noun · femininefirst declension
encyclopaedīa
encyclopaedīa f (genitive encyclopaedīae)
Classical[ɛŋ.ky.kɫɔ.pae̯ˈdiː.a]Ecclesiastical[en̠ʲ.t͡ʃi.klo.peˈdiː.a]
Meaning
- New Latinencyclopedia
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | encyclopaedīa | encyclopaedīae |
| genitive | encyclopaedīae | encyclopaedīārum |
| dative | encyclopaedīae | encyclopaedīīs |
| accusative | encyclopaedīam | encyclopaedīās |
| ablative | encyclopaedīā | encyclopaedīīs |
| vocative | encyclopaedīa | encyclopaedīae |
Origins
Borrowed from a univerbated form of Ancient Greek ἐγκύκλιος παιδείᾱ (enkúklios paideíā, “education in the circle of arts and sciences”), from ἐγκύκλιος (enkúklios, “circular”) + παιδείᾱ (paideíā, “child-rearing, education”). This spelling seems to have been first used by Paul Skalich in 1559, although the spelling encyclopedia goes back to at least 1517, with a work by Johannes Aventinus.
Descendants
- Catalanenciclopèdia
- Englishencyclopedia
- Englishencyclopaedia
- Englishencyclopædia
- Frenchencyclopédie
- Italianenciclopedia
- Portugueseenciclopédia
- Romanianenciclopedie
- Spanishenciclopedia
- Asturianenciclopedia