μονογαμία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μονο- (mono-) +‎ γάμος (gámos) +‎ -ία (-ía).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mo.no.ɡa.mí.aː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /mo.no.ɡaˈmi.a/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /mo.no.ɣaˈmi.a/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /mo.no.ɣaˈmi.a/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /mo.no.ɣaˈmi.a/

Noun

μονογᾰμίᾱ • (monogămíā) f (genitive μονογᾰμίᾱς); first declension

monogamy (state of being married to only one spouse)

Declension

First declension of ἡ μονογᾰμῐ́ᾱ; τῆς μονογᾰμῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ μονογᾰμῐ́ᾱ hē monogămĭ́ā
Genitive	τῆς μονογᾰμῐ́ᾱς tês monogămĭ́ās
Dative	τῇ μονογᾰμῐ́ᾳ tēî monogămĭ́āi
Accusative	τὴν μονογᾰμῐ́ᾱν tḕn monogămĭ́ān
Vocative	μονογᾰμῐ́ᾱ monogămĭ́ā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

μονογαμέω (monogaméō)
μονόγαμος (monógamos)

Descendants

Descendants

Greek: μονογαμία (monogamía)
→ Belarusian: манага́мія (manahámija)
→ Bulgarian: монога́мия (monogámija)
→ Esperanto: monogamio
→ Georgian: მონოგამია (monogamia)
→ Late Latin: monogamia
- Catalan: monogàmia
- → English: monogamy
- → Finnish: monogamia
- French: monogamie
- → German: Monogamie
- → Hungarian: monogámia
- → Irish: monagamas
- Italian: monogamia
- → Polish: monogamia
- Portuguese: monogamia
- Romanian: monogamie
- Spanish: monogamia
- → Swedish: monogami
- → Welsh: monogami
→ Macedonian: моногамија (monogamija)
→ Russian: монога́мия (monogámija)
- → Kazakh: моногамия (monogamiä)
→ Serbo-Croatian: monogàmija
→ Translingual: Monogamia
→ Ukrainian: монога́мія (monohámija)

Further reading

μονογαμία, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
“μονογαμία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
μονογαμία in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
μονογαμία in Pape, Wilhelm (1914), Max Sengebusch, editor, Handwörterbuch der griechischen Sprache‎^[1] (in German), 3rd edition, Braunschweig: Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μονογαμίᾱ (monogamíā). By surface analysis, μονο- (mono-) +‎ γάμος (gámos) +‎ -ία (-ía).

Noun

μονογαμία • (monogamía) f (plural μονογαμίες)

monogamy (permanent pair bond between two beings)

Declension

Declension of **μονογαμία**
	singular	plural
nominative	μονογαμία (monogamía)	μονογαμίες (monogamíes)
genitive	μονογαμίας (monogamías)	μονογαμιών (monogamión)
accusative	μονογαμία (monogamía)	μονογαμίες (monogamíes)
vocative	μονογαμία (monogamía)	μονογαμίες (monogamíes)