abecedarium
See also: Abecedarium
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin abecedārium. Doublet of abecedary.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
abecedarium (plural abecedaria)
- A book used to teach the alphabet; alphabet book; primer.[1]
- An inscription consisting of the letters of an alphabet, almost always listed in order.
Synonyms edit
Translations edit
a book used to teach the alphabet — see primer
References edit
Latin edit
Etymology edit
Substantive from abecedārius (“alphabetical”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /a.be.keˈdaː.ri.um/, [äbɛkɛˈd̪äːriʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /a.be.t͡ʃeˈda.ri.um/, [äbet͡ʃeˈd̪äːrium]
Audio (modern italianate) (file)
Noun edit
abecedārium n (genitive abecedāriī or abecedārī); second declension
Declension edit
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).
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- → English: abecedary
- → French: abécédaire
- → Italian: abbecedario
- → Old Irish: apgitir
- → Portuguese: abecedário
- → Romanian: abecedar
- → Spanish: abecedario
- → Welsh: egwyddor, gwyddor
References edit
Professor Kidd, et al. Collins Gem Latin Dictionary. HarperCollins Publishers (Glasgow: 2004). →ISBN. page 1.