abecedarius

English

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin abecedārius, from Late Latin. Doublet of abecedary.

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 bē cē dē, + -ārius.

Pronunciation

Adjective

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

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

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative abecedārius abecedāria abecedārium abecedāriī abecedāriae abecedāria
genitive abecedāriī abecedāriae abecedāriī abecedāriōrum abecedāriārum abecedāriōrum
dative abecedāriō abecedāriae abecedāriō abecedāriīs
accusative abecedārium abecedāriam abecedārium abecedāriōs abecedāriās abecedāria
ablative abecedāriō abecedāriā abecedāriō abecedāriīs
vocative abecedārie abecedāria abecedārium abecedāriī abecedāriae abecedāria

Derived terms

Descendants

Noun

abecedārius m (genitive abecedāriī or abecedārī); second declension

  1. One who learns the ABCs.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

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 (16 July 2016 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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