monialis

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos, “alone”). Compare monicus, monachālis.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /mo.niˈaː.lis/, [mɔniˈäːlʲɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /mo.niˈa.lis/, [moniˈäːlis]

Adjective

moniālis (neuter moniāle); third-declension two-termination adjective (Medieval Latin)

1. monastic
2. of a monk
3. of a nun
4. of a monastery

Declension

Third-declension two-termination adjective.

Number	Singular			Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.	Neuter		Masc./Fem.	Neuter
Nominative	moniālis	moniāle		moniālēs	moniālia
Genitive	moniālis			moniālium
Dative	moniālī			moniālibus
Accusative	moniālem	moniāle		moniālēs moniālīs	moniālia
Ablative	moniālī			moniālibus
Vocative	moniālis	moniāle		moniālēs	moniālia

Noun

moniālis f (genitive moniālis); third declension (Medieval Latin)

1. nun
2. nunnery

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	moniālis	moniālēs
Genitive	moniālis	moniālium
Dative	moniālī	moniālibus
Accusative	moniālem	moniālēs moniālīs
Ablative	moniāle	moniālibus
Vocative	moniālis	moniālēs

Related terms

• monachus

 

Descendants

• English: monial

Further reading

• monialis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• R. E. Latham, D. R. Howlett, & R. K. Ashdowne, editors (1975–2013), “monialis”, in Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources‎^[1], London: Oxford University Press for the British Academy, →ISBN, →OCLC