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 Latin) IPA^(key): /dik.ti.oːˈnaː.ri.um/, [d̪ɪkt̪ioːˈnäːriʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /dik.t͡si.oˈna.ri.um/, [d̪ikt̪͡s̪ioˈnäːrium]

Noun

dictiōnārium n (genitive dictiōnāriī or dictiōnārī); second declension

1. dictionary

Usage notes

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

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	dictiōnārium	dictiōnāria
Genitive	dictiōnāriī dictiōnārī1	dictiōnāriōrum
Dative	dictiōnāriō	dictiōnāriīs
Accusative	dictiōnārium	dictiōnāria
Ablative	dictiōnāriō	dictiōnāriīs
Vocative	dictiōnārium	dictiōnāria

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

Descendants

• → Asturian: diccionariu
• → Bourguignon: diccionâre
• → Catalan: diccionari
• → Corsican: dizziunariu
• → English: dictionary
• → Franco-Provençal: diccionèro
• → Galician: dicionario
• → German: Diktionär
• → Italian: dizionario
• → Middle French: dictionnaire
  • French: dictionnaire
    • Haitian Creole: diksyonè
    • Louisiana Creole: diksyonær, diksyonè, diksyonèr
    • → Dutch: dictionaire
    • → German: Diktionär
    • → Franco-Provençal: diccionèro
    • → Romanian: dicționar
    • → Turkish: diksiyoner
• → Neapolitan: dezziunario
• → Norman: dictionnaithe (Jersey)
• → Occitan: diccionari
• → Portuguese: dicionário
• → Romanian: dicționar
• → Romansch: dicziunari
• → Sardinian: dizionariu
• → Scots: dictionar
• → Sicilian: dizziunariu
  • → Maltese: dizzjunarju
• → Spanish: diccionario

References

• dictionarium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• dictionarium in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016