See scriptor on Wiktionary
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"lang": "Latin",
"lang_code": "la",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"word": "scrība"
},
{
"word": "scrībātus"
},
{
"word": "scrīnium"
},
{
"word": "scrīptilis"
},
{
"word": "scrīptiō"
},
{
"word": "scrīptiōnālis"
},
{
"word": "scrīptitō"
},
{
"word": "scrīptiuncula"
},
{
"word": "scrīptōrium"
},
{
"word": "scrīptōrius"
},
{
"word": "scrīptula"
},
{
"word": "scrīptum"
},
{
"word": "scrīptūra"
},
{
"word": "scrīptūriō"
},
{
"word": "scrīptus"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"writer, author"
],
"links": [
[
"writer",
"writer"
],
[
"author",
"author"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-3"
]
},
{
"glosses": [
"scribe"
],
"links": [
[
"scribe",
"scribe"
]
],
"tags": [
"declension-3"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "[ˈskriːp.tɔr]",
"tags": [
"Classical-Latin"
]
},
{
"ipa": "[ˈskrip.tor]",
"note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
}
],
"word": "scriptor"
}
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