monomachia

English

Alternative forms

• monomachy

Etymology

From Latin monomachia, from Ancient Greek μονομαχία (monomakhía); μόνος (mónos, “single, alone”) + μάχομαι (mákhomai, “fight”).

Noun

monomachia (plural monomachias)

1. (obsolete) A duel; single combat.
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     the duello or monomachia

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μονομαχίᾱ (monomakhíā).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [mɔ.nɔˈma.kʰi.a]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [mo.noˈmaː.ki.a]

Noun

monomachia f (genitive monomachiae); first declension

1. duel (single combat)

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	monomachia	monomachiae
genitive	monomachiae	monomachiārum
dative	monomachiae	monomachiīs
accusative	monomachiam	monomachiās
ablative	monomachiā	monomachiīs
vocative	monomachia	monomachiae

Descendants

• English: monomachia, monomachy

References

• “monomachia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "monomachia", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• “monomachia”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.