glossarium

Dutch

Etymology

From Latin glossārium, from glossa (“obsolete or foreign word that requires explanation”), from Ancient Greek γλῶσσα (glôssa, “tongue”).

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

glossarium n (plural glossaria, diminutive glossariumpje n)

1. glossary, list of words with their definitions and/or other annotations

Related terms

• glosse
• glosseren

Descendants

• → Indonesian: glosarium

---

Latin

Alternative forms

• gloss. (abbreviation)

Etymology

From glōssa (“obsolete or foreign word that requires explanation”), from Ancient Greek γλῶσσα (glôssa, “tongue”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ɡloːsˈsaː.ri.um/, [ɡɫ̪oːs̠ˈs̠äːriʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ɡlosˈsa.ri.um/, [ɡlosˈsäːrium]

Noun

glōssārium n (genitive glōssāriī or glōssārī); second declension

1. A vocabulary or glossary, notably of obsolete, antiquated or foreign words needing explanation.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	glōssārium	glōssāria
Genitive	glōssāriī glōssārī1	glōssāriōrum
Dative	glōssāriō	glōssāriīs
Accusative	glōssārium	glōssāria
Ablative	glōssāriō	glōssāriīs
Vocative	glōssārium	glōssāria

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Related terms

• glossa
• glossēma
• glossēmaticus

 

Descendants

• Catalan: glossari m
• Dutch: glossarium n
• English: glossary
• French: glossaire m
• Italian: glossario m
• Norman: glossaithe m
• Portuguese: glossário m
• Romansch: glossari m
• Serbo-Croatian: glòsār m, гло̀са̄р m
• Spanish: glosario m

References

• “glossarium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• glossarium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• glossarium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “glossarium”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• glossarium in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

---

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

glossarium n (definite singular glossariet, indefinite plural glossarier, definite plural glossaria or glossariene)

1. glossary

   Synonym: glossar

---

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

glossarium n (definite singular glossariet, indefinite plural glossarium, definite plural glossaria)

1. glossary

   Synonym: glossar