SECRETARY Copy link • SECRETARYscriba: qui est alicui a manu or ab epistolis [Vid: SCRIBE]: *secretarius (as modern technical term). A prince’s private secretary, quem princeps ad manum habet scribae loco (Vid: Nep., Eum., 1, 5); scriba principis or regis (Plin., 12, 14, 32). A sort of cabinet, armarium