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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.
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