praescribo: all forms
praescribo means “prescribe, order; write before”. Below is its full conjugation in Latin.
Present active
Present active | Indicative | Subjunctive | Imperative |
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| 1st singular | praescribo | praescribam | |
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| 2nd singular | praescribis | praescribas | praescribe · praescrib |
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| 3rd singular | praescribit | praescribat | |
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| 1st plural | praescribimus | praescribamus | |
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| 2nd plural | praescribitis | praescribatis | praescribite |
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| 3rd plural | praescribunt | praescribant | |
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Present passive
Present passive | Indicative | Subjunctive | Imperative |
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| 1st singular | praescribor | praescribar | |
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| 2nd singular | praescriberis | praescribare · praescribaris | praescribere |
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| 3rd singular | praescribitur | praescribatur | |
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| 1st plural | praescribimur | praescribamur | |
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| 2nd plural | praescribimini | praescribamini | praescribimini |
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| 3rd plural | praescribuntur | praescribantur | |
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Imperfect active
Imperfect active | Indicative | Subjunctive |
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| 1st singular | praescribebam | praescriberem |
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| 2nd singular | praescribebas | praescriberes |
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| 3rd singular | praescribebat | praescriberet |
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| 1st plural | praescribebamus | praescriberemus |
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| 2nd plural | praescribebatis | praescriberetis |
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| 3rd plural | praescribebant | praescriberent |
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Imperfect passive
Imperfect passive | Indicative | Subjunctive |
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| 1st singular | praescribebar | praescriberer |
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| 2nd singular | praescribebare · praescribebaris | praescriberere · praescribereris |
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| 3rd singular | praescribebatur | praescriberetur |
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| 1st plural | praescribebamur | praescriberemur |
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| 2nd plural | praescribebamini | praescriberemini |
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| 3rd plural | praescribebantur | praescriberentur |
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Future active
Future active | Indicative | Imperative |
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| 1st singular | praescribam | |
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| 2nd singular | praescribes | praescribito |
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| 3rd singular | praescribet | praescribito |
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| 1st plural | praescribemus | |
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| 2nd plural | praescribetis | praescribitote |
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| 3rd plural | praescribent | praescribunto |
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Future passive
Future passive | Indicative | Imperative |
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| 1st singular | praescribar | |
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| 2nd singular | praescribere · praescriberis | praescribitor |
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| 3rd singular | praescribetur | praescribitor |
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| 1st plural | praescribemur | |
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| 2nd plural | praescribemini | |
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| 3rd plural | praescribentur | praescribuntor |
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Perfect active
Perfect active | Indicative | Subjunctive |
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| 1st singular | praescripsi | praescripserim |
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| 2nd singular | praescripsisti | praescripseris |
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| 3rd singular | praescripsit | praescripserit |
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| 1st plural | praescripsimus | praescripserimus |
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| 2nd plural | praescripsistis | praescripseritis |
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| 3rd plural | praescripsere · praescripserunt | praescripserint |
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Pluperfect active
Pluperfect active | Indicative | Subjunctive |
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| 1st singular | praescripseram | praescripsissem |
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| 2nd singular | praescripseras | praescripsisses |
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| 3rd singular | praescripserat | praescripsisset |
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| 1st plural | praescripseramus | praescripsissemus |
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| 2nd plural | praescripseratis | praescripsissetis |
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| 3rd plural | praescripserant | praescripsissent |
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Future perfect active
Future perfect active | Indicative |
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| 1st singular | praescripsero |
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| 2nd singular | praescripseris |
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| 3rd singular | praescripserit |
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| 1st plural | praescripserimus |
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| 2nd plural | praescripseritis |
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| 3rd plural | praescripserint |
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Infinitives
Infinitives | Active | Passive |
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| Present | praescribere | praescribi |
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| Perfect | praescripsisse | |
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Participles
Present active participle, singular | Neuter | Forms |
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| Nominative | | praescribens |
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| Genitive | | praescribentis |
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| Dative | | praescribenti |
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| Accusative | praescribens | praescribentem |
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| Ablative | | praescribente · praescribenti |
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| Vocative | | praescribens |
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Present active participle, plural | Neuter | Forms |
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| Nominative | praescribentia | praescribentes |
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| Genitive | | praescribentium |
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| Dative | | praescribentibus |
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| Accusative | praescribentia | praescribentes |
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| Ablative | | praescribentibus |
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| Vocative | praescribentia | praescribentes |
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Future active participle, singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Forms |
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| Nominative | praescripturus | praescriptura | praescripturum | |
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| Genitive | praescripturi | praescripturae | praescripturi | |
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| Dative | praescripturo | praescripturae | praescripturo | |
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| Accusative | praescripturum | praescripturam | praescripturum | |
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| Ablative | praescripturo | praescriptura | praescripturo | |
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| Vocative | praescripture | praescriptura | praescripturum | |
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Future active participle, plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Forms |
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| Nominative | praescripturi | praescripturae | praescriptura | |
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| Genitive | praescripturorum | praescripturarum | praescripturorum | |
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| Dative | | | | praescripturis |
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| Accusative | praescripturos | praescripturas | praescriptura | |
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| Ablative | | | | praescripturis |
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| Vocative | praescripturi | praescripturae | praescriptura | |
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Perfect passive participle, singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Forms |
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| Nominative | praescriptus | praescripta | praescriptum | |
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| Genitive | praescripti | praescriptae | praescripti | |
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| Dative | praescripto | praescriptae | praescripto | |
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| Accusative | praescriptum | praescriptam | praescriptum | |
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| Ablative | praescripto | praescripta | praescripto | |
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| Vocative | praescripte | praescripta | praescriptum | |
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Perfect passive participle, plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Forms |
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| Nominative | praescripti | praescriptae | praescripta | |
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| Genitive | praescriptorum | praescriptarum | praescriptorum | |
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| Dative | | | | praescriptis |
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| Accusative | praescriptos | praescriptas | praescripta | |
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| Ablative | | | | praescriptis |
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| Vocative | praescripti | praescriptae | praescripta | |
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Gerund, gerundive and supine
Gerundive, singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Forms |
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| Nominative | praescribendus | praescribenda | praescribendum | |
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| Genitive | praescribendi | praescribendae | praescribendi | |
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| Dative | praescribendo | praescribendae | praescribendo | |
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| Accusative | praescribendum | praescribendam | praescribendum | |
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| Ablative | praescribendo | praescribenda | praescribendo | |
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| Vocative | praescribende | praescribenda | praescribendum | |
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Gerundive, plural | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Forms |
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| Nominative | praescribendi | praescribendae | praescribenda | |
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| Genitive | praescribendorum | praescribendarum | praescribendorum | |
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| Dative | | | | praescribendis |
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| Accusative | praescribendos | praescribendas | praescribenda | |
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| Ablative | | | | praescribendis |
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| Vocative | praescribendi | praescribendae | praescribenda | |
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Supine | Forms |
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| Accusative | praescriptum |
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| Ablative | praescriptu |
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Meaning and examples of praescribo
Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.