Aenobarbus
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From aēnus (“copper”) and barba (“beard”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /a.eː.noˈbar.bus/, [äeːnɔˈbärbʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /a.e.noˈbar.bus/, [äenoˈbärbus]
Proper noun edit
Aēnobarbus m sg (genitive Aēnobarbī); second declension
- A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
- Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus, a Roman consul
Declension edit
Second-declension noun, singular only.
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References edit
- “Aenobarbus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Aenobarbus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.