μοναστήριον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Substantivization of the adjective μοναστήριος (monastḗrios), from μονάζω (monázō, “to be alone”), from μόνος (mónos, “alone”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mo.nas.tɛ̌ː.ri.on/ → /mo.nasˈti.ri.on/ → /mo.nasˈti.ri.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mo.nas.tɛ̌ː.ri.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /mo.nasˈte̝.ri.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /mo.nasˈti.ri.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /mo.nasˈti.ri.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /mo.nasˈti.ri.on/

Noun

μοναστήριον • (monastḗrion) n (genitive μοναστηρίου); second declension

1. solitary dwelling, hermit's cell
   • Philo Mechanicus 2.475
2. monastery
   • Inscriptiones Graecae 8729 al.

Declension

Second declension of τὸ μοναστήριον; τοῦ μοναστηρίου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ μοναστήριον tò monastḗrion	τὼ μοναστηρίω tṑ monastēríō	τᾰ̀ μοναστήριᾰ tà monastḗria
Genitive	τοῦ μοναστηρίου toû monastēríou	τοῖν μοναστηρίοιν toîn monastēríoin	τῶν μοναστηρίων tôn monastēríōn
Dative	τῷ μοναστηρίῳ tôi monastēríōi	τοῖν μοναστηρίοιν toîn monastēríoin	τοῖς μοναστηρίοις toîs monastēríois
Accusative	τὸ μοναστήριον tò monastḗrion	τὼ μοναστηρίω tṑ monastēríō	τᾰ̀ μοναστήριᾰ tà monastḗria
Vocative	μοναστήριον monastḗrion	μοναστηρίω monastēríō	μοναστήριᾰ monastḗria
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: μοναστήρι (monastíri)
  • Romanian: mânăstire, mănăstire
  • Russian: монасты́рь (monastýrʹ)
• Latin: monasterium
  • → Arabic: منستر (munastīr)
    • → Catalan: monestir
  • → Aragonese: monesterio
  • → Asturian: monasteriu
  • → French: monastère
  • → Italian: monastero
  • → Norman: monastéthe (Jersey)
  • Late Latin: monastērium
    • Vulgar Latin: monistērium
      • Old French: mostier
        • Middle French: moustier
          • French: moutier
      • Old Galician-Portuguese: mõesteiro
        • Galician: mosteiro
        • Portuguese: mosteiro
  • → Occitan: monastèri
  • → Portuguese: monastério
  • → Spanish: monasterio
  • → Old English: mynster
    • English: minster

Further reading

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