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μόνῐμος

monimos

staying in oneʼs place, stable

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What it meant

μόνῐμος · monimos — LSJ

staying in oneʼs place, stable, stationary, fixed, which will keep, steady

staying in oneʼs place, stable, Hp. Art. 62; μ. οὐδένα χρόνον ib. 14; stationary, ζῷα μ. κατὰ τόπον Arist. de An. 410b19; ζῷα μ. Id. HA 487b6; ἡ τῶν φυτῶν φύσις μ. Id. PA 656a1; ἄστρα μ. fixed stars, Poll. 4.156; οἶνος μ. wine which will keep, PGrenf. 2.24.14 (ii B. C.); μ. σφυγμός steady pulse, Gal. 9.351. Adv. -μως Arist. HA 596a14, Gal. 17(1).508.

2 steady, steadfast

of persons, steady, steadfast, S. OT 1322 (lyr.); ἐν πολέμῳ Pl. R. 537d, cf. X. Cyr. 8.5.11 (Sup.), Pl. Lg. 706c.

3 lasting, stable, permanence

freq. of things, conditions, and the like, lasting, stable, ὁ μέγας ὄλβος οὐ μ. E. Or. 340 (lyr.); of political institutions, Th. 8.89, Arist. Pol. 1273b20, 1297a7 (Comp.); μ. πόλεις Pl. Plt. 302a: coupled with ἀμετάπτωτος, Id. Ti. 29b; with βέβαιος, Id. Smp. 184b; τὸ μ. permanence, Plot. 6.1.11: Comp., Dam. Pr. 77. Adv. -μως Iamb. Myst. 1.5, Procl. Inst. 154.

II fixed abode

μόνιμον, τό, fixed abode, LXX Je. 38(31).17.

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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. μόνῐμος (scan p. 1016; entry #4153).

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