''Dictionarium quatuor linguarum'' (The Dictionary of Four Languages) is a 16th-century book by the German polymath Hieronymus Megiser that includes a multilingual dictionary and a multilingual grammar of

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, Slovene, German, and

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. It also includes some Croatian words.Google knjige
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. The dictionary is the first multilingual dictionary of Slovene. The appendix, named ''Exempla aliquot declinationum et coniugationium'' (Some examples of declensions and conjugations) contains some grammar of the included languages and has been recognised as the second grammar of Slovene and the first multilingual grammar that includes Slovene. The book marks the beginning of Slovene

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. An extended edition was published under the same title in 1744 at Klagenfurt (Austria) by the

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. This second edition also contains example phrases in German and Slovene, illustrating the use of the entries given. The number of Slovene equivalents in this edition is notably higher; they often reflect Carinthian Slovene.

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Dictionarum quatuor linguarum
Full digitised version. Det Kongelige Bibliotek oyal Danish Library Copenhagen. Retrieved 20 March 2012. {{Authority control Slovene dictionaries German dictionaries Italian dictionaries Latin dictionaries 1592 books History of linguistics Cultural history of Slovenia Cultural history of Croatia