monachus
See also: Monachus
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek μοναχός (monakhós, “single, solitary”), from μόνος (mónos, “alone”)
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈmo.na.kʰus/, [ˈmɔnäkʰʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈmo.na.kus/, [ˈmɔːnäkus]
Noun
monachus m (genitive monachī); second declension
- (Medieval Latin) monk (male member of a religious community)
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | monachus | monachī |
| Genitive | monachī | monachōrum |
| Dative | monachō | monachīs |
| Accusative | monachum | monachōs |
| Ablative | monachō | monachīs |
| Vocative | monache | monachī |
Related terms
Descendants
- Albanian: murg, munëg
- Alemmanic German: Mönch
- Basque: monako
- Breton: manac'h
- Catalan: monjo
- Czech: mnich
- Danish: munk
- Dutch: monnik
- English: monk
- Esperanto: monaĥo
- Estonian: munk
- Faroese: munkur
- Finnish: munkki
- French: moine
- Galician: monxe
- German: Mönch
- Icelandic: munkur
- Ido: monako
- Interlingua: monacho
- Irish: manach
- Italian: monaco
- Latvian: mūks
- Middle English: monk
- Middle French: moine
- Norman: mouaine, mouène
- Norwegian: munk
- Occitan: monge
- Old English: munuc
- Old French: moingne
- Old Irish: manach
- Old Galician-Portuguese: moogo, monge
- Romansch: muntg, montg, muong
- Polish: mnich
- Portuguese: monge
- Sardinian: mongiu, monzu
- Scottish Gaelic: manach
- Sicilian: mònacu, mònicu, mònucu
- Slovak: mních
- Slovene: menih
- Spanish: monje
- Swahili: mmonaki
- Swedish: munk
- Võro: muuk
- Welsh: mynach
- West Frisian: muonts
- Venetian: munego, monego
See also
References
- “monachus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- monachus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.