compendium

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[edit] Etymology

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

[edit] Noun

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Wikipedia compendium (plural compendiums or compendia)

  1. A short, complete summary; an abstract.
  2. A list or collection of various items.

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[edit] Etymology

From Latin compendium

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  • IPA: /kɔ̃.pɛ̃.djɔm/

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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)

[edit] Latin

[edit] Etymology

Literally that which is weighed together

[edit] Noun

compendium (genitive compendiī); n, second declension

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

[edit] Inflection

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