symbolum

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σύμβολον (súmbolon).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsym.bo.lum/, [ˈsʏm.bɔ.ɫũ]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsim.bo.lum/

Noun

symbolum n (genitive symbolī); second declension

1. symbol, token
2. (Ecclesiastical Latin) creed

Inflection

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	symbolum	symbola
genitive	symbolī	symbolōrum
dative	symbolō	symbolīs
accusative	symbolum	symbola
ablative	symbolō	symbolīs
vocative	symbolum	symbola

Descendants

Descendants

• Asturian: símbolu
• Catalan: símbol
• French: symbole

• → Dutch: symbool
• → English: symbol
• → Scots: seembol
• → Turkish: sembol

• Galician: símbolo

• Italian: simbolo
• Norman: sŷmbole
• Portuguese: símbolo
• Romanian: simbol
• Spanish: símbolo
• → German: Symbol

• Yiddish: סימבאָל‏ (simbol)

• → Hungarian: szimbólum

See also

• symbolus

References

• du Cange, Charles (1883), “symbolum”, in G. A. Louis Henschel, Pierre Carpentier, Léopold Favre, editors, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (in Latin), Niort: L. Favre
• symbolum in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly