"Scribere" is Latin for "to write". It's third conjugation, not first (-are). "Calamus" is Latin for "reed" but it can also mean "pen": https://en.wikipedia

"Scribere" is Latin for "to write". It's third conjugation, not first (-are). "Calamus" is Latin for "reed" but it can also mean "pen": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalamos https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalamos . Pencils weren't invented until the 16th century. The modern Latin word for pencil is "plumbum" (lead): https://glosbe.com/la/en/calamus https://glosbe.com/la/en/calamus Fun fact: the word "pencil" is related to the word "penis". See http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=pencil http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=pencil