μόναπος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• μόνωψ (mónōps) — Aeolic

Etymology

From Paeonian, itself probably from Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /mó.na.pos/ → /ˈmo.na.pos/ → /ˈmo.na.pos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mó.na.pos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈmo.na.pos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈmo.na.pos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈmo.na.pos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈmo.na.pos/

Noun

μόνᾰπος • (mónapos) m (genitive μονᾰ́που); second declension

1. European bison

   Synonyms: βόλῐνθος (bólinthos), βόνᾱσος (bónāsos)

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ μόνᾰπος; τοῦ μονᾰ́που (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ μόνᾰπος ho mónapos	τὼ μονᾰ́πω tṑ monápō	οἱ μόνᾰποι hoi mónapoi
Genitive	τοῦ μονᾰ́που toû monápou	τοῖν μονᾰ́ποιν toîn monápoin	τῶν μονᾰ́πων tôn monápōn
Dative	τῷ μονᾰ́πῳ tôi monápōi	τοῖν μονᾰ́ποιν toîn monápoin	τοῖς μονᾰ́ποις toîs monápois
Accusative	τὸν μόνᾰπον tòn mónapon	τὼ μονᾰ́πω tṑ monápō	τοὺς μονᾰ́πους toùs monápous
Vocative	μόνᾰπε mónape	μονᾰ́πω monápō	μόνᾰποι mónapoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “μόναπος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• μόναπος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN

Paeonian

Alternative forms

• μόναιπος (mónaipos)

Noun

μόναπος (mónapos) m

1. European bison (Bison bonasus)
   • Aristotle, History of Animals, 630a20:

     Ὁ δὲ βόνασος γίνεται μὲν ἐν τῇ Παοιονία ἐν τῷ ὄρει τῷ Μεσσαπίῳ, δ’ ὁρίζει τὴν Παοιονικὴν και τὴν Μαιδικὴν χώραν, καλοῦι δ’ αὐτὸν οἱ Παίονες μόναπον.

     Ho dè bónasos gínetai mèn en têi Paoionía en tôi órei tôi Messapíōi, d’ horízei tḕn Paoionikḕn kai tḕn Maidikḕn khṓran, kaloûi d’ autòn hoi Paíones mónapon.

     The bison is found in Paeonia on Mount Messapius, which separates Paeonia from Maedia. The Paeonians call it μόναπος.

See also

• Ancient Greek: βόνασος (bónasos), βόλινθος (bólinthos)