See also: μόνη

Ancient Greek edit

Etymology edit

From μένω (ménō) +‎ ().

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μονή (monḗf (genitive μονῆς); first declension

  1. a staying, abiding, tarrying, stay; persistence, continuance
    1. permanence
      • 341 BCE – 270 BCE, Epicurus, Nat. 11.10:
        τῆς γῆς
        tês gês
      • C.E. 515–529, Damascius Diadochus, edited by Charles-Émile Ruelle, Ἀπορίαι καὶ λύσεις περὶ τῶν πρώτων ἀρχῶν εἰς τὸν Πλάτωνος Παρμενίδην [Problems and Solutions Concerning First Principles in Plato’s Parmenides], volume I of II, Paris: C. Klincksieck, bibliopola, published 1889, ¶ 36, page 73, lines 16–17:
        Ἀεὶ γὰρ ἡ μονὴ πρὸ πάσης προόδου οὔπω δὲ τὰ διάφορα ἐπὶ τῆς ἀδιαφόρου φύσεως.
        Aeì gàr hē monḕ prò pásēs proódou oúpō dè tà diáphora epì tês adiaphórou phúseōs.
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      • 〃, ¶ 72, page 158, lines 15–22:
        Πάλιν δὲ ἀπ᾽ ἄλλης ἀρχῆς ἀρξάμενοι λέγομεν περὶ γνωστοῦ τε καὶ γνώσεως, καὶ ἔτι πρότερον περὶ μονῆς καὶ προόδου καὶ ἐπιστροφῆς· ἀπὸ γὰρ τούτων τῶν λόγων φανεῖται καὶ τίς ἡ χρεία τῆς γνώσεως καὶ τί τὸ γνωστόν· ἔτι δὲ ἀπὸ τούτων ἀπορήσομεν καὶ εἴ τίς ἐστι μονὴ καὶ πρόοδος καὶ ἐπιστροφὴ ἐν τῷ ἡνωμένῳ· καὶ πρό γε πάντων ζητητέον πῶς τὸ πρῶτον ἀφ᾽ ἑτέρου ἕτερον διεκρίθη· τὸ γὰρ δὴ πρῶτον διακρινόμενον ἢ διακεκριμένον (ἔστω γὰρ ἐπὶ τούτου ὁ λόγος), τὸ δ᾽ οὖν διακεκριμένον, ἀλλὰ πρὸ αὐτοῦ ἐκεῖνο ἀφ᾽ οὗ διακέκριται, ὅτι καὶ αὐτὸ διακεκριμένον.
        (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    2. (grammar) preservation
  2. a stopping-place, station; apartment, mansion; quarters, billets
    • 50 CE – 100 CE, The Gospel of John 14:2:
      ἐν τῇ οἰκίᾳ τοῦ πατρός μου μοναὶ πολλαί εἰσιν· εἰ δὲ μή, εἶπον ἂν ὑμῖν· πορεύομαι ἑτοιμάσαι τόπον ὑμῖν.
      en têi oikíāi toû patrós mou monaì pollaí eisin; ei dè mḗ, eîpon àn humîn; poreúomai hetoimásai tópon humîn.
    • 50 CE – 100 CE, The Gospel of John 14:23:
      ἀπεκρίθη ὁ Ἰησοῦς καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῷ, Ἐάν τις ἀγαπᾷ με, τὸν λόγον μου τηρήσει, καὶ ὁ πατήρ μου ἀγαπήσει αὐτόν, καὶ πρὸς αὐτὸν ἐλευσόμεθα, καὶ μονὴν παρ’ αὐτῷ ποιήσομεν.
      apekríthē ho Iēsoûs kaì eîpen autôi, Eán tis agapâi me, tòn lógon mou tērḗsei, kaì ho patḗr mou agapḗsei autón, kaì pròs autòn eleusómetha, kaì monḕn par’ autôi poiḗsomen.
    • Orientis Graeci Inscriptiones Selectae 527.5, (Hierapolis)
    1. monastery
  3. appearance in a court of law
    • iii B.C., PHib. 93.2
    • iii B.C., PHib. 111.31

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  • Greek: μονή (moní)
  • Coptic: ⲙⲟⲛⲏ (monē)

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Etymology edit

From Ancient Greek μονή (monḗ).

Noun edit

μονή (moníf (plural μονές)

  1. monastery, nunnery, convent
    Synonym: μοναστήρι (monastíri)

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μονή (moní)

  1. Nominative, accusative and vocative feminine singular form of μονός (monós).

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