Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 1711.scrīptor on page 1711
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scrīptor writer
scrīptor is a Latin Noun that primarily means writer.
Definitions for scrīptor
Wheelock's Latin
Noun
- 1
writer, author
English derivatives:
scriptorium
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Noun
- 1
One who writes (inscriptions). (b) one who takes down another's words, scribe, copyist.
- 2
One who draws up a document, law, or sim., the drafter.
- 3
A writer of literary works. (b) (w. gen. denoting the work written). (c) (w. gen. denoting subject-matter).
Sentences with scrīptor
Latin to English
Cedite Romani scriptores, cedite Grai! Nescio quid maius nascitur Iliade.Compare Give way, Roman writers, give way, Greeks! Something greater than the Ilias is being born. [On Vergil's Aeneid]
Nec quisquam aequalis tempus ille scriptor exsto, qui satis certus auctor sto.Compare Nor is there any writer contemporary with those times extant, on whom we may depend as a tolerably sure authority.
Declension table for scrīptor
Cactus2000
| Singular | Plural | |
| Nom. | scrīptor | scrīptōrēs |
| Gen. | scrīptōris | scrīptōrum |
| Dat. | scrīptōrī | scrīptōribus |
| Acc. | scrīptōrem | scrīptōrēs |
| Abl. | scrīptōre | scrīptōribus |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 51.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 1711.
- Word frequencies
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
Bibliography
Allen, Joseph H. Allen and Greenough's New Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges: Founded on Comparative Grammar. Edited by James B. Greenough, George L. Kittredge, Albert A. Howard, and Benjamin L. D'Ooge. Boston, MA: Ginn & Company, 1903.
Crystal, David. A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics. 6th ed. Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing, 2008.
Delatte, Louis, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard. Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language]. Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège (L.A.S.L.A.), 1981.
Diederich, Paul B. The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings. PhD diss., Columbia University, 1939.
Francese, Christopher. "Latin Core Vocabulary." Dickinson College Commentaries. Last modified 2014. http://dcc.dickinson.edu/latin-vocabulary-list.
Gildersleeve, Basil L., and Gonzales Lodge. Gildersleeve's Latin Grammar: Third Edition, Revised, and Enlarged. 3rd ed. London, England: Macmillan and Co., 1903.
Glare, Peter G.W. Oxford Latin Dictionary. Vols. 1-8. Oxford, England: Clarendon Press, 1982.
Krüger, Bernd. "Latin Conjugation Tables." Cactus2000. Accessed May 5, 2023. https://latin.cactus2000.de/index.en.php.
Pierson, Nick. "Sound of Text." Accessed October 26, 2019. https://soundoftext.com.
Wheelock, Frederick M. Wheelock's Latin. 6th ed. Revised by Richard A. LaFleur. New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005.
Wiktionary Contributors. "Victionarium." Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. Updated March 18, 2019. https://la.wiktionary.org/wiki/Victionarium:Pagina_prima.
Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "scrīptor, scrīptōris (n.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed November 21, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/scriptor-scriptoris.
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Wheelock's Latin
Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 51.scrīptor, scrīptōris on page 51
