arrhabo

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀρραβών (arrhabṓn, “down payment, guarantee”), from Biblical Hebrew עירבון / עֵרָבוֹן (ʿērāḇōn, “guarantee, deposit”) (earlier *ʿirrabōn).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈar.ra.boː/, [ˈärːäboː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈar.ra.bo/, [ˈärːäbo]

Noun

arrhabō m (genitive arrhabōnis); third declension

1. money given to ratify a contract; a deposit or pledge

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	arrhabō	arrhabōnēs
genitive	arrhabōnis	arrhabōnum
dative	arrhabōnī	arrhabōnibus
accusative	arrhabōnem	arrhabōnēs
ablative	arrhabōne	arrhabōnibus
vocative	arrhabō	arrhabōnēs

References

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