēminī	postscrībentur
	perfect	postscrīptus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	postscrīptus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	postscrīptus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
subjunctive		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	postscrībam	postscrībās	postscrībat	postscrībāmus	postscrībātis	postscrībant
	imperfect	postscrīberem	postscrīberēs	postscrīberet	postscrīberēmus	postscrīberētis	postscrīberent
	perfect	postscrīpserim	postscrīpserīs	postscrīpserit	postscrīpserīmus	postscrīpserītis	postscrīpserint
	pluperfect	postscrīpsissem	postscrīpsissēs	postscrīpsisset	postscrīpsissēmus	postscrīpsissētis	postscrīpsissent
passive	present	postscrībar	postscrībāris, postscrībāre	postscrībātur	postscrībāmur	postscrībāminī	postscrībantur
	imperfect	postscrīberer	postscrīberēris, postscrīberēre	postscrīberētur	postscrīberēmur	postscrīberēminī	postscrīberentur
	perfect	postscrīptus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	postscrīptus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
imperative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	postscrībe	—	—	postscrībite	—
active	future	—	postscrībitō	postscrībitō	—	postscrībitōte	postscrībuntō
passive	present	—	postscrībere	—	—	postscrībiminī	—
passive	future	—	postscrībitor	postscrībitor	—	—	postscrībuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
non-finite forms		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		postscrībere	postscrīpsisse	postscrīptūrum esse	postscrībī	postscrīptum esse	postscrīptum īrī
participles		postscrībēns	—	postscrīptūrus	—	postscrīptus	postscrībendus, postscrībundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		postscrībendī	postscrībendō	postscrībendum	postscrībendō	postscrīptum	postscrīptū

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

English: postscribe
Italian: poscrivere

References edit

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