scribent

Scribent is a Latin verb form. It is the third person plural in the future active indicative of the verb scribere, which means “to write.” In English-language texts, scribent appears only as part of Latin phrases or as a grammatical example, not as a standalone English word.

Etymology and morphology: Scribent comes from the verb stem scrib- combined with the standard third-conjugation future ending -ent. The full paradigm of scribere includes scribo, scribis, scribit, scribimus, scribitis, scribunt, with scribent marking “they will write.”

Usage and sense: Scribent is used in Latin to indicate an action that subjects plural will perform in the future. It is commonly found in classical and medieval Latin writings, as well as in grammars and pedagogical materials that illustrate verb conjugation. The tense distinction is important because it differs from the present tense scribunt (they write) and the perfect scriberunt (they wrote).

English-language relevance: There is no independent English meaning or usage for scribent beyond its appearance in Latin texts. Learners may encounter it when studying Latin verb conjugations or when translating sentences that predict future writing by multiple subjects.

See also: scribere, scribo, Latin verb conjugation, Latin grammar.