subscribo Latin · revision 32552

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *skreybʰ-e/o-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [sʊpˈskriː.boː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [subˈskriː.bo]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''subscrībō''' (present infinitive subscrībere, perfect active subscrīpsī, supine subscrīptum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

+ Plautus spells it ''susscr-'';^(OLD 2012) ''suscr-'' is found in an inscription.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|sub-|scrībō|t2=to write]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces [[m|la|scrībō]] to [[itc-pro|*skreif-e/o-|t=to carve]] and [[ine-pro|*skreybʰ-e/o-|t=to carve]].^(de Vaan 2008) He compares [[osc|scriftas|t=written]], [[xum|screhto|t=written]] and [[lv|skrīpât|t=to scratch, scribble]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Plautus has it in a law phrase: a character will sign a suit against the man tomorrow.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010) He spells it ⟨susscrībō⟩.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The basic sense is to write underneath or after: Cicero tells of a statue with an inscription added below, and Horace of a man who wants "father of cities" written under his statues.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) It is to note down and record, and of the censors to enter an offence against someone's name in the roll.^(OLD 2012) In lawsuits it is to sign a charge as a prosecutor, or to add one's name in support of one.^(OLD 2012) It is also to endorse a document, and Suetonius has Otho's first signed order a large grant for finishing the Golden House.^(OLD 2012) Figuratively it is to support a person or an opinion, as in Livy.^(OLD 2012) English [[m|en|subscribe]] comes from it in the early 15th century, first in the sense "sign at the bottom of a document".^(Etymonline) Church Latin glosses it to sign, agree, prosecute.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of signing a suit.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of writing below and of censors' notes.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 65–8 BC – Horace of inscriptions under statues.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy of supporting someone's hatred.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * early 15th century – English borrows it as ''subscribe''.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To write below or after, [[m|en|append]]; to inscribe beneath.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To give a book a subtitle; to add the closing formula to a letter.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To note down, [[m|en|record]]; of the censors, to enter an offence against a name.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To [[m|en|sign]], [[m|en|endorse]] a document; to authorize a payment.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(law)'' To sign a charge as prosecutor; to sign in support of a prosecutor.^(OLD 2012)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # To support a person or view; to agree, assent.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[subscrīptiō]]

+ * [[subscrīptor]]

+ * [[subscrīptus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[scribo|alt=scrībō]]

+ * [[en|subscribe]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}