abecedarius

English

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin abecedārius, from Late Latin.

Pronunciation

• 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

Etymology

From the first four letters of Latin's alphabet, ā bē cē dē, + -arius.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /a.be.keˈdaː.ri.us/, [äbɛkɛˈd̪äːriʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.be.t͡ʃeˈda.ri.us/, [äbet͡ʃeˈd̪äːrius]

Adjective

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

1. Of or pertaining to the alphabet—alphabetical, alphabetic.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

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

Noun

abecedārius m (genitive abecedāriī or abecedārī); second declension

1. One who learns the ABCs.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	abecedārius	abecedāriī
Genitive	abecedāriī abecedārī1	abecedāriōrum
Dative	abecedāriō	abecedāriīs
Accusative	abecedārium	abecedāriōs
Ablative	abecedāriō	abecedāriīs
Vocative	abecedārie	abecedāriī

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

References

• “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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• abecedarius in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016