scriptum

Latin

Etymology

Perfect participle of scrībō (“write”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈskriːp.tum/, [ˈs̠kriːpt̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈskrip.tum/, [ˈskript̪um]

Noun

scrīptum n (genitive scrīptī); second declension

1. text; anything written, writing

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	scrīptum	scrīpta
Genitive	scrīptī	scrīptōrum
Dative	scrīptō	scrīptīs
Accusative	scrīptum	scrīpta
Ablative	scrīptō	scrīptīs
Vocative	scrīptum	scrīpta

Synonyms

• scrīptiō

Descendants

• Catalan: escrit
• English: script, shrift
• French: écrit
• Italian: scritto
• Middle High German: schrift
  • German: Schrift
• Occitan: escrit
• Portuguese: escrito
• Spanish: escrito
• Venetian: scrito

Related terms

• scrība
• scrībātus
• scrīnium
• scrīptilis
• scrīptitō
• scrīptiuncula
• scrīptiō
• scrīptiōnālis
• scrīptor
• scrīptula
• scrīptus
• scrīptōrium
• scrīptōrius
• scrīptūra
• scrīptūriō

 

Participle

(deprecated template usage) scrīptum

1. nominative neuter singular of scrīptus
2. accusative masculine singular of scrīptus
3. accusative neuter singular of scrīptus
4. vocative neuter singular of scrīptus

Verb

(deprecated template usage) scrīptum

1. accusative supine of scrībō

Related terms

terms related to scrīptum

• scrība
• scrībātus
• scrībō
• scrīnium

• scrīptilis
• scrīptiō
• scrīptiōnālis
• scrīptitō

• scrīptiuncula
• scrīptor
• scrīptōrium
• scrīptōrius

• scrīptula
• scrīptūra
• scrīptūriō
• scrīptus

References

• “scriptum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “scriptum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• scriptum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) from memory; by heart: ex memoria (opp. de scripto)
    
  • (ambiguous) we read in history: apud rerum scriptores scriptum videmus, scriptum est
    
  • (ambiguous) to read a speech: de scripto orationem habere, dicere (opp. sine scripto, ex memoria)
    
  • (ambiguous) to hold by the letter (of the law): verba ac litteras or scriptum (legis) sequi (opp. sententia the spirit)
    
  • (ambiguous) we read in Plato: apud Platonem scriptum videmus, scriptum est or simply est
    
  • (ambiguous) in Plato's 'Phaedo' we read: in Platonis Phaedone scriptum est
    
  • (ambiguous) a man's soul breathes through his writings: alicuius mens in scriptis spirat
    
  • (ambiguous) full of orthographical errors: mendose scriptum
    
  • (ambiguous) a letter to Atticus: epistula ad Atticum data, scripta, missa or quae ad A. scripta est
    
  • (ambiguous) the law says..: in lege scriptum est, or simply est