breviarium

See also: breviárium

Latin

Etymology

From brevis (“short”) +‎ -ārium.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /bre.u̯iˈaː.ri.um/, [breu̯iˈäːriʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /bre.viˈa.ri.um/, [breviˈäːrium]

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