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

Related terms

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

 

Descendants

• Catalan: escrit
• French: écrit
• Italian: scritto
• Portuguese: escrito
• Romanian: script
• Spanish: escrito
• Venetian: scrito
• → English: script
• → Proto-West Germanic: *skrifti (see there for further descendants)

Participle

scrīptum

1. inflection of scrīptus:
   1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
   2. accusative masculine singular

Verb

scrīptum

1. supine accusative 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, 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