Dictionary formscriptura, scripturae(feminine)

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Translation

writing, composition; Scripture

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Grammar

Genderfeminine

Cases

Casesingularplural
Nominativethe subjectscripturascripturae
Vocativecalling someone: O ...scripturascripturae
Accusativethe direct object; after ad, in (into), perscripturamscripturas
Genitiveofscripturaescripturarum
Dativeto, forscripturaescripturis
Ablativeby, with, from; after a, ab, cum, de, e, ex, in (in), sinescripturascripturis

Examples

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Holy Scripture teaches the truth.

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We read these things in Scripture.

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He was reading holy Scripture.

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He did not understand the words of the Scripture.

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He died according to the scriptures.

Scriptura, scripturae, f., first declension, built on the supine stem of scribo. Classically it is neutral and rather dull: a piece of writing, the act of writing, the style of a composition, and in tax law the rent paid for grazing on public land.

This corpus is ecclesiastical, so it almost always means Scripture, usually with sacra or divina attached, and the plural scripturae covers the books collectively. Worth remembering that the capital letter is the translator's decision: Latin marks no such thing, and a medieval writer moves between "a text" and "the Text" without warning. English scripture, script, scribe, postscript and manuscript all come from the same verb, and Italian scrittura still carries the plain sense of writing that the church sense buried in English.

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This word is taught in chapter 9, lesson 2: scriptura, legatus, consto and 7 more words.