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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Terence|origins=ine-pro *skreybʰ-}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [skriːpˈtuː.ra], [skriːpˈtuː.raː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [skripˈtuː.ra], [skripˈtuː.ra]^(Wiktionary)
+ 
+ ==Forms==
+ '''scrīptūra''' ''f'' (genitive scrīptūrae); first declension^(Wiktionary)
+ 
+ ==Etymology==
+ It is [[af|la|scrībō|-ūra|t1=to write]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan reconstructs ⟨scrībō⟩ as [[itc-pro|*skreif-e/o-|t=to carve]], perhaps [[ine-pro|*skreybʰ-|t=to carve]], with Oscan ⟨scriftas⟩ and Umbrian ⟨screhto⟩ “written” as cognates.^(de Vaan 2008)
+ 
+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's earliest citations are Terence, of composing a literary work, and the ''Rhetorica ad Herennium'', of writing.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Terence 190–159 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
+ 
+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant the forming of letters, writing; the written words of a text, as in Suetonius; expression in writing rather than speech, as in Cicero; and the composing of a literary work, as in Terence.^(OLD 2012) It was also a tax, especially the due paid for grazing on public land, whose collector was the ''magister scrīptūrae''.^(OLD 2012)
+ 
+ In Christian Latin ''scrīptūra'' (''sacra'', ''dīvīna'') was Holy Scripture, and Medieval Latin also used it for written law and a charter.^(Stelten 1995)^(Niermeyer 1976) English ''scripture'' (early 14th century) is from it, and it survives as French ''écriture'', Italian ''scrittura'' and Spanish ''escritura''.^(Etymonline)^(Wiktionary)
+ 
+ ==Timeline==
+ * 190–159 BC – Terence uses it of literary composition.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 86/82 BC – The ''Rhetorica ad Herennium'' uses it of writing.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * early 14th century – English ''scripture'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
+ 
+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Noun===
+ # [[m|en|writing|alt=Writing]], the forming of letters.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)
+ # The [[m|en|text]] of a writing.^(OLD 2012)
+ # Expression in writing; literary [[m|en|composition]].^(OLD 2012)
+ # A grazing [[m|en|tax]] on public land.^(OLD 2012)
+ # ''(Ecclesiastical Latin)'' Holy [[m|en|scripture|alt=Scripture]].^(Stelten 1995)^(Niermeyer 1976)
+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' Written law; a [[m|en|charter]].^(Niermeyer 1976)
+ 
+ ==Word family==
+ * [[scriptūrārius]]
+ 
+ ==Related words==
+ * [[scrība]]
+ * [[scrībātus]]
+ * [[scrībō]]
+ * [[scrīnium]]
+ * [[scrīptilis]]
+ * [[scrīptiō]]
+ * [[scrīptiōnālis]]
+ * [[scrīptitō]]
+ * [[scrīptiuncula]]
+ * [[scrīptor]]
+ * [[scrīptum]]
+ * [[en|scripture]]
+ 
+ ==Usage notes==
+ Lewis & Short note that Cicero uses ''scrīptiō'' rather than ''scrīptūra'' for the act of writing.^(Lewis & Short 1879)
+ 
+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}