μονάς

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• μουνᾰ́ς (mounắs) — Ionic

Etymology

From μόνος (mónos) + -ᾰ́ς (-ắs).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mo.nás/ → /moˈnas/ → /moˈnas/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mo.nás/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /moˈnas/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /moˈnas/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /moˈnas/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /moˈnas/

Adjective

μονᾰ́ς • (monắs)

1. alone, solitary, isolated
2. special feminine form of μόνος (mónos)

Noun

μονᾰ́ς • (monắs) f (genitive μονᾰ́δος); third declension

1. unit

Inflection

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ μονᾰ́ς hē monắs	τὼ μονᾰ́δε tṑ monắde	αἱ μονᾰ́δες hai monắdes
Genitive	τῆς μονᾰ́δος tês monắdos	τοῖν μονᾰ́δοιν toîn monắdoin	τῶν μονᾰ́δων tôn monắdōn
Dative	τῇ μονᾰ́δῐ têi monắdĭ	τοῖν μονᾰ́δοιν toîn monắdoin	ταῖς μονᾰ́σῐ / μονᾰ́σῐν taîs monắsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὴν μονᾰ́δᾰ tḕn monắdă	τὼ μονᾰ́δε tṑ monắde	τᾱ̀ς μονᾰ́δᾰς tā̀s monắdăs
Vocative	μονᾰ́ς monắs	μονᾰ́δε monắde	μονᾰ́δες monắdes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Third declension of ἡ μονᾰ́ς; τῆς μονᾰ́δος (Attic)

• The feminine adjective and the noun are declined the same.

Descendants

• → Latin: monas
  • → English: monad

References

• “μονάς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “μονάς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• μονάς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• μονάς in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • alone idem, page 25.
  • figure idem, page 319.
  • lonely idem, page 498.
  • one idem, page 573.
  • solitary idem, page 792.
  • unit idem, page 923.