Comnenus

[ kom-nee-nuh s ]

/ kɒmˈni nəs /

a dynasty of Byzantine emperors that ruled at Constantinople, 1057?–1185, and at Trebizond in Asia Minor, 1204–1461?.

OTHER WORDS FROM Comnenus

Com·ne·ni·an

[kom-nee-nee-uh n] /kɒmˈni ni ən/, adjective

Comnenus probably brought over, and left to his descendants, the inheritance of this craft.

Needlework As Art |Marian Alford
Comnenus parries the question of his brother, contrives to dismiss him, and remains alone upon the spot.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 70, No. 433, November 1851 |Various
Alexius has been 519 remarking the change in Comnenus since they last met.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 70, No. 433, November 1851 |Various
Comnenus, the prince of the Atrebates, was at war with the sons of Cunobelinus (Cymbeline).

Needlework As Art |Marian Alford

But the idea of a Comnenus marrying below his station was offensive both to Alexius and his people.

Women of Early Christianity |Alfred Brittain

Comnenus

/ (kɒmˈniːnəs) /

an important Byzantine family from which the imperial dynasties of Constantinople (1057–59; 1081–1185) and Trebizond (1204–1461) derived