Bethlehemum
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Latin
Alternative forms
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 Latin) IPA(key): /beːtʰ.leˈheː.mum/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /bet.leˈe.mum/,
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.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Bēthlehēmum |
| genitive | Bēthlehēmī |
| dative | Bēthlehēmō |
| accusative | Bēthlehēmum |
| ablative | Bēthlehēmō |
| vocative | Bēthlehēmum |
| locative | Bēthlehēmī |
Synonyms
- (Bethlehem): Ephrāta
Derived terms
Descendants
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
