-monia

See also: monia and Monia

Latin

Etymology

Feminine form of -mōnium

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈmoː.ni.a]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈmɔː.ni.a]

Suffix

-mōnia f (genitive -mōniae); first declension

1. 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

• 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

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	-mōnia	-mōniae
genitive	-mōniae	-mōniārum
dative	-mōniae	-mōniīs
accusative	-mōniam	-mōniās
ablative	-mōniā	-mōniīs
vocative	-mōnia	-mōniae

Derived terms

Latin terms suffixed with -monia

acrimonia

aegrimonia

alimonia

caerimonia

castimonia

falsimonia

parsimonia

querimonia

sanctimonia

tristimonia

Related terms

• derivatives of -mōnium