Andrija Jambrešić (20 September 1706 – 13 May 1758) was a

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n writer, lexicographer and linguist. He is best known for his dictionary ''Lexicon Latinum'', which he created in collaboration with Franjo Sušnik (1686 – 1739) and published in 1742,

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Biography

He was born in Cesarska ves on 20 September 1706. He attended schools in

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and Zagreb, becoming a

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in 1727. Following his studies of philosophy in Trnava, he became a professor at the Zagreb gymnasium, a post he held for a year in 1729. He subsequently became a professor in Varaždin. From 1731 to 1735, he studied theology in

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, and subsequently enrolled at the Zagreb

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. From this point on, he held various posts, teaching philosophy at Jesuit seminaries. Apart from his most known work, a Croatian dictionary published in 1742, he is also known for his suggestion for Croatian

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(1732), which was later adopted as a school standard in 1778. Dealing with legal issues, he also wrote a manual dealing with Croatian statehood right, ''Municipale Croatiae jus, commentario illustratum''.

Lexicon latinum

The multilingual dictionary, ''Lexicon Latinum interpretatione Illyrica, Germanica et Hungarica locuples & index illirico sive croatico-latinus'' represents an important monument in studies of linguistics, lexicography, comparative Slavistics and dialectology. The Croatian counterpart, named Illyrian, is written in the

Kajkavian Kajkavian (Kajkavian noun: ''kajkavščina''; Shtokavian adjective: ''kajkavski'' , noun: ''kajkavica'' or ''kajkavština'' ) is a South Slavic regiolect or language spoken primarily by Croats in much of Central Croatia, Gorski Kotar and nort ...

dialect, but with elements of

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and

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. The linguistic purism is reflected in numerous translated, and newly coined words, particularly in scientific terminology. The dictionary was released only two years after a similar dictionary by

Ivan Belostenec Ivan Belostenec (c. 1594 – 2 February 1675) was a Croatian linguist, lexicographer and poet. Life In 1616 he joined the Paulists. He studied philosophy in Vienna and theology in Rome. Belostenec was a prior of Pauline monasteries in Lepoglava ...

was published by the Paulines, which would indicate competition between them and the Jesuits.

Works

*Andrija Jambrešić - Franjo Sušnik: Lexicon Latinum interpretatione Illyrica, Germanica et Hungarica locuples & index illirico sive croatico-latinus, Typis Academicis societatis Jesu, Zagrabiae, 1742. *Manuductio ad Croaticam orthographiam, 1732 (''Introduction to Croatian orthography'') *Municipale Croatiae jus, commentario illustratum

References

N. Raos, Kemijski pojmovi u Jambrešićevom Lexicon Latinum (1742), Prirodoslovlje 20(1-2) (2020) 59-78. {{DEFAULTSORT:Jambrešić, Andrija 1706 births 1758 deaths Croatian Jesuits Linguists from Croatia Croatian lexicographers 18th-century lexicographers 18th-century Croatian writers 18th-century linguists Croatian male writers