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a dictionary, a lexicon

7 characters3 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈɫɛk.sɪ.kɔn]Classical-Latin[ˈlɛk.si.kon]
  1. a dictionary, a lexicon

    New-Latin · declension-2 · neuter
Where this word comes from

Learned borrowing from Byzantine Greek λεξικόν (lexikón, “a lexicon”), which is an ellipsis from Ancient Greek λεξικὸν βιβλίον (lexikòn biblíon, literally “a book of words”), from λεξικός (lexikós, “of words”), from λέξις (léxis, “a saying, speech, word”), from λέγω (légō, “to speak”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- (“to gather, collect”). Attested at least since Girolamo Aleandro's Lexicon graeco-latinum, multis et praeclaris additionibus locupletatum (1512).

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