κοινόβιο

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Greek

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Koine Greek κοινόβιον (koinóbion),[1] neuter of κοινόβιος (koinóbios).[2] Morphologically κοινό- (koinó-, common) +‎ βί(ος) (ví(os), life) + suffix for neuters -ο.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ciˈno.vi.o/
  • Hyphenation: κοι‧νό‧βι‧ο

Noun

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κοινόβιο (koinóvion (plural κοινόβια)

  1. (ecclesiastical) coenobium, monastic community
  2. any community of people living together

Declension

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  • and see: κοινός (koinós, common) and βίος m (víos, life)
  • κοινοβ- words - The Reverse Index of Modern Greek by Anna Anastasiadi-Symeonidi at the Centre for the Greek Language.

References

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  1. ^ κοινόβιο, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
  2. ^ κοινόβιο - Babiniotis, Georgios (2010) Ετυμολογικό λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre