thesaurus
English edit
Etymology edit
16th century, from Latin thēsaurus, from Ancient Greek θησαυρός (thēsaurós, “storehouse, treasure”); its current English usage/meaning was established soon after the publication of Peter Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases in 1852. Doublet of treasure.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
thesaurus (plural thesauri or thesauruses)
- A publication, traditionally in the form of a printed book and now often online, that provides synonyms (and sometimes antonyms and other semantic relations) for the words of a given language.
- "Roget" is the leading brand name for a print English thesaurus that lists words under general concepts rather than just close synonyms.
- (archaic) A dictionary or encyclopedia.
- (information science) A hierarchy of subject headings: canonical titles of themes and topics, the titles serving as search keys.
- Coordinate terms: catalogue, controlled vocabulary, index
Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
book of synonyms
information science: hierarchy of titles
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See also edit
- ontology
- Wiktionary's thesaurus
- Appendix:Roget's thesaurus classification
- Appendix:Roget MICRA thesaurus
- Appendix:Moby Thesaurus II
Further reading edit
- “thesaurus”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “thesaurus”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- OneLook Thesaurus in OneLook, 2023
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek θησαυρός (thēsaurós, “storehouse, treasure”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /tʰeːˈsau̯.rus/, [t̪ʰeːˈs̠äu̯rʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /teˈsau̯.rus/, [t̪eˈs̬äːu̯rus]
Noun edit
thēsaurus m (genitive thēsaurī); second declension
- treasure, hoard
- Late 4th century, Jerome [et al.], transl., edited by Roger Gryson, Biblia Sacra: Iuxta Vulgatam Versionem (Vulgate), 5th edition, Stuttgart: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, published 2007, →ISBN, Danihelis 1:2:
- […] et vasa intulit in domum thesauri dei sui
- " […] and he brought the vessels into the treasure house of his god."
- a dear friend, loved one
- a vault for treasure
- chest, strongbox
- repository, collection
Declension edit
Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | thēsaurus | thēsaurī |
Genitive | thēsaurī | thēsaurōrum |
Dative | thēsaurō | thēsaurīs |
Accusative | thēsaurum | thēsaurōs |
Ablative | thēsaurō | thēsaurīs |
Vocative | thēsaure | thēsaurī |
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Descendants edit
References edit
- “thesaurus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “thesaurus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- thesaurus 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)
- thesaurus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “thesaurus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “thesaurus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
thesaurus m (plural thesauri or thesaurus)
- thesaurus (dictionary of synonyms)
- Synonyms: tesauro, (Portugal) dicionário de sinónimos, (Brazil) dicionário de sinônimos