LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinefourth declension

scrībātus

scrībātus m (genitive scrībātūs)
Classical[skriːˈbaː.tʊs]Ecclesiastical[skriˈbaː.tus]

Meaning

  1. the office of a scribe or secretary
  2. a clerkship, secretaryship

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativescrībātusscrībātūs
genitivescrībātūsscrībātuum
dativescrībātuīscrībātibus
accusativescrībātumscrībātūs
ablativescrībātūscrībātibus
vocativescrībātusscrībātūs

scrībātus, ūs, m. scriba,
I. the office of a scribe or secretary; a clerkship, secretaryship: ad scribatum nominatus, Cod. Just. 7, 62, 4; cf. 2. scriptus.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*(s)ker-?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*(s)kreybʰ-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*(s)kréybʰeti
  4. Proto-Italic*skreiβō
  5. Latinscrībātus

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂ Proto-Italic *-ā Latin -a Latin scrība Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus, -tūs Latin -ātus Latin scrībātus From scrība (“writer, scribe”) + -ātus.

Quick answers

What does scrībātus mean in Latin?
scrībātus, a noun, means “the office of a scribe or secretary; a clerkship, secretaryship”.
What is the genitive of scrībātus?
The genitive singular is scrībātūs. scrībātus is masculine, fourth declension.
How do you pronounce scrībātus?
In classical Latin, [skriːˈbaː.tʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [skriˈbaː.tus].
Where does scrībātus come from?
Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-? → Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreybʰ- → Proto-Indo-European *(s)kréybʰeti → Proto-Italic *skreiβō → Latin scrībātus.