abecedarium

See also: Abecedarium

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin abecedārium.

Pronunciation
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˌeɪ.biˌsiˈdæɹ.i.əm/

Noun

abecedarium (plural abecedaria)

  1. A book used to teach the alphabet; alphabet book; primer.[1]
  2. An inscription consisting of the letters of an alphabet, almost always listed in order.

Synonyms

Translations
a book used to teach the alphabet — see primer

References
  1. Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], ISBN 0-87779-101-5), page 2

Latin

Etymology

Substantive from abecedārius (“alphabetical”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /a.be.keˈdaː.ri.um/, [a.bɛ.kɛˈdaː.ri.ũː]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /a.be.t͡ʃeˈda.ri.um/, [a.be.t͡ʃeˈdaː.ri.um]
  • Audio (Ecclesiastical)(file)

Noun

abecedārium n (genitive abecedāriī or abecedārī); second declension

  1. alphabet, ABCs
  2. accusative singular of abecedārium
  3. vocative singular of abecedārium

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative abecedārium abecedāria
Genitive abecedāriī
abecedārī1		 abecedāriōrum
Dative abecedāriō abecedāriīs
Accusative abecedārium abecedāria
Ablative abecedāriō abecedāriīs
Vocative abecedārium abecedāria

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants

References

Professor Kidd, et al. Collins Gem Latin Dictionary. HarperCollins Publishers (Glasgow: 2004). ISBN 0-00-470763-X. page 1.

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