scriptio

Latin

Etymology

From scrībō (“I write”) +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈskriːp.ti.oː/, [ˈs̠kriːpt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈskrip.t͡si.o/, [ˈskript̪͡s̪io]

Noun

scrīptiō f (genitive scrīptiōnis); third declension

1. writing
2. composition

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	scrīptiō	scrīptiōnēs
genitive	scrīptiōnis	scrīptiōnum
dative	scrīptiōnī	scrīptiōnibus
accusative	scrīptiōnem	scrīptiōnēs
ablative	scrīptiōne	scrīptiōnibus
vocative	scrīptiō	scrīptiōnēs

Related terms

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

Descendants

• → Dutch: scriptie, skriptie (obsolete)
  • → Indonesian: skripsi

References

• “scriptio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “scriptio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• scriptio in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• scriptio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.