WRITING Copy link • WRITINGThe act, scriptio: scriptura: scribendi usus (habitual). Fond of writing, scribendi cupidus; ad scribendum promtus ac paratus; scribendi amore flagrans: a writing exercise, scribendi exercitatio, commentatio, meditatio: of or belonging to writing, scriptorius; graphiarius (Suet., containing materials for writing): writing materials, charta et atramentum (paper and ink), or charta (paper) only. The manner, scribendi genus, ratio (Cic.): scripturae genus (Nep.). [Vid: also, STYLE.] Anything written, scriptum (☞ not scriptio; and scriptura in this sense, is late). Plural. Writings, tabulae (public formal documents; with or without publicae).