μονόφθογγος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

μόνος (mónos) +‎ φθόγγος (phthóngos)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /moˈnoɸ.θoŋ.ɡos/ → /moˈnof.θoŋ.ɡos/

• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /moˈnopʰ.tʰoŋ.ɡos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /moˈnoɸ.θoŋ.ɡos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /moˈnof.θoŋ.ɡos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /moˈnof.θoŋ.ɡos/

Noun

μονόφθογγος • (monóphthongos) f (genitive μονοφθόγγου); second declension

1. (phonetics, phonology) a monophthong

   Antonym: δίφθογγος (díphthongos)

Inflection

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ μονόφθογγος hē monóphthongos	τὼ μονοφθόγγω tṑ monophthóngō	αἱ μονόφθογγοι hai monóphthongoi
Genitive	τῆς μονοφθόγγου tês monophthóngou	τοῖν μονοφθόγγοιν toîn monophthóngoin	τῶν μονοφθόγγων tôn monophthóngōn
Dative	τῇ μονοφθόγγῳ têi monophthóngōi	τοῖν μονοφθόγγοιν toîn monophthóngoin	ταῖς μονοφθόγγοις taîs monophthóngois
Accusative	τὴν μονόφθογγον tḕn monóphthongon	τὼ μονοφθόγγω tṑ monophthóngō	τᾱ̀ς μονοφθόγγους tā̀s monophthóngous
Vocative	μονόφθογγε monóphthonge	μονοφθόγγω monophthóngō	μονόφθογγοι monóphthongoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Second declension of ἡ μονόφθογγος; τῆς μονοφθόγγου (Attic)

Further reading

• “μονόφθογγος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press