different between abecedarius vs 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

English

Etymology

From Middle English abecedary, from Medieval Latin abecedarium (“alphabet, ABC primer”), from Late Latin abecedarius (“of the alphabet”), formed from the first four letters of the Latin alphabet + -arius.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?e?.bi?.?si?.d?.?i/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?e?.bi.?si.d?.i/, /?e?.bi.?si.d?.?i/

Noun

abecedary (plural abecedaries)

1. (rare) The alphabet, written out in a teaching book, or carved on a wall; a primer; abecedarium. [from 1350 to 1470]
2. One that teaches or learns the alphabet or the fundamentals of any subject; abecedarian. [from late 16^th century]

Translations

Adjective

abecedary (not comparable)

1. Referring to the alphabet; alphabetical; related to or resembling an abecedarius; abecedarian. [First attested from 1350 to 1470.]

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