Conscisco, consciscis, conscíui, conscîtum, conscíscere. Liu.To cousent, determine, or graunt togither: to doe or worke.Exilium sibi consciscere. Li. To procure him self banishmÊt.Facinus in se consciscere.Liu. Facinus in se, suosque fœdÛ ac ferum consciscunt. They commit a fowle & dishonest acte.Fugam sibi consciscere ex aliquo loco.Liu.To file frour.Legatus ab Hieronymo ad Ptolomæum missus, voluntariÛ exilium consciuerat. Li. Went into voluntary banishinÊt.Mortem sibi vterque consciuit.Cic.Both killed them selues wilfully.Veneno mortem sibi consciscere.Cic.To poyson him selfe.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
con-scisco, scīvi or scĭi, scītum, 3, v. a.I. Publicists' t. t., to approve of, decree, determine or resolve upon something in common: populi jussa vetita quom suffragio consciscentur, Cic. Leg. 3, 3, 10: Senatus populi Romani Quiritium censuit, consensit, conscivit ut bellum cum priscis Latinis fieret, etc. (an old formula for the declaration of war), Liv. 1, 32, 13: Tusci fere omnes consciverant bellum,
had decided upon, decreed
, id. 10, 18, 2: communi consilio fugam, id. 10, 34, 13: facinus in se ac suos foedum ac ferum, id. 28, 22, 5 Weissenb. ad loc.: causam, Gell. 5, 10, 9 (not consistere; cf. Lachm. ad Lucr. p. 349).—Hence, II.Transf. from the sphere of state affairs; aliquid sibi or absol.; lit., to adjudge, appropriate to one's self (cf. ascisco); hence, with the access. idea of personal action, to inflict or bring upon one's self (most frequently death;—class.). (a). With sibi: letum, Lucr. 3, 81: mortem,