lectionarium

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-

Proto-Indo-European *-eti

Proto-Indo-European *léǵeti

Proto-Italic *legō

Latin legō

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiō

Latin lēctiō

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.

Proto-Italic *-āzijos

Latin -ārius

Latin -ārium

Latin lectionarium

From lēctiō + -ārium.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ɫeːk.ti.oːˈnaː.ri.ũː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [lek.t͡si.oˈnaː.ri.um]

Noun

lēctiōnārium n (genitive lēctiōnāriī); second declension

1. (Ecclesiastical Latin, Medieval Latin) lectionary
   • c. 825–828, Henry Ashworth, quoting Tatto, “The Liturgical Prayers Of St. Gregory The Great”, in Traditio, volume 15, published 1959, →JSTOR, page 110:

     Mittite mihi de pergameno bono ad unum lectionarium perscribendum et ad unum missalem Gregorianum.
     [Mittite mihi dē pergamēnō bonō ad ūnum lēctiōnārium perscrībendum et ad ūnum missālem Gregōriānum.]

     Send me some good parchment for writing out one lectionary and for one Gregorian Missal.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

	singular	plural
nominative	lēctiōnārium	lēctiōnāria
genitive	lēctiōnāriī	lēctiōnāriōrum
dative	lēctiōnāriō	lēctiōnāriīs
accusative	lēctiōnārium	lēctiōnāria
ablative	lēctiōnāriō	lēctiōnāriīs
vocative	lēctiōnārium	lēctiōnāria