ascisco

Latin

Alternative forms

• adscīscō

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /asˈkiːs.koː/, [äs̠ˈkiːs̠koː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aʃˈʃis.ko/, [äʃˈʃisko]

Verb

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

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

Related terms

• cōnscīscō
• dēscīscō
• perscīscō
• rescīscō
• scīscō

References

• “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)