μουνόθεν

μονόθεν

alone: ionic (indeclform adverb)

μονόθεν, Adv.

A alone, singly,

μοῦνος μουνόθεν Hdt.1.116

(v.l. μουνωθέντα).

II on one side only, Sch.Arat.8.

μονόω, [dialect] Ep. and [dialect] Ion. [full] μουνόω, Od. 16.117, Hdt. (v. infr.); but [pref] μον- in Il.11.470: ([etym.] μόνος):—

A make single or solitary, ἡμετέρην γενεὴν μούνωσε Κρονίων made our race single, i. e. allowed but one son in each generation, Od.16.117; μ. τὸν Φίλιππον leave him isolated, Plb.5.16.10; get alone,

τινὰ ἐν σπήλυγγι AP9.451

; strip of predicates, make unique, [ θεόν] Plot.6.8.15.

II more freq. in [voice] Pass., to be left alone, forsaken,

ἐνὶ Τρώεσσι μονωθείς Il.

l. c.;

μουνωθέντα παρ' οἴεσιν ἢ παρὰ βουσίν Od.15.386

; ἐμουνοῦντο they were left each man by himself, Hdt. 8.123; μουνωθέντα taken apart, without witnesses (v. l. for μουνόθεν), Id.1.116;

γυνὴ μονωθεῖσ' οὐδέν A.Supp. 749

; of animals when hunted, X.Cyn.9.9; when left solitary, Arist.HA 578b33; of the soul, to be separated from the body, Diog.Oen.36; of things, to be taken alone, Arist.EN 1096b17; to be isolated in thought, Dam.Pr. 195.

2 c. gen. pers., μεμουνωμένοι συμμάχων deserted by allies, Hdt.1.102, cf. 6.15, 7.139; μονωθεὶς δάμαρτος, σοῦ μονούμενος, E.Alc. 296, 380;

δεσποτῶν μονούμενος Id.Rh. 871

;

μονωθεῖσ' ἀπὸ πατρός Id.IA 669

;

μονωθεὶς μετ' ὀλίγων Th.6.101

: abs.,

μεμονωμένων εἰ κρατήσειαν Id.2.81

, cf. 5.40,58. b. c. gen. rei, μεμονωμένοι τῆς τῶν ἱππέων βοηθείας bereft of.., D.S.19.43; μονούμενος τῶν ἀγαθῶν separated from.., Pl.Lg. 710b; μονωθεῖσαι φρονήσεως without.., Id.Ti. 46e; μονωθεὶς ἐκ τῆς εἱρκτῆς, i. e. set free from.., Id.Ax. 370d.

Grammatical information: adj.

Meaning: `alone'.

Other forms: ep. Ion. μοῦνος, Theoc. μῶνος

Compounds: Very often as 1. member, e.g. μόν-(μούν-)αρχος m. `monarch' with - έω, - ία etc. (Thgn., Pi., IA; cf. Scheller KZ 74, 233 n. 1).

Derivatives: 1. μονάς, μουνάς, - άδος adj. f. (also m. Schwyzer 507, Chantraine Form. 358) `lonely' Trag., AP), subst. f. `unity' (Pl.; Schwyzer 597) with μοναδ-ιαῖος `of uniform greatness' (Hero), - ικός `consisting of unities, uniform, individual' (Arist.), - ιστί adv. `in unities' (Nicom.), - ισμός m. `formation of unity' (Dam.). -- 2. μοναχ-ῃ̃ (Pl., X.), - ῶς (Arist.) `only in one way', - οῦ (Pl., Thphr.) `onl in one place'; adj. μοναχός `individual' (Arist., Epicur.), also m. `hermit, monk' (AP, Procop.), Lat. monachus, with f. μονάχ-ουσα (Jerusalem VI^p), adj. - ικός `belonging to a hermit, monkish' (Just., pap. VI<sup>p</sup>); subst. μοναχισμός `monastic life', cf. Leumann Sprachgesch. u. Wortbed. 304; μοναχ-όω `get lonely' (Aq.). -- 3. μουνάξ adv. `lonely, alone' (Od., Arat.; to μοναχοῦ etc.?, Schwyzer 620), μοναξία `lonelyness' (sch., Eust.) from *μοναξός as διξός etc., PN Μονάξιος (V<sup>p</sup>); Schulze KZ 33, 394f. = Kl. Schr. 313f., Schwyzer 598. -- 4. μονιός, μούνιος `living alone, wild' (Call., AP), μονίας m. `lonely man' (Ael.). -- 5. μονία, - ίη `lonelyness, celibate' (Max.), μονότης f. `unity' (Sm., Iamb.), `singularity' (Alex. Aphr. in Metaph.). -- 6. μουνόθεν (Hdt. 1, 116; v. 1. - οθέντα), μονά-δην (A. D., EM), μουνα-δόν (Opp.) `lonely, alone'. -- 7. Verbs: μονόομαι ( μουν-), - όω `be left alone, leave alone' (Il.; Wackernagel Unt. 122ff.) with μόν-ωσις `lonelyness' (Pl., Ph.), - ώτης m. = μονίας (Arist.), - ωτικός `(left) alone' (Ph.); μονάζω `stay alone, isolate oneself' (LXX, Christ. writers, gramm.) with μονασμός `lonely situation' (Eust.), μοναστήριον `cel of a hermit, cloister' (Ph., pap.), μονάστρια f. `nun' (Just.).

Origin: IE [Indo-European]X [probably] [728] * men- `small, alone'

Etymology: Beside PGr. *μόνϜος, from where Ion. μοῦνος, Att. etc. μόνος (Kretschmer KZ 31, 444), stands, though in meaning a little apart, *μανϜός in μᾱνός, μανός (s.v.) `thin, rare', which agrees with Arm. manr, gen. manu `small, thin'. An element -u̯o- appears also in the synonymous οἶϜος (s. οἶος) and in ὅλος (s.v.) of related meaning; further *μόνϜος is isolated. A quite different formation with velar shows Skt. manā́k `a little', Lith. meñkas `scanty', Toch. B meṅki `less' a.o.; ambiguous is Hitt. maninku- `short, near' (formation as Lat. prop-inquus? Duchesne-Guillemin Trans. Phil. Soc. 1946 p. 82f., Benveniste BSL 50, 41). On the occasional contact with the group of μινύθω s.v.; also WP. 2, 266 f. Pok. 728 f., W.-Hofmann s. minor. -- Improbable Hahn Lang. 18, 88.

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