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μονο-γενής

monogenes

the only member of a kin

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 16 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

μονο-γενής · mono-genēs — LSJ

the only member of a kin, kind, only, single

the only member of a kin or kind: hence, generally, only, single, παῖς Hes. Op. 376, Hdt. 7.221, cf. Ev.Jo. 1.14, Ant.Lib. 32.1; of Hecate, Hes. Th. 426.

2 unique

unique, of τὸ ὄν, Parm. 8.4; εἷς ὅδε μ. οὐρανὸς γεγονώς Pl. Ti. 31b, cf. Procl. Inst. 22; θεὸς ὁ μ. Sammelb. 4324.15.

3 one and the same

μ. αἷμα one and the same blood, dub. l. in E. Hel. 1685.

4 having one form for all genders

Gramm., having one form for all genders, A.D. Adv. 145.18.

5

name of the foot— — — ⏑, Heph. 3.3.

II only

Adv. -νῶς, φέρεται μ. ἐν ἑνὶ τόπῳ grows only in one place, Peripl.M.Rubr. 56, cf. 11.

2 in a unique manner

in a unique manner, Aët. 15.13,14.

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