ἀλφάβητος
See also: αλφάβητος
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
Etymology
From ἄλφα (álpha, “alpha”) + βῆτᾰ (bêtă, “beta”) + -ος (-os).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /al.pʰá.bɛː.tos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /alˈpʰa.be̝.tos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /alˈɸa.βi.tos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /alˈfa.vi.tos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /alˈfa.vi.tos/
Noun
ἀλφάβητος • (alphábētos) m (genitive ἀλφαβήτου); second declension
- alphabet
- Synonym: στοιχείωσῐς (stoikheíōsĭs)
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ ἀλφάβητος ho alphábētos |
τὼ ἀλφαβήτω tṑ alphabḗtō |
οἱ ἀλφάβητοι hoi alphábētoi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ἀλφαβήτου toû alphabḗtou |
τοῖν ἀλφαβήτοιν toîn alphabḗtoin |
τῶν ἀλφαβήτων tôn alphabḗtōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ἀλφαβήτῳ tōî alphabḗtōi |
τοῖν ἀλφαβήτοιν toîn alphabḗtoin |
τοῖς ἀλφαβήτοις toîs alphabḗtois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν ἀλφάβητον tòn alphábēton |
τὼ ἀλφαβήτω tṑ alphabḗtō |
τοὺς ἀλφαβήτους toùs alphabḗtous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ἀλφάβητε alphábēte |
ἀλφαβήτω alphabḗtō |
ἀλφάβητοι alphábētoi | ||||||||||
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Descendants
References
- “ἀλφάβητος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἀλφάβητος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀλφάβητος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)