scribillo
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Latin
Etymology
Possibly a back-formation from cōnscrībillō, or else from scrībō (“I write”) + -illō (diminutive suffix).
Pronunciation
Verb
scrībillō (present infinitive scrībillāre, perfect active scrībillāvī, supine scrībillātum); first conjugation
- (New Latin) to scribble or write of trivial matters
- 1876, Léon Cahun, The Adventures of Captain Mago: Or a Phoenician Expedition, B. C. 1000 Ch. 1, para. 40, (morphology note: scribillatores is a transparent substantive form of scribillo):
- He has lived among women and scribblers until he had no more pluck in him than a garden-tortoise.
- 1914 translation by Arcadius Avellanus
- Hic enim vitam medio inter scribillatores mulierculasque degere sciens est usque adeo, ut animo virili haud plus testudine hortensi polleat.
- 1914 translation by Arcadius Avellanus
- He has lived among women and scribblers until he had no more pluck in him than a garden-tortoise.
Conjugation
Conjugation of scrībillō (first conjugation)
References
- scribillo in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016