LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · neutersecond declension

alphabētum

alphabētum n (genitive alphabētī)
Classical[aɫ.pʰaˈbeː.tũː]Ecclesiastical[al.faˈbɛː.tum]

Meaning

  1. alphabet

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativealphabētumalphabēta
genitivealphabētīalphabētōrum
dativealphabētōalphabētīs
accusativealphabētumalphabēta
ablativealphabētōalphabētīs
vocativealphabētumalphabēta

alphăbētum, i, n., = ἄλφα βῆγα,
I. the alphabet, Tert. Haeret. 50; Hier. Ep. 125.

Origins

From Byzantine Greek ἀλφάβητον (alphábēton) from the accusative of Koine Greek ἀλφάβητος (alphábētos) from Ancient Greek ἄλφα (álpha, “alpha”) + βῆτα (bêta, “beta”).

Descendants
  • Catalanalfabet
  • Englishalphabet
  • Frenchalphabet
  • Italianalfabeto
  • Occitanalfabet
  • Portuguesealfabeto
  • Romanianalfabet
  • Spanishalfabeto
  • Asturianalfabetu
  • Franco-Provençalalfabèt

In English words that came into English from alphabētum

  • alphabetalphabētum

Quick answers

What does alphabētum mean in Latin?
alphabētum, a noun, means “alphabet”.
What is the genitive of alphabētum?
The genitive singular is alphabētī. alphabētum is neuter, second declension.
How do you pronounce alphabētum?
In classical Latin, [aɫ.pʰaˈbeː.tũː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [al.faˈbɛː.tum].