dictionarium
Latin
Etymology
Renaissance Latin, from noun of action dictiō (“speaking”) + -ārium, from dīcō (“say, speak”). First attested in 1481..
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /dik.ti.oːˈnaː.ri.um/, [d̪ɪkt̪ioːˈnäːriʊ̃ˑ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /dik.t͡si.oˈna.ri.um/, [d̪ikt̪͡s̪ioˈnäːrium]
Noun
dictiōnārium n (genitive dictiōnāriī); second declension (Medieval Latin)
- dictionary
Usage notes
- Used especially in book titles, normally with adjective like Dictionarium Latino Lusitanicum (“Latin-Portuguese Dictionary”), Dictionarium Latinogermanicum/Latino-Germanicum (“Latin-German Dictionary”)
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | dictiōnārium | dictiōnāria |
| Genitive | dictiōnāriī | dictiōnāriōrum |
| Dative | dictiōnāriō | dictiōnāriīs |
| Accusative | dictiōnārium | dictiōnāria |
| Ablative | dictiōnāriō | dictiōnāriīs |
| Vocative | dictiōnārium | dictiōnāria |
Descendants
- → Asturian: diccionariu (learned)
- → Aromanian: dictsiunar (learned)
- → Bourguignon: diccionâre (learned)
- → Catalan: diccionari (learned)
- → Corsican: dizziunariu (learned)
- → English: dictionary (learned)
- → Franco-Provençal: diccionèro (learned)
- → Galician: dicionario (learned)
- → Italian: dizionario (learned)
- → Middle French: dictionnaire (learned)
- French: dictionnaire
- Haitian Creole: diksyonè
- → Dutch: dictionaire
- → German: Diktionär
- French: dictionnaire
- → Neapolitan: dezziunario (learned)
- → Norman: dictionnaithe (learned) (Jersey)
- → Occitan: diccionari (learned)
- → Piedmontese: dissionari (learned)
- → Portuguese: dicionário (learned)
- → Romanian: dicționar (learned)
- → Romansch: dicziunari (learned)
- → Sardinian: dizionariu (learned)
- → Scots: dictionar (learned)
- → Sicilian: dizziunariu (learned)
- → Maltese: dizzjunarju
- → Spanish: diccionario (learned)
Further reading
- dictionarium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- dictionarium in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016