LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinefirst declension

coenobīta

coenobīta m (genitive coenobītae)
Classical[koe̯.nɔˈbiː.ta]Ecclesiastical[t͡ʃe.noˈbiː.ta]

Meaning

  1. brother, fellow monk

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativecoenobītacoenobītae
genitivecoenobītaecoenobītārum
dativecoenobītaecoenobītīs
accusativecoenobītamcoenobītās
ablativecoenobītācoenobītīs
vocativecoenobītacoenobītae

coenŏbīta, ae, m. coenobium,
I. a cloister-brother, a monk, Hier. Ep. 22, n. 34 al.

Origins

Borrowed from Byzantine Greek κοινοβῑ́της (koinobī́tēs), from κοινόβιον (koinóbion) + -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs).

Descendants
  • Catalancenobita
  • Englishcenobite
  • GermanZönobit
  • Italiancenobita
  • Spanishcenobita
  • Polishcenobita
  • TranslingualCoenobita

In English words that came into English from coenobīta

  • cenobitecoenobīta

Quick answers

What does coenobīta mean in Latin?
coenobīta, a noun, means “brother, fellow monk”.
What is the genitive of coenobīta?
The genitive singular is coenobītae. coenobīta is masculine, first declension.
How do you pronounce coenobīta?
In classical Latin, [koe̯.nɔˈbiː.ta]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [t͡ʃe.noˈbiː.ta].