Zenobius

English

Etymology

From Latin Zēnobius, from Ancient Greek Ζηνόβιος (Zēnóbios).

Proper noun

Zenobius (feminine Zenobia)

1. A male given name of historical usage

Related terms

• Zenobios

Translations

male given name

• French: Zénobe m
• Greek:

  Ancient: Ζηνόβιος m (Zēnóbios)

• Italian: Zenobio (it) m
• Latin: Zenobios m, Zenobius m
• Portuguese: Zenóbio m
• Russian: Зино́вий (ru) m (Zinóvij)
• Spanish: Zenobio m, Cenobio m
• Ukrainian: Зино́вій m (Zynóvij), Зіно́вій (uk) m (Zinóvij)

Latin

Alternative forms

• Zenobios

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ζηνόβιος (Zēnóbios).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /zeːˈno.bi.us/, [d̪͡z̪eːˈnɔbiʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /d͡zeˈno.bi.us/, [d̪͡z̪eˈnɔːbius]

Proper noun

Zēnobius m (genitive Zēnobiī or Zēnobī, feminine Zēnobia); second declension

1. A male given name of historical usage, equivalent to English Zenobius

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Zēnobius
genitive	Zēnobiī Zēnobī1
dative	Zēnobiō
accusative	Zēnobium
ablative	Zēnobiō
vocative	Zēnobī

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants

• English: Zenobius
• French: Zénobe
• Italian: Zenobio
• Spanish: Zenobio, Cenobio

Further reading

• Zenobius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.