abecedarius
Contents
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from New Latin abecedārius, from Late Latin
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
abecedarius (plural abecedariuses or abecedarii)
- An acrostic poem in which the lines begin with the letters of the alphabet in sequence.[1]
- 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 .
References[edit]
Latin[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
abecedārius (feminine abecedāria, neuter abecedārium); first/second declension
- Of or pertaining to the alphabet—alphabetical, alphabetic.
- (substantive) One who learns the ABCs.
Inflection[edit]
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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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[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- English: abecedarius
- French: abécédaire
- Romanian: abecedar
References[edit]
- abecedarius in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- abecedarius in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- abecedarius in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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