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Abecedarium

Abecedarium

See also: abecedarium

German

Alternative forms

  • ABCdarium
  • Abcdarium

Noun

Abecedarium n (genitive Abecedariums, plural Abecedarien)

  1. abecedarium

Declension

abecedarium

abecedarium

See also: Abecedarium

English

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.

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Translations

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.ũ]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /a.be.t͡ʃeˈda.ri.um/, [a.be.t͡ʃeˈdaː.ri.um]

Noun

abecedārium n (genitive abecedāriī); second declension

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

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative abecedārium abecedāria
genitive abecedāriī abecedāriōrum
dative abecedāriō abecedāriīs
accusative abecedārium abecedāria
ablative abecedāriō abecedāriīs
vocative abecedārium abecedāria

Related terms

Descendants

References

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