directorium

English

Etymology

From Latin dīrēctōrium (literally “guide”). Doublet of directory.

Noun

directorium (plural directoria)

1. (Christianity, historical) In the later Middle Ages, a Catholic liturgical guide for praying the Divine Office and Holy Mass.

Latin

Etymology

From dīrigō (“direct to a place, guide, steer”) +‎ -tōrium.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /diː.reːkˈtoː.ri.um/, [d̪iːreːkˈt̪oːriʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /di.rekˈto.ri.um/, [d̪irekˈt̪ɔːrium]

Noun

dīrēctōrium n (genitive dīrēctōriī or dīrēctōrī); second declension

1. transport route
2. guide

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	dīrēctōrium	dīrēctōria
Genitive	dīrēctōriī dīrēctōrī1	dīrēctōriōrum
Dative	dīrēctōriō	dīrēctōriīs
Accusative	dīrēctōrium	dīrēctōria
Ablative	dīrēctōriō	dīrēctōriīs
Vocative	dīrēctōrium	dīrēctōria

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

Related terms

• dīrēctē
• dīrēctus / dērēctus

Descendants

• → English: directorium
• → Middle English: directorie, dyrectorye
  • English: directory

References

• directorium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• Souter, Alexander (1949) “directorium”, in A Glossary of Later Latin to 600 A.D.‎^[1], 1st edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press, published 1957, page 106