author

• artifex – artisan, artist, author, maker
• auctor – author, originator
• scriptor – author, scribe, writer
• Post mortem auctoris (p.m.a.) – after the author's death
• qualis artifex pereo – As what kind of artist do I perish?
• terminat hora diem; terminat auctor opus. – The hour finishes the day; the author finishes his work.