amenuensisとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• enPR: ə-măn'yo͞o-ĕnʹsĭs
• ハイフネーション: amanu‧en‧sis

名詞

amanuensis (複数形 amanuenses)

1. One employed to take dictation, or copy manuscripts
2. A clerk, secretary or stenographer, or scribe.

For examples of the usage of this term see the citations page.

参照

• Gamble, Harry Y. “Amanuensis.” Anchor Bible Dictionary. Vol. 1. Ed. David Noel Freedman. New York: Doubleday, 1992.
• Longenecker, Richard N. “Ancient Amanuenses and the Pauline Epistles.” New Dimensions in New Testament Study. Eds. Richard N. Longenecker and Merrill C. Tenney. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1974. 281-97. idem, “On the Form, Function, and Authority of the New Testament Letters.” Scripture and Truth. Eds. D.A. Carson and John D. Woodbridge. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1983. 101-14.

Latin

語源

From ab + manus (“hand”).

名詞

āmanuēnsis (genitive āmanuēnsis); m, third declension

1. secretary, clerk

使用する際の注意点

Originally used for a slave at his master's personal service 'within hand reach', performing any command. Later, it was specifically applied to intimately trusted servants (also many freedmen) acting as a personal secretary.

Inflection

¹ May also be amanuensīs.

派生した語

• English: amanuensis