compendium

English

Etymology

From the Latin compendium (“that which is weighed together”; “a sparing”, “a saving”, “an abbreviation”), from com- (“with”) + pendō (“I weigh”).

Noun

Wikipedia compendium (plural compendiums or compendia)

1. A short, complete summary; an abstract.
2. A list or collection of various items.
   • 2008, Caroline Murphy, Murder of a Medici Princess (page 157)

     It was this last variety which formed the backbone of the first published Italian compendium of games, Innocenzo Ringhieri's One Hundred Games of Liberality and Ingenuity of 1551, dedicated to Cathérine de' Medici.

Related terms

• compendious

Translations

short, complete summary

• Bulgarian: резюме (bg) (rezjume) n, конспект (bg) (konspekt) m
• Catalan: compendi (ca) m
• Finnish: tiivistelmä (fi)
• French: recueil (fr) m, compendium (fr) m

• Greek: επιτομή (el) (epitomí) f, σύνοψη (el) (sýnopsi) f
• Romanian: compendiu (ro)
• Spanish: compendio (es) m

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French

Etymology

From Latin compendium

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kɔ̃.pɛ̃.djɔm/

Noun

compendium m (plural compendiums)

1. compendium, abstract.

   Un compendium de logique, de philosophie.

2. vitrine showing didactic material.

   L’ameublement de l’École traditionnelle est […] celui d’un auditorium scriptorium : chaire surélevée, unique tableau à l’usage exclusif de l’exposé magistral […], bancs pupitres pour enfants assis écrivant ou lisant […] meuble bibliothèque et compendium scientifique soigneusement fermés, à l’abri de la poussière et des mains indiscrètes. (Célestin Freinet, L’École moderne française, 1946)

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Latin

Etymology

Literally that which is weighed together

Noun

compendium (genitive compendiī); n, second declension

1. saving; profit or gain, especially made by saving
2. shortening, abbreviating; abridgement

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	compendium	compendia
genitive	compendiī	compendiōrum
dative	compendiō	compendiīs
accusative	compendium	compendia
ablative	compendiō	compendiīs
vocative	compendium	compendia

Descendants

• French: compendium
• German: Kompendium
• Spanish: compendio