Aenobarbus

Latin

Alternative forms

• Ahēnobarbus

Etymology

From aēnus (“copper”) and barba (“beard”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /a.eː.noˈbar.bus/, [äeːnɔˈbärbʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.e.noˈbar.bus/, [äenoˈbärbus]

Proper noun

Aēnobarbus m sg (genitive Aēnobarbī); second declension

1. A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
   1. Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus, a Roman consul

Declension

Second-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Aēnobarbus
Genitive	Aēnobarbī
Dative	Aēnobarbō
Accusative	Aēnobarbum
Ablative	Aēnobarbō
Vocative	Aēnobarbe

References

• “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.