abecedarius

English

Etymology

Borrowing from New Latin abecedārius, from Late Latin

Pronunciation

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

Noun

abecedarius (plural abecedariuses or abecedarii)

1. An acrostic poem in which the lines begin with the letters of the alphabet in sequence.
   • 1995, Cathie Hilterbran Cooper, ABC Books and Activities, page 15:

     Michele Clise has adapted the Shaker abecedarius, changed a few words, and used black, white, and gray sketches for illustrations to create her alphabet .

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /a.be.keˈdaː.ri.us/, [a.bɛ.kɛˈdaː.ri.ʊs]

Adjective

abecedārius (feminine abecedāria, neuter abecedārium); first/second declension

1. Of or pertaining to the alphabet—alphabetical, alphabetic.
2. (substantive) One who learns the ABCs.

Inflection

First/second declension.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
nominative	abecedārius	abecedāria	abecedārium		abecedāriī	abecedāriae	abecedāria
genitive	abecedāriī	abecedāriae	abecedāriī		abecedāriōrum	abecedāriārum	abecedāriōrum
dative	abecedāriō		abecedāriō		abecedāriīs
accusative	abecedārium	abecedāriam	abecedārium		abecedāriōs	abecedāriās	abecedāria
ablative	abecedāriō	abecedāriā	abecedāriō		abecedāriīs
vocative	abecedārie	abecedāria	abecedārium		abecedāriī	abecedāriae	abecedāria

Derived terms

• abecedāria
• abecedārium

Descendants

• English: abecedarius
• French: abécédaire
• Romanian: abecedar

References

• abecedarius in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• du Cange, Charles (1883), “abecedarius”, in G. A. Louis Henschel, Pierre Carpentier, Léopold Favre, editors, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (in Latin), Niort: L. Favre
• abecedarius in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016