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 === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [aɫ.pʰaˈbeː.tũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [al.faˈbɛː.tum] === Noun === alphabētum n (genitive alphabētī); second declension alphabet Synonym: ā̆bē̆cē̆dārium ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). ==== Descendants ==== === References === “alphabetum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press "alphabetum", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “alphabetum”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.