symbolum

Latin

Etymology

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From Ancient Greek σύμβολον (súmbolon).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈsym.bo.lum/, [ˈs̠ʏmbɔɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsim.bo.lum/, [ˈsimbolum]

Noun

symbolum n (genitive symbolī); second declension

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

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

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

• symbolum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “symbolum”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly