scriptĭo (noun F) : id.
* A writing (almost confined to Cic.). *
* In gen., the art of writing: quae (lippitudo) impediat scriptionem meam,Cic. Att. 10, 17, 2.
* In partic.
* A composing in writing, composition: nulla res tantum ad dicendum proficit, quantum scriptio,Cic. Brut. 24, 92: causam scriptione dignam,id. Fam. 9, 12, 2: instituta scriptio,id. de Or. 2, 1, 5: genus scriptionis,id. Inv. 1, 12, 17; cf. id. Or. 11, 37: ex scriptione interpretari,according to the letter, literally,id. Inv. 1, 38, 68. —Plur.: impulsi sumus ad philosophiae scriptiones,Cic. Tusc. 5, 41, 121 (also ap. Non. 174, 19).—*
* A note, bond: avarus fenerator spe lucri Rem scriptione duplicarat, Varr. ap. Non. 174, 17.