symbolum

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σύμβολον (súmbolon).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈsym.bo.lum/, [ˈs̠ʏmbɔɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsim.bo.lum/, [ˈsimbolum]

Noun

symbolum n (genitive symbolī); second declension

1. symbol, token
2. (Ecclesiastical Latin) creed

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	symbolum	symbola
Genitive	symbolī	symbolōrum
Dative	symbolō	symbolīs
Accusative	symbolum	symbola
Ablative	symbolō	symbolīs
Vocative	symbolum	symbola

Descendants

Descendants

• Asturian: símbolu
• Catalan: símbol
• → Czech: symbol
• → Danish: symbol
• French: symbole
  • → Dutch: symbool
  • → English: symbol
  • → Polish: symbol
  • → Scots: seembol
  • → Turkish: sembol
• Galician: símbolo
• Italian: simbolo
• Norman: sŷmbole
• Norwegian:
  • → Norwegian Bokmål: symbol
  • → Norwegian Nynorsk: symbol
• Portuguese: símbolo
• Romanian: simbol
• Spanish: símbolo
  • → Tagalog: simbolo
• → German: Symbol
  • Yiddish: סימבאָל (simbol)
• → Hungarian: szimbólum
• → Swedish: symbol
• → Welsh: symbol

See also

• symbolus

References

• symbolum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “symbolum”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly