μοναστήριον
Ancient Greek edit
Etymology edit
Substantivization of the adjective μοναστήριος (monastḗrios), 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 edit
μοναστήριον • (monastḗrion) n (genitive μοναστηρίου); second declension
Declension edit
Case / # | 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
- Greek: μοναστήρι (monastíri), μαναστήρι (manastíri)
- → Aromanian: mãnãstir
- → Romanian: mânăstire, mănăstire
- → Russian: монасты́рь (monastýrʹ)
- → Turkish: manastır
- Latin: monasterium (see there for further descendants)
Further reading edit
- “μοναστήριος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press