-monium

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Latin

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *-monyom, from *-mō.

Note that, as in Ancient Greek δαιμόνιον (daimónion), the -o- should be short, but, as in Latin the declension of -mō (e.g. sermō) was contaminated by the nominative case and thus made -mōn- instead of -mon-, this derivation was apparently contaminated also.

Pronunciation

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Suffix

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-mōnium n (genitive -mōniī or -mōnī); second declension

  1. Forms collective nouns and nouns designating legal status or obligation from other nouns.
    pater (father)patrimōnium (inheritance)
    māter (mother)mātrimōnium (marriage)
    testis (witness)testimōnium (evidence)

Usage notes

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Declension

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Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative -mōnium -mōnia
Genitive -mōniī
-mōnī1
-mōniōrum
Dative -mōniō -mōniīs
Accusative -mōnium -mōnia
Ablative -mōniō -mōniīs
Vocative -mōnium -mōnia

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

Derived terms

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