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μον-άς

monas · ἡ

solitary, alone, by oneself, unit

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 13 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

μον-άς · mon-as — LSJ

solitary, alone, by oneself

solitary, ἐρημία E. Ba. 609 (troch.); αἰών Id. Ph. 1520 (lyr.); of a woman, alone, by oneself, Id. Andr. 855 (lyr.): as masc., of a man, A. Pers. 734 (troch.).

II unit, monad, fire

as Subst. μονάς, ἡ, unit, Pl. Phd. 101c, 105c, Arist. Metaph. 1089b35, etc.; monad, Procl. Inst. 64, in Alc. p.51 C. (pl.), Dam. Pr. 199, al.: in Pythag. philosophy, to denote fire, Plu. Num. 11.

2 ace

Ion., = οἴνη, ace on a die, Poll. 7.204.

3 units, drachmae

as a measure of length, = δάκτυλος, Hero *Geom. 4.2; εἰς μονάδας ἀγαγεῖν reduce to units (of weight, here drachmae), Ph. Bel. 51.24; διεξασμένη κατὰ μονάδας, of alum, Dsc. 5.106.

In the wild

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Where it came from

  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. μόνος (scan pp. 1016-1017; entry #4154).
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. μόνος (scan p. 728; entry #5384).
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. μόνος (scan pp. 1225-1226; entry #3934).

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