abecedarium

See also: Abecedarium

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Egyptian 𓃾 (kꜣ)der.

Phoenician 𐤀 (ʾ)bor.

Ancient Greek Α (A)bor.

Etruscan 𐌀 (a)influ.

Latin A

Latin ā

Latin bē

Latin cē

Latin dē

blend

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.

Proto-Italic *-āzijos

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -ārius

Latin abecedārius

Latin abecedāriumbor.

English abecedarium

Borrowed from Latin abecedārium. Doublet of abecedary.

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (Southern England):

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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

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Egyptian 𓃾 (kꜣ)der.

Phoenician 𐤀 (ʾ)bor.

Ancient Greek Α (A)bor.

Etruscan 𐌀 (a)influ.

Latin A

Latin ā

Latin bē

Latin cē

Latin dē

blend

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.

Proto-Italic *-āzijos

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -ārius

Latin abecedārius

Latin abecedarium

Substantive from abecedārius (“alphabetical”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [a.bɛ.kɛˈdaː.ri.ũː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [a.be.t͡ʃeˈdaː.ri.um]

Noun

abecedārium n (genitive abecedāriī or abecedārī); second declension

1. alphabet, ABCs

   Synonym: (Grecism) alphabētum

2. accusative singular of abecedārium
3. vocative singular of abecedārium

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	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

• abecedāria
• abecedārius

Descendants

• → English: abecedary
• → French: abécédaire
• → Italian: abbecedario
• → Old Irish: apgitir
  • Middle Irish: aibgitir
    • Irish: aibítir
• → Portuguese: abecedário
• → Romanian: abecedar
• → Spanish: abecedario
• → Welsh: egwyddor, gwyddor

References

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