arrhabo

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀρραβών (arrhabṓn, “down payment, guarantee”), from Biblical Hebrew עירבון / עֵרָבוֹן (ʿērāḇōn, “guarantee, deposit”) (earlier *ʿirrabōn).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈar.ra.boː/, [ˈärːäboː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈar.ra.bo/, [ˈärːäbo]

Noun

arrhabō f (genitive arrhabōnis); third declension

1. money given to ratify a contract; a deposit or pledge

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	arrhabō	arrhabōnēs
Genitive	arrhabōnis	arrhabōnum
Dative	arrhabōnī	arrhabōnibus
Accusative	arrhabōnem	arrhabōnēs
Ablative	arrhabōne	arrhabōnibus
Vocative	arrhabō	arrhabōnēs

References

• “arrhabo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• arrhabo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.