-monia
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Feminine form of -mōnium
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈmoː.ni.a/, [ˈmoːniä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈmo.ni.a/, [ˈmɔːniä]
Suffix
[edit]-mōnia f (genitive -mōniae); first declension
- Forms abstract nouns from adjectives and possibly other roots.
- sānctus (“holy”) → sānctimōnia (“virtuousness”)
- ācer (“sour; harsh”) → ācrimōnia (“pungency; austerity”)
- parcus (“sparing, slight”) → parcimōnia, parsimōnia (“thrift”)
Usage notes
[edit]- harmonia is a borrowing from Greek and does not derive from this stem. Note the o in harmonia derives from omicron and is short.
Declension
[edit]First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | -mōnia | -mōniae |
Genitive | -mōniae | -mōniārum |
Dative | -mōniae | -mōniīs |
Accusative | -mōniam | -mōniās |
Ablative | -mōniā | -mōniīs |
Vocative | -mōnia | -mōniae |