archetypum

Latin

Etymology

Substantive form of archetypus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /arˈkʰe.ty.pum/, [ärˈkʰɛt̪ʏpʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /arˈke.ti.pum/, [ärˈkɛːt̪ipum]

Adjective

archetypum

1. inflection of archetypus:
   1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
   2. accusative masculine singular

Noun

archetypum n (genitive archetypī); second declension

1. the original

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	archetypum	archetypa
Genitive	archetypī	archetypōrum
Dative	archetypō	archetypīs
Accusative	archetypum	archetypa
Ablative	archetypō	archetypīs
Vocative	archetypum	archetypa

Descendants

Descendants of archetypum

• Catalan: arquetip
• → Czech: archetyp
• → English: archetype
• → Finnish: arkkityyppi
• French: archétype
• Galician: arquetipo
• → German: Archetyp
• Italian: archetipo
• → Norwegian Bokmål: arketyp
• → Norwegian Nynorsk: arketyp
• Occitan: arquetipe
• → Polish: archetyp
• Portuguese: arquétipo
• Romanian: arhetip
• Spanish: arquetipo
• → Swedish: arketyp

Further reading

• “archetypum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press