monomachia
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Latin monomachia, from Ancient Greek μονομαχία (monomakhía); μόνος (mónos, “single, alone”) + μάχομαι (mákhomai, “fight”).
Noun edit
monomachia (plural monomachias)
- (obsolete) A duel; single combat.
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- the duello or monomachia
Latin edit
Noun edit
monomachia f (genitive monomachiae); first declension
- duel (single combat)
Declension edit
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | monomachia | monomachiae |
| Genitive | monomachiae | monomachiārum |
| Dative | monomachiae | monomachiīs |
| Accusative | monomachiam | monomachiās |
| Ablative | monomachiā | monomachiīs |
| Vocative | monomachia | monomachiae |
References edit
- “monomachia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- monomachia 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)
- monomachia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.