archicoenobium

Latin

Etymology

Formed by prefixation: archi- (“arch-”) +‎ coenobium (“monastery”, “abbey”), as if after an Ancient Greek *ἀρχικοινόβιον (*arkhikoinóbion).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ar.kʰi.koe̯ˈno.bi.um/, [ärkʰɪkoe̯ˈnɔbiʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ar.ki.t͡ʃeˈno.bi.um/, [ärkit͡ʃeˈnɔːbium]

Noun

archicoenobium n (genitive archicoenobiī or archicoenobī); second declension

1. (New Latin) archabbey

   Typis Archicœnobii Montis Casini ^[1]

   from the Printing House of the Archabbey of Monte Cassino

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	archicoenobium	archicoenobia
Genitive	archicoenobiī archicoenobī1	archicoenobiōrum
Dative	archicoenobiō	archicoenobiīs
Accusative	archicoenobium	archicoenobia
Ablative	archicoenobiō	archicoenobiīs
Vocative	archicoenobium	archicoenobia

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

References

• archicoenobium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• archicoenobium in Ramminger, Johann (2024 June 9 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016