Bethlehemum
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Βηθλεέμ (Bēthleém), from Biblical Hebrew בּית לחם (Bet Léchem). The Ancient Greek etymon and all the other forms of this word are indeclinable; Bēthlehēmum was adapted to decline as a neuter proper noun of the second declension.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /beːtʰ.leˈheː.mum/, [beːt̪ʰɫ̪eˈ(ɦ)eːmʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /bet.leˈe.mum/, [bet̪leˈɛːmum]
Proper noun
Bēthlehēmum n sg (genitive Bēthlehēmī); second declension
- Bethlehem (a town of the tribe of Judah, the birthplace of David and of Christ, now Bēt Laḥm)
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter), with locative, singular only.
| Case | Singular |
|---|---|
| Nominative | Bēthlehēmum |
| Genitive | Bēthlehēmī |
| Dative | Bēthlehēmō |
| Accusative | Bēthlehēmum |
| Ablative | Bēthlehēmō |
| Vocative | Bēthlehēmum |
| Locative | Bēthlehēmī |
Synonyms
- (Bethlehem): Ephrāta
Derived terms
- Bēthlaeus
- Bēthleëmicus
- Bēthlehemītēs
- Bēthlemiticus
References
- “Bēthlĕhēmum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Further reading
Bethleem on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia la
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