abecedarium

See also: Abecedarium

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin abecedārium. Doublet of abecedary.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌeɪ.bi.siˈdɛəɹ.i.əm/

Noun

abecedarium (plural abecedaria)

1. A book used to teach the alphabet; alphabet book; primer.
2. An inscription consisting of the letters of an alphabet, almost always listed in order.

Synonyms

• abecedary

Translations

a book used to teach the alphabet — see primer

Latin

Etymology

Substantive from abecedārius (“alphabetical”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /a.be.keˈdaː.ri.um/, [äbɛkɛˈd̪äːriʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.be.t͡ʃeˈda.ri.um/, [äbet͡ʃeˈd̪äːrium]

• Audio (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical):

  (file)

Noun

abecedārium n (genitive abecedāriī or abecedārī); second declension

1. alphabet, ABCs
2. accusative singular of abecedārium
3. vocative singular of abecedārium

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	abecedārium	abecedāria
Genitive	abecedāriī abecedārī1	abecedāriōrum
Dative	abecedāriō	abecedāriīs
Accusative	abecedārium	abecedāria
Ablative	abecedāriō	abecedāriīs
Vocative	abecedārium	abecedāria

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

Related terms

• abecedāria
• abecedārius

Descendants

• → English: abecedary
• → French: abécédaire
• → Italian: abbecedario
• → Old Irish: apgitir
  • Middle Irish: aibgitir
    • Irish: aibítir
• → Portuguese: abecedário
• → Romanian: abecedar
• → Spanish: abecedario
• → Welsh: egwyddor, gwyddor

References

Professor Kidd, et al. Collins Gem Latin Dictionary. HarperCollins Publishers (Glasgow: 2004). →ISBN. page 1.