different between abecedaries vs abecedarius

English

Noun

abecedaries

1. plural of abecedary

English

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin abeced?rius, from Late Latin.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /?e?.bi?si?dæ?.i.?s/

Noun

abecedarius (plural abecedariuses or abecedarii)

1. An acrostic poem in which the lines begin with the letters of the alphabet in sequence.

References

Latin

Etymology

From the first four letters of Latin's alphabet, ? b? c? d?, + -arius.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /a.be.ke?da?.ri.us/, [äb?k??d?ä??i?s?]
• (Vulgar) IPA^(key): /a.be.ke?da?.ri.us/, [a?eke?da?r??s]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.be.t??e?da.ri.us/, [?b?t????d????ius]

Adjective

abeced?rius (feminine abeced?ria, neuter abeced?rium); first/second-declension adjective

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

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Derived terms

• abeced?ria
• abeced?rium

Descendants

• English: abecedarius
• French: abécédaire
• Romanian: abecedar

Noun

abeced?rius m (genitive abeced?ri? or abeced?r?); second declension

1. One who learns the ABCs.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

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, 1883–1887)
• abecedarius in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700?^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016