symbolum

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σύμβολον (súmbolon).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsym.bo.lum/, [ˈs̠ʏmbɔɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsim.bo.lum/, [ˈsimbolum]

Noun

symbolum n (genitive symbolī); second declension

symbol, token
(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
→ Czech: symbol
→ Danish: symbol
French: symbole
- → Dutch: symbool
- → English: symbol
- → Polish: symbol
- → Scots: seembol
- → Turkish: sembol
Galician: símbolo
Italian: simbolo
Norman: sŷmbole
Norwegian:
- → Norwegian Bokmål: symbol
- → Norwegian Nynorsk: symbol
Portuguese: símbolo
Romanian: simbol
Spanish: símbolo
- → Tagalog: simbolo
→ German: Symbol
- Yiddish: סימבאָל (simbol)
→ Hungarian: szimbólum
→ Swedish: symbol
→ Welsh: symbol

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

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