LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinesecond declension

symbolus

symbolus m (genitive symbolī)
Classical[ˈsym.bɔ.ɫʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈsim.bo.lus]

Meaning

  1. masculinetoken, symbol
  2. masculinesignet ring
  3. masculinecreed

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativesymbolussymbolī
genitivesymbolīsymbolōrum
dativesymbolōsymbolīs
accusativesymbolumsymbolōs
ablativesymbolōsymbolīs
vocativesymbolesymbolī

symbŏlus, i, m. (symbŏlum, i, n.,
I. v. infra), = σύμβολος or -ον, a sign or mark by which one gives another to understand any thing, a token, symbol (mostly anteand post-class.): per symbolos pecunias capere, Cato ap. Front. Ep. ad Antonin. 1, 2 fin.: anulum Graeci a digitis appellavere: apud nos prisci ungulum vocabant: postea et Graeci et nostri symbolum, i. e. a signet, Plin. 33, 1, 4, § 10: miles hic reliquit symbolum, Expressam in cerā ex anulo suo imaginem, Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 53 sq.; 2, 4, 26 sq.; 2, 2, 4; 4, 7, 15; 4, 7, 106; id. Bacch. 2, 3, 29; 2, 3, 51; Just. 2, 12, 1.—Neutr.: eorum quae pacta sunt symbola, App. Dogm. Plat. 2, p. 16, 9: istic symbolum'st, Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 53.—
II. = symbola, q. v.: vacantes potibus et dantes symbola, Vulg. Prov. 23, 21.

Origins

Gender change from neuter symbolum.

In English words that came into English from symbolus

  • symbolsymbolus

Quick answers

What does symbolus mean in Latin?
symbolus, a noun, means “token, symbol; signet ring; creed”.
What is the genitive of symbolus?
The genitive singular is symbolī. symbolus is masculine, second declension.
How do you pronounce symbolus?
In classical Latin, [ˈsym.bɔ.ɫʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈsim.bo.lus].