different between abaculus vs abaciscus

English

Etymology

From Latin abaculus, diminutive of abacus.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /??bæk.j?.l?s/

Noun

abaculus (plural abaculi)

1. (archaic) A small tile of glass, marble, or other substance, of various colors, used in making ornamental patterns in mosaic pavements; abaciscus.

Translations

Latin

Etymology

Diminutive of abacus (“a square board”), from Ancient Greek ???? (ábax, “board”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /a?ba.ku.lus/, [ä?bäk????s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a?ba.ku.lus/, [??b??kulus]

Noun

abaculus m (genitive abacul?); second declension

1. abaculus

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Descendants

• ? English: abaculus
• ? French: abacule
• ? Portuguese: abáculo

References

• abaculus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• abaculus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• abaculus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• abaculus in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

English

Etymology

From New Latin, from Ancient Greek ????????? (abakískos, “a coloured stone for laying mosaic”), diminutive of ???? (ábax, “board”). See abacus.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?æb.??s?s.k?s/, /?æb.??s?s.k?s/

Noun

abaciscus (plural abacisci or abaciscuses)

1. (archaic) One of the tiles or squares of a tessellated pavement; an abaculus. [First attested in the mid 18^th century.]

References