alphabetum
Latin
editEtymology
editFrom Byzantine Greek ἀλφάβητον (alphábēton) from the accusative of Koine Greek ἀλφάβητος (alphábētos) from Ancient Greek ἄλφα (álpha, “alpha”) + βῆτα (bêta, “beta”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /al.pʰaˈbeː.tum/, [äɫ̪pʰäˈbeːt̪ʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /al.faˈbe.tum/, [älfäˈbɛːt̪um]
Noun
editalphabētum n (genitive alphabētī); second declension
Declension
editSecond-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | alphabētum | alphabēta |
Genitive | alphabētī | alphabētōrum |
Dative | alphabētō | alphabētīs |
Accusative | alphabētum | alphabēta |
Ablative | alphabētō | alphabētīs |
Vocative | alphabētum | alphabēta |
Descendants
editReferences
edit- “alphabetum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- alphabetum 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)
- alphabetum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.