breviarium

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See also: breviárium

Latin

Etymology

From brevis (“short”) +‎ -ārium.

Pronunciation

Noun

breviārium n (genitive breviāriī or breviārī); second declension

  1. A short piece of writing: a brief, a report
  2. A shortened piece of writing, variously:
    1. A summary, abstract, or overview
      Eutropii Breviarium Historiae Romanae
      Eutropius's Summary of Roman History
    2. (literary) An epitome or abridgment
    3. (Ecclesiastical Latin) A breviary

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative breviārium breviāria
genitive breviāriī
breviārī1 		breviāriōrum
dative breviāriō breviāriīs
accusative breviārium breviāria
ablative breviāriō breviāriīs
vocative breviārium breviāria

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

References

  • “breviarium”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

breviarium n (definite singular breviariet, indefinite plural breviarier, definite plural breviaria or breviariene)

  1. alternative form of breviar

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

breviarium n (definite singular breviariet, indefinite plural breviarium, definite plural breviaria)

  1. alternative form of breviar
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