assigno

Catalan

Verb

assigno

1. first-person singular present indicative of assignar

Latin

Alternative forms

• adsignō

Etymology

From ad- +‎ signō (“mark, designate”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /asˈsiɡ.noː/, [äs̠ˈs̠ɪŋnoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /asˈsiɲ.ɲo/, [äsˈsiɲːo]

Verb

assignō (present infinitive assignāre, perfect active assignāvī, supine assignātum); first conjugation

1. to appoint to, assign, distribute, allot, allocate

   Synonyms: dēlēgō, dēsignō, mandō, dēmandō, tribuō, dispēnsō, īnstituō, impertiō, elēgō, lēgō, appōnō, prōdō, cōnsociō, ōrdinō, distribuō, attribuō, discrībō, largior, addīcō

2. to confer upon, assign something to someone, bestow
3. to ascribe, attribute, impute, reckon
4. to commit, consign or give over something to someone take care of
5. to make a mark upon, seal

Conjugation

Conjugation of assignō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	assignō	assignās	assignat	assignāmus	assignātis	assignant
	imperfect	assignābam	assignābās	assignābat	assignābāmus	assignābātis	assignābant
	future	assignābō	assignābis	assignābit	assignābimus	assignābitis	assignābunt
	perfect	assignāvī	assignāvistī	assignāvit	assignāvimus	assignāvistis	assignāvērunt, assignāvēre
	pluperfect	assignāveram	assignāverās	assignāverat	assignāverāmus	assignāverātis	assignāverant
	future perfect	assignāverō	assignāveris	assignāverit	assignāverimus	assignāveritis	assignāverint
passive	present	assignor	assignāris, assignāre	assignātur	assignāmur	assignāminī	assignantur
	imperfect	assignābar	assignābāris, assignābāre	assignābātur	assignābāmur	assignābāminī	assignābantur
	future	assignābor	assignāberis, assignābere	assignābitur	assignābimur	assignābiminī	assignābuntur
	perfect	assignātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	assignātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	assignātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	assignem	assignēs	assignet	assignēmus	assignētis	assignent
	imperfect	assignārem	assignārēs	assignāret	assignārēmus	assignārētis	assignārent
	perfect	assignāverim	assignāverīs	assignāverit	assignāverīmus	assignāverītis	assignāverint
	pluperfect	assignāvissem	assignāvissēs	assignāvisset	assignāvissēmus	assignāvissētis	assignāvissent
passive	present	assigner	assignēris, assignēre	assignētur	assignēmur	assignēminī	assignentur
	imperfect	assignārer	assignārēris, assignārēre	assignārētur	assignārēmur	assignārēminī	assignārentur
	perfect	assignātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	assignātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	assignā	—	—	assignāte	—
	future	—	assignātō	assignātō	—	assignātōte	assignantō
passive	present	—	assignāre	—	—	assignāminī	—
	future	—	assignātor	assignātor	—	—	assignantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		assignāre	assignāvisse	assignātūrum esse	assignārī	assignātum esse	assignātum īrī
participles		assignāns	—	assignātūrus	—	assignātus	assignandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		assignandī	assignandō	assignandum	assignandō	assignātum	assignātū

Derived terms

• assignātiō
• assignātor

Descendants

• Catalan: assignar
• Old French: assigner, asigner, assiner, asener, assener
  • → Middle English: assignen
    • English: assign
  • French: assigner
• Galician: asinar, aseñar, asignar
• Italian: assegnare
• Piedmontese: assegné
• Portuguese: assinar
• Romanian: asemna, asigna
• Spanish: asignar

References

• “assigno”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• assigno in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to allot land: agros assignare (Leg. Agr. 1. 6. 17)
    
  • to attribute the fault to some one: culpam alicui attribuere, assignare