"scriptor" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: scriptors [plural]
Etymology: Latin scrīptor, to avoid the etymological link between author and authority. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|scrīptor}} Latin scrīptor, {{m|en|author}} author, {{m|en|authority}} authority Head templates: {{en-noun}} scriptor (plural scriptors)
  1. (literature) A writer, regarded as producing a work but not as providing its explanation (which is instead determined by the reader), according to the theories of Roland Barthes. Categories (topical): Literature
    Sense id: en-scriptor-en-noun-Nmn2Pk5g Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: literature, media, publishing

Noun [Latin]

IPA: /ˈskriːp.tor/ [Classical], [ˈs̠kriːpt̪ɔr] [Classical], /ˈskrip.tor/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈskript̪or] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From scrībō (“I write”) + -tor. Etymology templates: {{af|la|scrībō|-tor|t1=I write}} scrībō (“I write”) + -tor Head templates: {{la-noun|scrīptor<3>|f=scrīptrīx}} scrīptor m (genitive scrīptōris, feminine scrīptrīx); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|scrīptor<3>}} Forms: scrīptor [canonical, masculine], scrīptōris [genitive], scrīptrīx [feminine], no-table-tags [table-tags], scrīptor [nominative, singular], scrīptōrēs [nominative, plural], scrīptōris [genitive, singular], scrīptōrum [genitive, plural], scrīptōrī [dative, singular], scrīptōribus [dative, plural], scrīptōrem [accusative, singular], scrīptōrēs [accusative, plural], scrīptōre [ablative, singular], scrīptōribus [ablative, plural], scrīptor [singular, vocative], scrīptōrēs [plural, vocative]
  1. writer, author Tags: declension-3
    Sense id: en-scriptor-la-noun-rmE~Tota
  2. scribe Tags: declension-3
    Sense id: en-scriptor-la-noun-~7MB4opl Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin masculine nouns in the third declension, Latin terms suffixed with -tor Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 10 90 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the third declension: 31 69 Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -tor: 13 87
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: scrīptrīx
Related terms: scrība, scrībātus, scrīnium, scrīptilis, scrīptitō, scrīptiuncula, scrīptiō, scrīptiōnālis, scrīptula, scrīptum, scrīptus, scrīptōrium, scrīptōrius, scrīptūra, scrīptūriō

Inflected forms

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    },
    {
      "form": "scrīptōrēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "scrīptor<3>",
        "f": "scrīptrīx"
      },
      "expansion": "scrīptor m (genitive scrīptōris, feminine scrīptrīx); third declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "scrīptor<3>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "scrība"
    },
    {
      "word": "scrībātus"
    },
    {
      "word": "scrīnium"
    },
    {
      "word": "scrīptilis"
    },
    {
      "word": "scrīptitō"
    },
    {
      "word": "scrīptiuncula"
    },
    {
      "word": "scrīptiō"
    },
    {
      "word": "scrīptiōnālis"
    },
    {
      "word": "scrīptula"
    },
    {
      "word": "scrīptum"
    },
    {
      "word": "scrīptus"
    },
    {
      "word": "scrīptōrium"
    },
    {
      "word": "scrīptōrius"
    },
    {
      "word": "scrīptūra"
    },
    {
      "word": "scrīptūriō"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "writer, author"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "writer",
          "writer"
        ],
        [
          "author",
          "author"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "scribe"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "scribe",
          "scribe"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈskriːp.tor/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈs̠kriːpt̪ɔr]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈskrip.tor/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈskript̪or]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "scriptor"
}

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