scriptus

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of scrībō (to write).

Participle

scrīptus (feminine scrīpta, neuter scrīptum); first/second-declension participle

  1. written, having been written.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative scrīptus scrīpta scrīptum scrīptī scrīptae scrīpta
Genitive scrīptī scrīptae scrīptī scrīptōrum scrīptārum scrīptōrum
Dative scrīptō scrīptō scrīptīs
Accusative scrīptum scrīptam scrīptum scrīptōs scrīptās scrīpta
Ablative scrīptō scrīptā scrīptō scrīptīs
Vocative scrīpte scrīpta scrīptum scrīptī scrīptae scrīpta

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