symbolus

Latin

Etymology

Gender change from neuter symbolum.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈsym.bo.lus/, [ˈs̠ʏmbɔɫ̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsim.bo.lus/, [ˈsimbolus]

Noun

symbolus m (genitive symbolī); second declension

1. Synonym of symbolum
   1. token, symbol
   2. signet ring
   3. creed

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	symbolus	symbolī
Genitive	symbolī	symbolōrum
Dative	symbolō	symbolīs
Accusative	symbolum	symbolōs
Ablative	symbolō	symbolīs
Vocative	symbole	symbolī

References

• “symbolus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• symbolus 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)
• symbolus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.