monile

Italian

Etymology

From Latin.

Noun

monile m (plural monili)

1. necklace
2. jewel

Anagrams

• Milone, limone, meloni

Latin

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *mony- (“crest, mane”). Compare Proto-Germanic *manją (“necklace”), Sanskrit मणि (maṇi, “neck ornament”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [mɔˈniː.ɫɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [moˈniː.le]

Noun

monīle n (genitive monīlis); third declension

1. necklace, collar
2. (chiefly in the plural) jewel(s)

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, pure i-stem).

	singular	plural
nominative	monīle	monīlia
genitive	monīlis	monīlium
dative	monīlī	monīlibus
accusative	monīle	monīlia
ablative	monīlī	monīlibus
vocative	monīle	monīlia

Further reading

• “monile”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “monile”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “monile”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “monile”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “monile”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin