dictionarium

Latin

Etymology

Renaissance Latin, from noun of action dictiō (“speaking”) +‎ -ārium, from dīcō (“say, speak”). The word dictiōnārium first occurred in 1481.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /dik.ti.oːˈnaː.ri.um/, [dɪk.ti.oːˈnaː.ri.ũ]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /dik.t͡si.oˈna.ri.um/, [dik.t͡si.oˈnaː.ri.um]

Noun

dictiōnārium n (genitive dictiōnāriī); second declension

1. dictionary

Usage notes

Used especially in book titles, normally with adjective like Dictionarium museologicum or Dictionarium Latino Lusitanicum.

Inflection

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	dictiōnārium	dictiōnāria
genitive	dictiōnāriī	dictiōnāriōrum
dative	dictiōnāriō	dictiōnāriīs
accusative	dictiōnārium	dictiōnāria
ablative	dictiōnāriō	dictiōnāriīs
vocative	dictiōnārium	dictiōnāria

Descendants

• Asturian: diccionariu
• Catalan: diccionari
• Corsican: dizziunariu
• English: dictionary
• Franco-Provençal: diccionèro
• French: dictionnaire
• Galician: dicionario
• German: Diktionär
• Haitian Creole: diksyonè
• Italian: dizionario
• Maltese: dizzjunarju

• Neapolitan: dezziunario
• Norman: dictionnaithe
• Occitan: diccionari
• Portuguese: dicionário
• Romanian: dicționar
• Romansch: dicziunari
• Sardinian: dizionariu
• Scots: dictionar
• Sicilian: dizziunariu
• Spanish: diccionario

References

• “dictionarium” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)
• dictionarium in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016