κοινόβιο

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Greek

Etymology

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

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

Noun

κοινόβιο (koinóvion (plural κοινόβια)

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

Declension

Declension of κοινόβιο
singular plural
nominative κοινόβιο (koinóvio) κοινόβια (koinóvia)
genitive κοινοβίου (koinovíou)
κοινόβιου (koinóviou)
κοινοβίων (koinovíon)
κοινόβιων (koinóvion)
accusative κοινόβιο (koinóvio) κοινόβια (koinóvia)
vocative κοινόβιο (koinóvio) κοινόβια (koinóvia)
  • 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

  1. ^ κοινόβιο, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , 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 [Etymological Dictionary of Modern Greek language] (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre