ἀλφάβητος

See also: αλφάβητος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἄλφα (álpha, “alpha”) +‎ βῆτᾰ (bêta, “beta”) +‎ -ος (-os).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /al.pʰá.bɛː.tos/ → /alˈɸa.βi.tos/ → /alˈfa.vi.tos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /al.pʰá.bɛː.tos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /alˈpʰa.be̝.tos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /alˈɸa.βi.tos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /alˈfa.vi.tos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /alˈfa.vi.tos/

Noun

ἀλφάβητος • (alphábētos) m (genitive ἀλφαβήτου); second declension

1. alphabet

   Synonym: στοιχείωσῐς (stoikheíōsis)

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ἀλφάβητος; τοῦ ἀλφαβήτου (Attic)

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 tôi 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
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: αλφάβητο (alfávito)
• → Latin: alphabetum
  • → English: alphabet
• → Russian: алфа́вит (alfávit), алфави́т (alfavít)
• → Ukrainian: алфа́віт (alfávit)

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 (2006–2024)