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Latin
Etymology
Perfect passive participle of scrībō (“to write”).
Participle
scrīptus (feminine scrīpta, neuter scrīptum); first/second-declension participle
- written, having been written.
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Descendants
References
- “scriptus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “scriptus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- scriptus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- a carefully written book: liber accurate, diligenter scriptus
- the terms, contents of the letter are as follows: litterae in hanc sententiam or his verbis scriptae sunt
- (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