alphabetum

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

alphabētum n (genitive alphabētī); second declension

  1. alphabet

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative alphabētum alphabēta
genitive alphabētī alphabētōrum
dative alphabētō alphabētīs
accusative alphabētum alphabēta
ablative alphabētō alphabētīs
vocative alphabētum alphabēta

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