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
  - Louisiana Creole: diksyonær, diksyonè, diksyonèr
  - → Dutch: dictionaire
  - → German: Diktionär
→ 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

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