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-monia
-monia
Latin
Suffix
-mōnia f (genitive -mōniae); first declension
- Forms abstract nouns from adjectives and possibly other roots.
- sanctus (“holy”) → sanctimōnia (“virtuousness”)
- ācer (“sour; harsh”) → acrimōnia (“pungency; austerity”)
- parcus (“sparing, slight”) → parcimōnia, parsimōnia (“thrift”)
Usage notes
- harmonia is a borrowing from Greek and does not derive from this stem. Note the o in harmonia derives from omicron and is short.
Declension
First declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | -mōnia | -mōniae |
| genitive | -mōniae | -mōniārum |
| dative | -mōniae | -mōniīs |
| accusative | -mōniam | -mōniās |
| ablative | -mōniā | -mōniīs |
| vocative | -mōnia | -mōniae |
Derived terms
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Latin_words_suffixed_with_-monia'>Latin words suffixed with -monia</a>