English

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

• slime mold

Latin

Alternative forms

• cœnobium

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.

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)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “cœnŏbĭum”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette, page 333/3.
• “coenobium” on pages 164–165 of Jan Frederik Niermeyer’s Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus (1976)