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scriptio

scriptio · f

a writing

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Where it lives

Quomodo Substantiae in Eo Quod Sint Bonae Sint Cum Non Sint Substantialia Bona 1 · 7.28/10k
De Spectaculis 1 · 1.57/10k
De Inventione 4 · 1.21/10k
Brutus 2 · 0.8/10k
Orator 1 · 0.54/10k
Epistulae. Selections. 1 · 0.22/10k
Tusculanae Disputationes 1 · 0.18/10k
De Oratore 1 · 0.17/10k
Letters to Atticus 2 · 0.16/10k
Letters 1 · 0.15/10k
Epistulae ad Familiares 1 · 0.09/10k
Noctes Atticae 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant

scriptĭo — Lewis & Short

scriptĭo, ōnis, f.id.,

I a writing (almost confined to Cic.). *

I In gen., the art of writing: quae (lippitudo) impediat scriptionem meam, Cic. Att. 10, 17, 2.—

II In partic.

A A composing in writing, composition: nulla res tantum ad dicendum proficit, quantum scriptio, Cic. Brut. 24, 92: causam scriptione dignam, id. Fam. 9, 12, 2: instituta scriptio, id. de Or. 2, 1, 5: genus scriptionis, id. Inv. 1, 12, 17; cf. id. Or. 11, 37: ex scriptione interpretari, according to the letter, literally, id. Inv. 1, 38, 68. —Plur.: impulsi sumus ad philosophiae scriptiones, Cic. Tusc. 5, 41, 121 (also ap. Non. 174, 19).—*

B A note, bond: avarus fenerator spe lucri Rem scriptione duplicarat, Varr. ap. Non. 174, 17.

In the wild

scriptiones Augustine, Epistulae. Selections. 24.4
scriptionis Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae pr.1.10
scriptione Cicero, De Inventione 1.18.p1
scriptio Cicero, Brutus 92
scriptio Pliny the Younger, Letters 2.3.2
scriptionis Cicero, De Oratore 2.5

6 of 17 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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