Ζηνόβιος

Ζηνόβιος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Ζήν (Zḗn, “Zeus”) +‎ βῐ́ος (bíos, “life”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /zdɛː.nó.bi.os/ → /ziˈno.βi.os/ → /ziˈno.vi.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /zdɛː.nó.bi.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /zeˈno.bi.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ziˈno.βi.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ziˈno.vi.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ziˈno.vi.os/

Proper noun

Ζηνόβῐος • (Zēnóbios) m (genitive Ζηνοβῐ́ου); second declension

1. A male given name, equivalent to English Zenobius

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Ζηνόβῐος; τοῦ Ζηνοβῐ́ου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Ζηνόβῐος ho Zēnóbios
Genitive	τοῦ Ζηνοβῐ́ου toû Zēnobíou
Dative	τῷ Ζηνοβῐ́ῳ tôi Zēnobíōi
Accusative	τὸν Ζηνόβῐον tòn Zēnóbion
Vocative	Ζηνόβῐε Zēnóbie
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• Ζηνοβῐ́ᾱ (Zēnobíā)

Descendants

• Greek: Ζηνόβιος (Zinóvios)
• Latin: Zenobius