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) 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, ā bē cē dē, + -ārius. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [a.bɛ.kɛˈdaː.ri.ʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [a.be.t͡ʃeˈdaː.ri.us] === Adjective === abecedārius (feminine abecedāria, neuter abecedārium); first/second-declension adjective Of or pertaining to the alphabet—alphabetical, alphabetic. ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Derived terms ==== abecedāria abecedārium ==== Descendants ==== English: abecedarius Italian: abbecedario Padanian: Romagnol: abezedêri French: abécédaire Portuguese: abecedário Romanian: abecedar Spanish: abecedario === Noun === abecedārius m (genitive abecedāriī or abecedārī); second declension 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, 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