abecedarium

See also: Abecedarium

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin abecedārium.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌeɪ.biˌsiˈdæɹ.i.əm/

Noun

abecedarium (plural abecedaria)

1. A book used to teach the alphabet; alphabet book; primer.
2. An inscription consisting of the letters of an alphabet, almost always listed in order.

Synonyms

• abecedary

Translations

a book used to teach the alphabet — see primer

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Latin

Etymology

Substantive from abecedārius (“alphabetical”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /a.be.keˈdaː.ri.um/, [a.bɛ.kɛˈdaː.ri.ũ]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.be.t͡ʃeˈda.ri.um/, [a.be.t͡ʃeˈdaː.ri.um]

• Audio (Ecclesiastical)

  (file)

Noun

abecedārium n (genitive abecedāriī); second declension

1. alphabet, ABCs
2. accusative singular of abecedārium
3. vocative singular of abecedārium

Inflection

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	abecedārium	abecedāria
genitive	abecedāriī	abecedāriōrum
dative	abecedāriō	abecedāriīs
accusative	abecedārium	abecedāria
ablative	abecedāriō	abecedāriīs
vocative	abecedārium	abecedāria

Related terms

• abecedāria
• abecedārius

Descendants

• English: abecedarian
• Irish: aibghitir, aibítir, aibidil
• Portuguese: abecedário
• Welsh: egwyddor, gwyddor

References

Professor Kidd, et al. Collins Gem Latin Dictionary. HarperCollins Publishers (Glasgow: 2004). →ISBN. page 1.