Ζηνοβία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Ζήν (Zḗn, “Zeus”) +‎ βῐ́ᾱ (bíā, “power”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /zdɛː.no.bí.aː/ → /zi.noˈβi.a/ → /zi.noˈvi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /zdɛː.no.bí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ze̝.noˈbi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /zi.noˈβi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /zi.noˈvi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /zi.noˈvi.a/

Proper noun

Ζηνοβῐ́ᾱ • (Zēnobíā) f (genitive Ζηνοβῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. a female given name, equivalent to English Zenobia

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Ζηνοβῐ́ᾱ; τῆς Ζηνοβῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Ζηνοβῐ́ᾱ hē Zēnobíā
Genitive	τῆς Ζηνοβῐ́ᾱς tês Zēnobíās
Dative	τῇ Ζηνοβῐ́ᾳ têi Zēnobíāi
Accusative	τὴν Ζηνοβῐ́ᾱν tḕn Zēnobíān
Vocative	Ζηνοβῐ́ᾱ Zēnobíā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• Ζηνόβῐος (Zēnóbios)

Descendants

• Greek: Ζηνοβία (Zinovía)
• Latin: Zenobia