"abacus" meaning in Latin

See abacus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ˈa.ba.kʊs] [Classical-Latin], [ˈaː.ba.kus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἄβαξ (ábax, “board”). Etymology templates: {{etymon|la|:der|grc:ἄβαξ}}, {{der|la|grc|ἄβαξ||board}} Ancient Greek ἄβαξ (ábax, “board”) Head templates: {{la-noun|abacus<2>}} abacus m (genitive abacī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|abacus<2>}} Forms: abacī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], abacus [nominative, singular], abacī [nominative, plural], abacī [genitive, singular], abacōrum [genitive, plural], abacō [dative, singular], abacīs [dative, plural], abacum [accusative, singular], abacōs [accusative, plural], abacō [ablative, singular], abacīs [ablative, plural], abace [singular, vocative], abacī [plural, vocative], abax [alternative]
  1. square board Tags: declension-2, masculine
    Sense id: en-abacus-la-noun-GyPvkBNK
  2. sideboard Tags: declension-2, masculine
    Sense id: en-abacus-la-noun-qZnjEMrO Categories (other): Latin masculine nouns in the second declension, Furniture, Tools Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the second declension: 10 14 10 17 9 11 11 17 Disambiguation of Furniture: 4 52 4 11 16 4 4 5 Disambiguation of Tools: 4 34 25 18 9 4 4 4
  3. counting board, abacus Tags: declension-2, masculine
    Sense id: en-abacus-la-noun-SHNV-sdo Categories (other): Latin masculine nouns in the second declension, Mathematics Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the second declension: 10 14 10 17 9 11 11 17 Disambiguation of Mathematics: 4 4 28 11 18 4 4 28
  4. gaming board Tags: declension-2, masculine
    Sense id: en-abacus-la-noun-RJtsq4Y9 Categories (other): Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Latin entries referencing missing etymons, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin masculine nouns in the second declension, Board games, Mathematics Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 4 10 12 24 1 5 3 36 3 1 1 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 2 2 2 8 12 24 1 4 2 38 2 1 1 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 1 1 8 13 26 1 2 1 42 1 1 1 1 Disambiguation of Latin entries referencing missing etymons: 2 8 5 71 6 2 2 5 Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 1 9 3 72 8 1 1 5 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the second declension: 10 14 10 17 9 11 11 17 Disambiguation of Board games: 8 8 9 60 3 2 2 9 Disambiguation of Mathematics: 4 4 28 11 18 4 4 28
  5. A painted ceiling or wall panel. Tags: declension-2, masculine
    Sense id: en-abacus-la-noun-CljWiENH Categories (other): Mathematics Disambiguation of Mathematics: 4 4 28 11 18 4 4 28
  6. panel Tags: declension-2, masculine
    Sense id: en-abacus-la-noun-Mg4A5zp9 Categories (other): Latin masculine nouns in the second declension Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the second declension: 10 14 10 17 9 11 11 17
  7. tray Tags: declension-2, masculine
    Sense id: en-abacus-la-noun-rZoMqxLu Categories (other): Latin masculine nouns in the second declension Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the second declension: 10 14 10 17 9 11 11 17
  8. (Late Latin) calculation in general Tags: Late-Latin, declension-2, masculine
    Sense id: en-abacus-la-noun-q-qCzzOH Categories (other): Latin masculine nouns in the second declension, Mathematics Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the second declension: 10 14 10 17 9 11 11 17 Disambiguation of Mathematics: 4 4 28 11 18 4 4 28

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "english": "...nor the man who has the wit to laugh at the figures on the counting board and the cones drawn in sand, ready to go off in ecstasies if a prostitute pulls a Cynic by the beard.",
          "ref": "c. 62 CE, Persius, Saturae I.131",
          "text": "...nec qui abaco numeros et secto in pulvere metas / scit risisse vafer, multum gaudere paratus, / si cynico barbam petulans nonaria vellat.",
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          "ref": "121 CE, Suetonius, The Twelve Caesars Vita Neronis 22",
          "text": "Sed cum inter initia imperii eburneis quadrigis cotidie in abaco luderet, ad omnis etiam minimos circenses e secessu commeabat, primo clam, deinde propalam, ut nemini dubium esset eo die utique affuturum.",
          "translation": "But in the early stages of his rule he used to play every day on a gaming board with ivory chariots. He would also travel from his retreat to the Circus games, even the least important ones, at first in secret and then openly. As a result, no one was in any doubt that he would be present in Rome that day at least.",
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      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "abacus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "abacī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "abacī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "abacōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "abacō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "abacīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "abacum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "abacōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "abacō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "abacīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "abace",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "abacī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "abax",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "abacus<2>"
      },
      "expansion": "abacus m (genitive abacī); second declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "abacus<2>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "square board"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "square",
          "square"
        ],
        [
          "board",
          "board"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "From this place he removed all the sideboard's dishes, since they had been exposed.",
          "ref": "70 BCE, Cicero, In Verrem II.4.35",
          "text": "Ab hoc abaci vasa omnia, ut exposita fuerunt, abstulit.",
          "translation": "From this place he removed all the sideboard's dishes, since they had been exposed.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sideboard"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sideboard",
          "sideboard"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "...nor the man who has the wit to laugh at the figures on the counting board and the cones drawn in sand, ready to go off in ecstasies if a prostitute pulls a Cynic by the beard.",
          "ref": "c. 62 CE, Persius, Saturae I.131",
          "text": "...nec qui abaco numeros et secto in pulvere metas / scit risisse vafer, multum gaudere paratus, / si cynico barbam petulans nonaria vellat.",
          "translation": "...nor the man who has the wit to laugh at the figures on the counting board and the cones drawn in sand, ready to go off in ecstasies if a prostitute pulls a Cynic by the beard.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "counting board, abacus"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "counting board",
          "counting board"
        ],
        [
          "abacus",
          "abacus#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "But in the early stages of his rule he used to play every day on a gaming board with ivory chariots. He would also travel from his retreat to the Circus games, even the least important ones, at first in secret and then openly. As a result, no one was in any doubt that he would be present in Rome that day at least.",
          "ref": "121 CE, Suetonius, The Twelve Caesars Vita Neronis 22",
          "text": "Sed cum inter initia imperii eburneis quadrigis cotidie in abaco luderet, ad omnis etiam minimos circenses e secessu commeabat, primo clam, deinde propalam, ut nemini dubium esset eo die utique affuturum.",
          "translation": "But in the early stages of his rule he used to play every day on a gaming board with ivory chariots. He would also travel from his retreat to the Circus games, even the least important ones, at first in secret and then openly. As a result, no one was in any doubt that he would be present in Rome that day at least.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "gaming board"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "gaming board",
          "gaming board"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "This and the Attic sort they used for high lights, for panels none but the marmorean kind, because the marble in it resists acridity of the lime.",
          "ref": "77 CE – 79 CE, Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia XXXIII.56",
          "text": "Hoc autem et Attico ad lumina utuntur, ad abacos non nisi marmoroso, quoniam marmor in eo resistit amaritudini calcis.",
          "translation": "This and the Attic sort they used for high lights, for panels none but the marmorean kind, because the marble in it resists acridity of the lime.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A painted ceiling or wall panel."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "panel",
          "panel"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "panel"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "panel",
          "panel"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "tray"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "tray",
          "tray"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "calculation in general"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "calculation",
          "calculation"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Late Latin) calculation in general"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Late-Latin",
        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈa.ba.kʊs]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈaː.ba.kus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "abacus"
}

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