"scriba" meaning in Latin

See scriba in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈskriː.ba/ [Classical-Latin], [ˈs̠kriːbä] [Classical-Latin], /ˈskri.ba/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈskriːbä] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: scrībō + -a (agent noun) Etymology templates: {{af|la|scrībō|-a|id2=agent noun|pos2=agent noun}} scrībō + -a (agent noun) Head templates: {{la-noun|scrība<1>|g=m}} scrība m (genitive scrībae); first declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|scrība<1>}} Forms: scrība [canonical, masculine], scrībae [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], scrība [nominative, singular], scrībae [nominative, plural], scrībae [genitive, singular], scrībārum [genitive, plural], scrībae [dative, singular], scrībīs [dative, plural], scrībam [accusative, singular], scrībās [accusative, plural], scrībā [ablative, singular], scrībīs [ablative, plural], scrība [singular, vocative], scrībae [plural, vocative]
  1. writer, scribe, secretary, clerk Tags: declension-1 Categories (topical): Occupations
    Sense id: en-scriba-la-noun-n9vyffIP Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin masculine nouns in the first declension, Latin terms suffixed with -a (agent noun), Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Related terms: scrībātus, scrīnium, scrīptilis, scrīptiō, scrīptiōnālis, scrīptitō, scrīptiuncula, scrīptor, scrīptōrium, scrīptōrius, scrīptula, scrīptum, scrīptūra, scrīptūriō, scrīptus
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          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: escrivà",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: escrivà"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "escriba",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Catalan: escriba",
          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "text": "→ Catalan: escriba"
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          },
          "expansion": "Italian: scrivano",
          "name": "desc"
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      ],
      "text": "Italian: scrivano"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "scriba",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: scriba",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: scriba"
    },
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      ],
      "text": "Old French: escrivain"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
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          "args": {
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          "name": "desc"
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      ],
      "text": "French: écrivain"
    },
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            "2": "scribe",
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      "text": "→ Old French: scribe"
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            "2": "scribe",
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        }
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      "text": "→ English: scribe"
    },
    {
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        {
          "args": {
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            "2": "scribe"
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          "expansion": "Old Occitan: escrivan",
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      "text": "Old Occitan: escrivan"
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    },
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "escribán"
          },
          "expansion": "Galician: escribán",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Galician: escribán"
    },
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      "depth": 2,
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            "1": "pt",
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          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: escrivão",
          "name": "desc"
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      "text": "Portuguese: escrivão"
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            "2": "escriba",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: escriba",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: escriba"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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          },
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          "name": "desc"
        }
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      "text": "Spanish: escribano"
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "escriba",
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          },
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        }
      ],
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
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        "table-tags"
      ]
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      "source": "declension",
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        "inflection-template"
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      "form": "scrība",
      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "genitive",
        "plural"
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    {
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      "source": "declension",
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        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scrībam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "scrībās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scrībā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scrībīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scrība",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
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        "vocative"
      ]
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    }
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  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "scrība<1>"
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      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Occupations",
          "orig": "la:Occupations",
          "parents": [
            "People",
            "Work",
            "Human",
            "Human activity",
            "All topics",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "writer, scribe, secretary, clerk"
      ],
      "id": "en-scriba-la-noun-n9vyffIP",
      "links": [
        [
          "writer",
          "writer"
        ],
        [
          "scribe",
          "scribe"
        ],
        [
          "secretary",
          "secretary"
        ],
        [
          "clerk",
          "clerk"
        ]
      ],
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        {
          "word": "scrībātus"
        },
        {
          "word": "scrīnium"
        },
        {
          "word": "scrīptilis"
        },
        {
          "word": "scrīptiō"
        },
        {
          "word": "scrīptiōnālis"
        },
        {
          "word": "scrīptitō"
        },
        {
          "word": "scrīptiuncula"
        },
        {
          "word": "scrīptor"
        },
        {
          "word": "scrīptōrium"
        },
        {
          "word": "scrīptōrius"
        },
        {
          "word": "scrīptula"
        },
        {
          "word": "scrīptum"
        },
        {
          "word": "scrīptūra"
        },
        {
          "word": "scrīptūriō"
        },
        {
          "word": "scrīptus"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈskriː.ba/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈs̠kriːbä]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈskri.ba/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈskriːbä]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "scriba"
}
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
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          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: escrivà",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: escrivà"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "escriba",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Catalan: escriba",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Catalan: escriba"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "scrivano"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: scrivano",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: scrivano"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "scriba",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: scriba",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: scriba"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "oc",
            "2": "escribe",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Occitan: escribe",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Occitan: escribe"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
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            "1": "fro",
            "2": "escrivain"
          },
          "expansion": "Old French: escrivain",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old French: escrivain"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "écrivain"
          },
          "expansion": "French: écrivain",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "French: écrivain"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fro",
            "2": "scribe",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old French: scribe",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old French: scribe"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "scribe",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: scribe",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: scribe"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "scribe"
          },
          "expansion": "French: scribe",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "French: scribe"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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            "1": "pro",
            "2": "escrivan"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Occitan: escrivan",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Occitan: escrivan"
    },
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      "depth": 2,
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          "args": {
            "1": "oc",
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          "expansion": "Occitan: escrivan",
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            "2": "escribán"
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          "expansion": "Galician: escribán",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Galician: escribán"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "escrivão"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: escrivão",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: escrivão"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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            "2": "escriba",
            "bor": "1"
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: escriba"
    },
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      "depth": 1,
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            "2": "escribano"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: escribano",
          "name": "desc"
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      "text": "Spanish: escribano"
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    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "escriba",
            "bor": "1"
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          "name": "desc"
        }
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        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
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        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
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    {
      "form": "scrībārum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scrībae",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
        "singular"
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    },
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      "form": "scrībīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scrībam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scrībās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scrībā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scrībīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scrība",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "scrībae",
      "source": "declension",
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        "plural",
        "vocative"
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  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "scrībātus"
    },
    {
      "word": "scrīnium"
    },
    {
      "word": "scrīptilis"
    },
    {
      "word": "scrīptiō"
    },
    {
      "word": "scrīptiōnālis"
    },
    {
      "word": "scrīptitō"
    },
    {
      "word": "scrīptiuncula"
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    {
      "word": "scrīptor"
    },
    {
      "word": "scrīptōrium"
    },
    {
      "word": "scrīptōrius"
    },
    {
      "word": "scrīptula"
    },
    {
      "word": "scrīptum"
    },
    {
      "word": "scrīptūra"
    },
    {
      "word": "scrīptūriō"
    },
    {
      "word": "scrīptus"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin 2-syllable words",
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin first declension nouns",
        "Latin lemmas",
        "Latin masculine nouns",
        "Latin masculine nouns in the first declension",
        "Latin nouns",
        "Latin terms suffixed with -a (agent noun)",
        "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "la:Occupations"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "writer, scribe, secretary, clerk"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "writer",
          "writer"
        ],
        [
          "scribe",
          "scribe"
        ],
        [
          "secretary",
          "secretary"
        ],
        [
          "clerk",
          "clerk"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈskriː.ba/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈs̠kriːbä]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈskri.ba/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈskriːbä]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "scriba"
}

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