scribo Latin · revision 746

+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈskriː.boː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈskriː.bo]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''scrībō''' (present infinitive scrībere, perfect active scrīpsī, supine scrīptum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|itc-pro|*skreif-e/o-|t=to carve]], [[inh|ine-pro|*skreybʰ-|t=to scratch, carve]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) The past participle took its long vowel from the present and perfect.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ Cognate with [[osc|scriftas|t=written]], [[xum|screhto|t=written]], [[lv|skrīpât|t=to scratch, scribble]] and [[non|hrífa|t=to scratch]].^(de Vaan 2008) The link with [[grc|σκαρῑφάομαι|tr=skarīpháomai|t=to scratch]] is unclear.^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It is attested from Naevius onwards.^(de Vaan 2008) In Plautus it means to [[m|en|write]] letters with a pen in a book.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The first sense was to scratch or trace lines, which survived in geometry and drawing.^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913) From this came writing letters and words, spelling, and putting things on record, such as inventories, wills and accounts.^(OLD 2012) In law it meant to draw up documents, laws and decrees, and in finance to write a promissory note.^(OLD 2012) It meant to enrol soldiers and colonists and to name someone heir in a will.^(OLD 2012)

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+ It also meant to compose literary works and to write letters, as in ''salutem scribere'' “to send greetings”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Among its compounds are ''[[describo]]'', ''[[inscribo]]'', ''[[praescribo]]'' and ''[[subscribo]]'', and the agent noun ''[[scriba]]'' gave [[en|scribe]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 235–200 BC – Naevius uses it.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of writing letters with a pen.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 234–149 BC – Cato uses it of instructions left in writing.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it for drawing a line and for enrolling soldiers.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * late 14th century – English borrows ''scriptum'' through French as [[en|script]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To draw, trace (lines, figures).^(OLD 2012)^(Georges 1913)

+ # To [[m|en|write]] (letters, words); to spell.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # To put in writing, record.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(finance)'' To write a [[m|en|promissory note]]; to enter in a ledger.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To enrol, [[m|en|enlist]] (soldiers, colonists).^(OLD 2012)

+ # To appoint (an heir) in a will.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To lay down in writing, prescribe; to draft (a law, a decree).^(OLD 2012)

+ # To compose (a literary work).^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # To write (a letter) to someone.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To describe in writing.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[ascrībō]]

+ * [[circumscrībō]]

+ * [[cōnscrībō]]

+ * [[contrāscrībō]]

+ * [[dēscrībō]]

+ * [[discrībō]]

+ * [[exscrībō]]

+ * [[īnscrībō]]

+ * [[inscriptus]]

+ * [[interscrībō]]

+ * [[perscrībō]]

+ * [[postscrībō]]

+ * [[scrība]]

+ * [[scrīptor]]

+ * [[scrīptūra]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[en|scribe]]

+ * [[en|script]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}