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scriptor , ōris, m. scribo,
I.one who writes.
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).
(β). 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.
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