coenobium

See also: cœnobium

English

Etymology

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Noun

coenobium (plural coenobiums or coenobia)

  1. (biology) An arranged colony of algae that acts as a single organism.
  2. Alternative spelling of cenobium

See also

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek κοινόβῐον (koinóbion, “life in community”, “monastery”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /koe̯ˈno.bi.um/, [koe̯ˈnɔ.bi.ũ]

Noun

coenobium n (genitive coenobiī); second declension

  1. monastery, convent, cloister

Declension

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative coenobium coenobia
genitive coenobiī
coenobī1		 coenobiōrum
dative coenobiō coenobiīs
accusative coenobium coenobia
ablative coenobiō coenobiīs
vocative coenobium coenobia

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

Derived terms

References

  • coenŏbĭum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • coenobium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • cœnŏbĭum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette, page 333/3
  • Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “coenobium”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus (in Latin), Leiden, Boston: Brill, pages 164–165
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