monomachia
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Latin monomachia, from Ancient Greek μονομαχία (monomakhía); μόνος (mónos, “single, alone”) + μάχομαι (mákhomai, “fight”).
Noun
editmonomachia (plural monomachias)
- (obsolete) A duel; single combat.
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- the duello or monomachia
Latin
editNoun
editmonomachia f (genitive monomachiae); first declension
- duel (single combat)
Declension
editFirst-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.
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