alphabetum

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀλφάβητος (alphábētos, “alphabet”), from ἄλφα (álpha, “alpha”) + βῆτα (bêta, “beta”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /al.pʰaˈbeː.tum/, [aɫ.pʰaˈbeː.tũ]

Noun

alphabētum n (genitive alphabētī); second declension

alphabet

Inflection

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	alphabētum	alphabēta
genitive	alphabētī	alphabētōrum
dative	alphabētō	alphabētīs
accusative	alphabētum	alphabēta
ablative	alphabētō	alphabētīs
vocative	alphabētum	alphabēta

Descendants

Catalan: alfabet
English: alphabet
Ukrainian: альфабет (alʹfabet)
Spanish: alfabeto

References

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, 1883–1887)
alphabetum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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