postscribo

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Latin post-

Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-?

Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreybʰ-

Proto-Indo-European *(s)kréybʰeti

Proto-Italic *skreiβō

Latin scrībō

Latin postscrībō

From post- + scrībō (“write”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [pɔs(ː)ˈkriː.boː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [postˈskriː.bo]

Verb

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

(transitive) to write after or under

Conjugation

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		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		postscrībere		postscrībī		postscrībēns		—
future		postscrīptūrum esse		postscrīptum īrī		postscrīptūrus		postscrībendus, postscrībundus
perfect		postscrīpsisse		postscrīptum esse		—		postscrīptus
future perfect		—		postscrīptum fore		—		—
perfect potential		postscrīptūrum fuisse		—		—		—
verbal nouns		gerund					supine
		genitive	dative		accusative	ablative	accusative		ablative
		postscrībendī	postscrībendō		postscrībendum	postscrībendō	postscrīptum		postscrīptū

Related terms

Descendants

→ English: postscribe
→ Italian: poscrivere

References

“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.