μοναστήριον
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editFrom μοναστήριος (monastḗrios, “alone, made alone”) + -ιον (-ion, “-ium: forming places”), from μονάζω (monázō, “to be alone”), from μόνος (mónos, “alone”).
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /mo.nas.tɛ̌ː.ri.on/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /mo.nasˈte̝.ri.on/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /mo.nasˈti.ri.on/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /mo.nasˈti.ri.on/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /mo.nasˈti.ri.on/
Noun
editμοναστήριον • (monastḗrion) n (genitive μοναστηρίου); second declension
- hermitage (a solitary dwelling for a single person)
- Philo Mechanicus 2.475
- monastery (a dwelling for monks)
- Inscriptiones Graecae 8729 al.
Declension
editCase / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ μοναστήριον tò monastḗrion |
τὼ μοναστηρίω tṑ monastēríō |
τᾰ̀ μοναστήριᾰ tà monastḗria | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ μοναστηρίου toû monastēríou |
τοῖν μοναστηρίοιν toîn monastēríoin |
τῶν μοναστηρίων tôn monastēríōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ μοναστηρίῳ tôi monastēríōi |
τοῖν μοναστηρίοιν toîn monastēríoin |
τοῖς μοναστηρίοις toîs monastēríois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ μοναστήριον tò monastḗrion |
τὼ μοναστηρίω tṑ monastēríō |
τᾰ̀ μοναστήριᾰ tà monastḗria | ||||||||||
Vocative | μοναστήριον monastḗrion |
μοναστηρίω monastēríō |
μοναστήριᾰ monastḗria | ||||||||||
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Descendants
edit- Arabic: مَانِسْتَار (mānistār)
- Greek: μοναστήρι (monastíri), μαναστήρι (manastíri)
- Latin: monasterium, monasteriolum (see there for further descendants)
- Polish: monaster
- Russian: монасты́рь (monastýrʹ)
Further reading
edit- “μοναστήριος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Categories:
- Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Ancient Greek terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *men- (small)
- Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ιον
- Ancient Greek 5-syllable words
- Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ancient Greek lemmas
- Ancient Greek nouns
- Ancient Greek proparoxytone terms
- Ancient Greek neuter nouns
- Ancient Greek second-declension nouns
- Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the second declension
- grc:Monasticism