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Webster 1913 Edition

Compendium

Com-pen′di-um

,
Noun.
;
pl. E.
Compendiums
(#)
, L.
Compendia
(#)
.
[L.
compendium
that which is weighed, saved, or shortened, a short way, fr.
compendere
to weigh;
com-
+
pendere
to weigh. See
Pension
, and cf.
Compend
.]
A brief compilation or composition, containing the principal heads, or general principles, of a larger work or system; an abridgment; an epitome; a compend; a condensed summary.
Syn. – See
Abridgment
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Compendium

COMPENDIUM

,
Noun.
In literature, an abridgment; a summary; an epitome; a brief compilation or composition, containing the principal heads, or general principles, of a larger work or system.

Definition 2024

compendium

compendium

English

Noun

compendium ‎(plural compendiums or compendia)

  1. A short, complete summary; an abstract.
  2. A list or collection of various items.
    • 2008, Caroline Murphy, Murder of a Medici Princess (page 157)
      It was this last variety which formed the backbone of the first published Italian compendium of games, Innocenzo Ringhieri's One Hundred Games of Liberality and Ingenuity of 1551, dedicated to Cathérine de' Medici.
    1. A collection of board games packaged in a single box.
    2. (pharmaceutical industry) A collected body of information on the standards of strength, purity, and quality of drugs.

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Translations

French

Etymology

From Latin compendium.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔ̃.pɛ̃.djɔm/

Noun

compendium m ‎(plural compendiums)

  1. compendium, abstract.
    Un compendium de logique, de philosophie.‎
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  2. vitrine showing didactic material.
    L’ameublement de l’École traditionnelle est […] celui d’un auditorium scriptorium : chaire surélevée, unique tableau à l’usage exclusif de l’exposé magistral […], bancs pupitres pour enfants assis écrivant ou lisant […] meuble bibliothèque et compendium scientifique soigneusement fermés, à l’abri de la poussière et des mains indiscrètes.‎
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    (Célestin Freinet, L’École moderne française, 1946)

Latin

Etymology

con- ‎(“with”) +‎ pendō ‎(“I weigh”) +‎ -ium, literally that which is weighed together.

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /komˈpen.di.um/, [kɔmˈpɛn.di.ũ]

Noun

compendium n ‎(genitive compendiī); second declension

  1. saving; profit or gain, especially made by saving
  2. shortening, abbreviating; abridgement

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative compendium compendia
genitive compendiī compendiōrum
dative compendiō compendiīs
accusative compendium compendia
ablative compendiō compendiīs
vocative compendium compendia

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Etymology

From the Latin compendium ‎(“that which is weighed together”; “a sparing”, “a saving”, “an abbreviation”), from com- ‎(“with”) + pendō ‎(“I weigh”).

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