μονομαχία
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- μουνομαχίη (mounomakhíē) — Ionic
Etymology
From μονο- (mono-, “single, alone”) + μάχομαι (mákhomai, “to fight”) + -ίᾱ (-íā).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /mo.no.ma.kʰí.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /mo.no.maˈkʰi.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /mo.no.maˈçi.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /mo.no.maˈçi.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /mo.no.maˈçi.a/
Noun
μονομᾰχίᾱ • (monomăkhíā) f (genitive μονομᾰχίᾱς); first declension
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ μονομᾰχῐ́ᾱ hē monomăkhĭ́ā |
τὼ μονομᾰχῐ́ᾱ tṑ monomăkhĭ́ā |
αἱ μονομᾰχῐ́αι hai monomăkhĭ́ai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς μονομᾰχῐ́ᾱς tês monomăkhĭ́ās |
τοῖν μονομᾰχῐ́αιν toîn monomăkhĭ́ain |
τῶν μονομᾰχῐῶν tôn monomăkhĭôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ μονομᾰχῐ́ᾳ tēî monomăkhĭ́āi |
τοῖν μονομᾰχῐ́αιν toîn monomăkhĭ́ain |
ταῖς μονομᾰχῐ́αις taîs monomăkhĭ́ais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν μονομᾰχῐ́ᾱν tḕn monomăkhĭ́ān |
τὼ μονομᾰχῐ́ᾱ tṑ monomăkhĭ́ā |
τᾱ̀ς μονομᾰχῐ́ᾱς tā̀s monomăkhĭ́ās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | μονομᾰχῐ́ᾱ monomăkhĭ́ā |
μονομᾰχῐ́ᾱ monomăkhĭ́ā |
μονομᾰχῐ́αι monomăkhĭ́ai | ||||||||||
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Related terms
- μονομαχέω (monomakhéō)
- μονομάχημα (monomákhēma)
- μονομαχικός (monomakhikós)
- μονόμαχος (monómakhos)
- μονομάχος (monomákhos)
- μονομαχοτρόφος (monomakhotróphos)
Descendants
- Greek: μονομαχία (monomachía)
- Latin: monomachia
- English: monomachia, monomachy
Further reading
- μονομαχία, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
- “μονομαχία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- μονομαχία in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- μονομαχία 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 μονομαχία (monomakhía); μόνος (mónos, “single, alone”) + μάχομαι (mákhomai, “fight”).
Noun
μονομαχία • (monomachía) f (plural μονομαχίες)
- duel, joust
- dogfight (air combat)
- (figurative) confrontation (between two people or groups)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | μονομαχία (monomachía) | μονομαχίες (monomachíes) |
| genitive | μονομαχίας (monomachías) | μονομαχιών (monomachión) |
| accusative | μονομαχία (monomachía) | μονομαχίες (monomachíes) |
| vocative | μονομαχία (monomachía) | μονομαχίες (monomachíes) |
Related terms
- μονομάχος m (monomáchos, “gladiator, duellist”)