abecedarius

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value), from Late Latin.

Pronunciation

  • (US) 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.[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

  1. Philip Babcock Gove (editor), Webster's Third International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (G. & C. Merriam Co., 1976 [1909], →ISBN), page 2

Latin

Etymology

From the first four letters of Latin's alphabet, ā , + -ārius.

Pronunciation

Adjective

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

  1. Of or pertaining to the alphabetalphabetical, alphabetic.

Declension

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
  • Italian: abbecedario
  • Padanian:
  • French: abécédaire
  • Portuguese: abecedário
  • Romanian: abecedar
  • Spanish: abecedario

Noun

abecedārius m (genitive abecedāriī or abecedārī); second declension

  1. One who learns the ABCs.

Declension

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

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 (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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