abacus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D.Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press ( Ecclesiastical ) IPA ( key): /ˈa.ba.kus/, Ībacus m ( genitive abacī) second declension.( Classical ) IPA ( key): /ˈa.ba.kus/,.Latin Alternative forms įrom Ancient Greek ἄβαξ ( ábax, “ board ” ). ( architecture ) abacus (upper portion of a column's capital).( arithmetic ) abacus (arithmetic calculation device, usually with beads on rods).“ abacus, n.”, in Lexico, Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.īorrowed from Latin abacus, from Ancient Greek ἄβαξ ( ábax ).Ībacus m ( plural abaci or abacussen, diminutive abacusje n).“ abacus, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, December 2011.Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “ abacus”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.(editors), Chambers Dictionary of Etymology (Chambers Harrap Publishers Ltd, 2004, →ISBN), page 2

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^ From E Guhl W Koner (1875), “The Romans”, in, F Hueffer, transl., The Life of the Greeks and Romans, Described from Antique Monuments: Translated from the Third German Edition, London: Chapman and Hall,, →OCLC, § 89 (Tables.-Tripods), figure 446, page 446.

^ From Gregor Reisch (1503) Margarita Philosophica: Totius Philosophiae Rationalis, Naturalis & Moralis Principia Dialogice Duodecim Libris Complectens, Freiburg im Breisgau: Ioanne Schottu, →OCLC, from the collection of the Houghton Library of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA ( Typ 520.03.736).

Serbo-Croatian: abakus m Cyrillic: рачунаљка f Roman: računaljka (sh) f.

Polish: abakus (pl) m inan, liczydło (pl) n, abak (pl) m.

Oromo: abakaas (om), caasaa callee fakkaatu.

Malayalam: മണിച്ചട്ടം (ml) ( maṇiccaṭṭaṃ )īokmål: kuleramme m or f, abakus (no) m Nynorsk: kuleramme f, abakus m.

Malay: abakus, dekak-dekak, sempoa (ms), sepua.

Italian: abaco (it) m, pallottoliere (it) m.

Irish: abacas (ga) m, fráma comhairimh m.

Indonesian: abakus (id), dekak-dekak, sempoa (id).

German: Abakus (de) m, Rechenbrett (de) n.

French: abaque (fr) m, boulier (fr) m, boulier compteur m.

Finnish: helmitaulu (fi), abakus (fi), laskulauta, laskutaulu.

( historical, obsolete ) A table or tray scattered with sand which was used for calculating or drawing.

( Received Pronunciation ) IPA ( key): /ˈæbəkaɪ/, /-saɪ/.

( Received Pronunciation, General American ) IPA ( key): /ˈæbəkəs/.

The plural form abaci is reinforced from Latin abacī. A drawing of a small abacus (sense 4) or trapezophoron with three marble legs ornamented with lions, which was found in the house of the “Little Mosaic-Fountain” in Pompeii, Italy įrom Late Middle English abacus, abagus, agabus ( “ abacus art of counting with an abacus ” ), from Latin abacus, abax ( “ sideboard or table with a slab at the top slab at the top of a column counting board, sand table board for playing games ” ) (compare Late Latin abacus ( “ art of arithmetic ” )), from Ancient Greek ἄβαξ ( ábax, “ counting board board covered with sand for drawing plate dice-board ” ).

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