For the Wiktionary thesaurus, see Wiktionary:Wikisaurus

German

Noun

Thesaurus m ‎(genitive Thesaurus, plural Thesauri or Thesauren)

1. thesaurus

For the Wiktionary thesaurus, see Wiktionary:Wikisaurus

English

Noun

thesaurus ‎(plural thesauri or thesauruses)

1. A publication, usually in the form of a book, that provides synonyms (and sometimes antonyms) 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.‎

2. (archaic) A dictionary or encyclopedia.
3. (information science) A hierarchy of subject headings — canonic titles of themes and topics, the titles serving as search keys.

Synonyms

• synonymicon

Derived terms

• thesaural

Translations

See also

• ontology
• Wiktionary's thesaurus (Wikisaurus)
• Appendix:Roget's thesaurus classification

Latin

Alternative forms

• thensaurus

Etymology

From Ancient Greek θησαυρός ‎(thēsaurós, “storehouse, treasure”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /tʰeːˈsau̯.rus/, [tʰeːˈsau̯.rʊs]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /teˈsau̯.rus/, [teˈsau̯ː.rus]

Noun

thēsaurus m ‎(genitive thēsaurī); second declension

1. treasure, hoard
   • 405, Jerome and others, Vulgate, Daniel 1:2

     […] et vasa intulit in domum thesauri dei sui

     " […] and he brought the vessels into the treasure house of his god."

2. a dear friend, loved one
3. a vault for treasure
4. chest, strongbox
5. repository, collection

Inflection

Second declension.

Derived terms

• thēsaurārius
• thēsaurensis
• thēsaurizātor
• thēsaurizō

Descendants

References

• 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, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “thesaurus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: 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

Noun

thesaurus m (plural thesauri or thesaurus)

1. thesaurus (dictionary of synonyms)

Synonyms

• dicionário de sinônimos, tesauro