Zenobius

English

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Zenobius (feminine Zenobia)

1. A male given name from Ancient Greek, of historical usage.

Related terms

• Zenobios

Translations

male given name

Bulgarian: Зенобий m (Zenobij) 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): [zeːˈnɔ.bi.ʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [d͡zeˈnɔː.bi.us]

Proper noun

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

1. a male given name from Ancient Greek, 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.