scriptor — Lewis & Short
scriptor, ōris, m.scribo,
I one who writes.
I In gen. (acc. to scribo, I.), a writer, scribe, secretary (syn. librarius;
very rare): addebat etiam, scriptores illos male multatos exisse cum Galbā,Cic. Brut. 22, 88; cf.:
scriptor librarius,Hor. A. P. 354:
ex ejus (Crassi) scriptore et lectore Diphilo suspicari liceret,Cic. de Or. 1, 30, 136:
(Seneca) advocatis scriptoribus pleraque tradidit, quae, etc.,Tac. A. 15, 63 fin.; Vulg. Ezech. 9, 2.—
II In partic. (acc. to scribo, II.).
A One that composes in writing; a writer, composer, author, reporter, narrator, etc. (the ruling signif. of the word; syn. auctor).
(a) With gen.:
omnium bonarum artium scriptores atque doctores et legendi et pervolutandi,Cic. de Or. 1, 34, 158:
artis,id. ib. 1, 20, 91; id. Inv. 2, 2, 6; Quint. 9, 4, 96:
artium,id. 7, 7, 1; 7, 7, 8, prooem. § 3:
quam multos scriptores rerum suarum magnus ille Alexander secum habuisse dicitur,Cic. Arch. 10, 24; so,
rerum scriptor,an historian, Liv. 21, 1;
for which: historiarum,Juv. 7, 99; Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 36:
temporum, Treb. Poll. Trig. Tyr. 18: carminum,Quint. 1, 5, 11:
tragoediarum,id. 1, 5, 21; 10, 1, 97:
veteris comoediae,id. 10, 1, 9:
iamborum,id. 10, 1, 9; 10, 1, 59:
mimorum,id. 1, 10, 17:
Satyrorum,Hor. A. P. 235:
Trojani belli,id. Ep. 1, 2, 1 et saep.:
tuarum rerum domesticos habes et scriptores et nuntios,reporters, Cic. Fam. 2, 4, 1.—
(b) Absol.:
omne genus scriptorum,Quint. 1, 4, 4:
vetustissimus ille scriptor ac politissimus Lysias,Cic. Or. 9, 29;
so of the same,id. Brut. 9, 35:
quia provenere ibi (sc. Athenis) scriptorum magna ingenia, etc.,Sall. C. 8, 3: utriusque linguae, in Latin and Greek, Gell. praef. § 4; so of an historian: in tantā scriptorum turbā, Liv. praef. § 2 sq.; Mart. 3, 20, 4 al.; Quint. 3, 4, 1:
fere scriptores carmine foedo Splendida facta linunt,Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 236;
so of poets,id. ib. 2, 1, 62:
scriptorum chorus,id. ib. 2, 2, 77:
nobilium scriptorum auditor,id. ib. 1, 19, 39; id. A. P. 120; 136; Phaedr. 5, 1, 17 al.—
B Publicists' and jurid. t. t. (acc. to scribo, II. B.), a drawer up, compiler, draughter of any thing.
1 Legum (Numa), Cic. Rep. 5, 2, 3:
legis,id. Inv. 2, 47, 139.—
2 Alieni testamenti, Suet. Ner. 17.—Absol., Quint. 7, 2, 53; 7, 6, 11.