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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Rhetorica ad Herennium|origins=ine-pro *skreybʰ-}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈskriːp.tũː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈskrip.tum]^(Wiktionary)
+ 
+ ==Forms==
+ '''scrīptum''' ''n'' (genitive scrīptī); second declension^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is the neuter of [[scrīptus]], perfect participle of [[scrībō]] “to write”, used as a noun.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline) De Vaan traces ⟨scrībō⟩ to [[itc-pro|*skreif-e/o-|t=to carve]], from [[ine-pro|*skreybʰ-|t=to carve]].^(de Vaan 2008)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's earliest citations are from the ''Rhetorica ad Herennium'', of the letter of a law and of literary works.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates it 86/82 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It was a writing, inscription; the written text as against speech, as in Cicero; the letter of a law or document as against its intent; and a written work, usually plural.^(OLD 2012) ''Duodecim scrīpta'' “the twelve lines” was a board game.^(Gaffiot 2016)
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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it was a publication, writing, document.^(Stelten 1995) Medieval Latin used the plural for a letter, and the word for a charter.^(Niermeyer 1976) Old French ''escrit'' and Latin ''scrīptum'' gave [[en|script]] in the late 14th century, “a written document”.^(Etymonline) Köbler traces Germanic ⟨*skrifti⟩ “writing”, Old Norse ''skript'', to it.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 86/82 BC – the ''Rhetorica ad Herennium'' uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of a written speech.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * late 14th century – English ''script'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
+ 
+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Noun===
+ # A writing, [[m|en|inscription]].^(OLD 2012)
+ # A written text, [[m|en|script]]; the letter of a law.^(OLD 2012)
+ # A written work.^(OLD 2012)
+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A letter; a [[m|en|charter]].^(Niermeyer 1976)
+ 
+ ==Word family==
+ * [[scriptulum]]
+ 
+ ==Related words==
+ * [[scrībō]]
+ * [[scrīptūra]]
+ * [[en|script]]
+ 
+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}