assignantur

Assignantur is a Latin verb form used in classical and later Latin to express that something is being allocated or designated to someone. Grammatically, assignantur is the third-person plural present passive indicative form of the first-conjugation verb assignare, meaning to assign, allocate, or designate. The typical translation is "they are assigned." It can appear in legal, administrative, or ecclesiastical texts where duties, offices, or properties are distributed among persons or groups. The form may also appear in legal directives where outputs or participants are specified by the passive voice.

The corresponding present passive subjunctive form is assignentur (they may be assigned; let them be assigned). The distinction between indicative and subjunctive is important in reading Latin statutes or liturgical prescriptions.

Etymology: assignantur derives from the verb assignare, built from the prefix ad- plus signare (to mark, designate), with signum as a related root meaning mark or sign. The sense is to mark out or allot to someone.

Related forms: assigno, assignare (to assign); assignatus (the past participle “assigned”). The noun assignatio (an assignment) and related legal terms are common in Latin scholarship and old legal Latin.

Usage notes: In medieval and ecclesiastical Latin, assignantur appears frequently in canonical rules, property dispositions, and administrative directives. In modern scholarly editions, it is treated as a straightforward passive verb form with regular morphology,typically translating as “they are assigned” in historical or legal contexts.