monstrum
See also: Monstrum
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Italic *monestrom. Equivalent to moneō (“advise, warn”) + -trum (suffix forming instrument nouns).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmon.strum/, [ˈmõːs̠t̪rʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈmon.strum/, [ˈmɔnst̪rum]
Audio (educated guess for Classical) (file)
Noun edit
mōnstrum n (genitive mōnstrī); second declension
- a divine omen indicating misfortune, an evil omen, portent
- (metonymically) a monster, monstrosity, whether in size or character
- 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 2.244–245:
- “Īnstāmus tamen inmemorēs caecīque furōre,
et mōnstrum īnfēlīx sacrātā sistimus arce.”- “We press on nevertheless, heedless, and blinded by passion, and we set the accursed monster on our sacred citadel.”
(Despite repeated difficulties and multiple warning signs the Trojans move the wooden horse into the city.)
- “We press on nevertheless, heedless, and blinded by passion, and we set the accursed monster on our sacred citadel.”
- “Īnstāmus tamen inmemorēs caecīque furōre,
- (figuratively) a thing that evokes fear and wonder
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | mōnstrum | mōnstra |
Genitive | mōnstrī | mōnstrōrum |
Dative | mōnstrō | mōnstrīs |
Accusative | mōnstrum | mōnstra |
Ablative | mōnstrō | mōnstrīs |
Vocative | mōnstrum | mōnstra |
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Derived terms
References edit
- “monstrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “monstrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- monstrum 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)
- monstrum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) extravagant fictions of fancy: opinionum commenta, ineptiae, monstra, portenta
- (ambiguous) marvellous ideas; prodigies: monstra or portenta
- (ambiguous) it is incredible: monstra dicis, narras
- (ambiguous) extravagant fictions of fancy: opinionum commenta, ineptiae, monstra, portenta
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin mōnstrum.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
monstrum n
- monster (terrifying and dangerous creature)
Declension edit
Declension of monstrum
Derived terms edit
adjective
Related terms edit
adverb
noun
Further reading edit
Serbo-Croatian edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mònstrum m (Cyrillic spelling мо̀нструм)
Declension edit
Declension of monstrum
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | monstrum | monstrumi |
genitive | monstruma | monstruma |
dative | monstrumu | monstrumima |
accusative | monstruma | monstrume |
vocative | monstrume | monstrumi |
locative | monstrumu | monstrumima |
instrumental | monstrumom | monstrumima |
Further reading edit
- “monstrum” in Hrvatski jezični portal