scriba

Italian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin scrība. Doublet of scrivano.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈskri.ba/
• Rhymes: -iba
• Hyphenation: scrì‧ba

Noun

scriba m (plural scribi)

1. (archaic) scribe, amanuensis
2. (derogatory) hack journalist
3. (historical) scribe, copyist

Related terms

• scrivano

Anagrams

• sbraci, scabri

Latin

Etymology

scrībō +‎ -a (agent noun)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈskriː.ba/, [ˈs̠kriːbä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈskri.ba/, [ˈskriːbä]

Noun

scrība m (genitive scrībae); first declension

1. writer, scribe, secretary, clerk

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	scrība	scrībae
Genitive	scrībae	scrībārum
Dative	scrībae	scrībīs
Accusative	scrībam	scrībās
Ablative	scrībā	scrībīs
Vocative	scrība	scrībae

Related terms

• scrībātus
• scrīnium
• scrīptilis
• scrīptiō
• scrīptiōnālis
• scrīptitō
• scrīptiuncula
• scrīptor
• scrīptōrium
• scrīptōrius
• scrīptula
• scrīptum
• scrīptūra
• scrīptūriō
• scrīptus

 

Descendants

• → Catalan: escriba
• Italian: scrivano
• → Italian: scriba
• → Occitan: escribe
• Old French: escrivain
  • French: écrivain
• → Old French: scribe
  • → English: scribe
  • French: scribe
• Old Occitan: escrivan
  • Catalan: escrivà
  • Occitan: escrivan
• Old Galician-Portuguese: escrivan
  • Galician: escribán
  • Portuguese: escrivão
• → Portuguese: escriba
• Spanish: escribano
• → Spanish: escriba

References

• “scriba”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “scriba”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• scriba in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• scriba in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• scriba in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• “scriba”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin