Bethlehemum
Latin
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Ancient Greek Βηθλεέμ (Bēthleém), from Biblical Hebrew בּית לחם (Bet Léchem). The Ancient Greek etymon and all the other forms of this word are indeclinable; Bēthlehēmum was adapted to decline as a neuter proper noun of the second declension.
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /beːtʰ.leˈheː.mum/, [beːt̪ʰɫ̪eˈ(ɦ)eːmʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /bet.leˈe.mum/, [bet̪leˈɛːmum]
Proper noun
editBēthlehēmum n sg (genitive Bēthlehēmī); second declension
- Bethlehem (a town of the tribe of Judah, the birthplace of David and of Christ, now Bēt Laḥm)
Declension
editSecond-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Bēthlehēmum |
Genitive | Bēthlehēmī |
Dative | Bēthlehēmō |
Accusative | Bēthlehēmum |
Ablative | Bēthlehēmō |
Vocative | Bēthlehēmum |
Locative | Bēthlehēmī |
Synonyms
edit- (Bethlehem): Ephrāta
Derived terms
editDescendants
editReferences
edit- “Bēthlĕhēmum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Further reading
edit- Bethleem on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia la
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