ἀλφάβητος
See also: αλφάβητος
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- ἀλφάβητον (alphábēton) – Koine, Byzantine
Etymology
From ἄλφα (álpha, “alpha”) + βῆτᾰ (bêta, “beta”) + -ος (-os).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /al.pʰá.bɛː.tos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /alˈpʰa.be̝.tos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /alˈɸa.βi.tos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /alˈfa.vi.tos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /alˈfa.vi.tos/
Noun
ἀλφάβητος • (alphábētos) m (genitive ἀλφαβήτου); second declension
- alphabet
- Synonym: στοιχείωσῐς (stoikheíōsis)
Inflection
Second declension of ὁ ἀλφάβητος; τοῦ ἀλφαβήτου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Byzantine Greek: ἀλφάβητον (alphábēton)
- 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 (2006–2023)