monopolium

See also: monopólium

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μονοπώλιον (monopṓlion, “a right of exclusive sale”), from μόνος (mónos, “sole”) + πωλέω (pōléō, “I barter, sell”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /mo.noˈpoː.li.um/, [mɔnɔˈpoːlʲiʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /mo.noˈpo.li.um/, [monoˈpɔːlium]

Noun

monopōlium n (genitive monopōliī or monopōlī); second declension

1. A right of exclusive sale in dealing or selling a thing.
2. a monopoly

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	monopōlium	monopōlia
Genitive	monopōliī monopōlī1	monopōliōrum
Dative	monopōliō	monopōliīs
Accusative	monopōlium	monopōlia
Ablative	monopōliō	monopōliīs
Vocative	monopōlium	monopōlia

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Descendants

• English: monopoly
• German: Monopolium, Monopol
• Hungarian: monopólium
• Italian: monopolio

References

• “monopolium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• monopolium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• monopolium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.