mónos

From Proto-Hellenic *mónwos, from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“small”). See also Armenian մանր (manr, “slender, small”), Ancient Greek μανός (manós, “sparse, rare”), as well as several Germanic contexts including Middle Low German mone, möne (West Frisian meun, Dutch meun), Old High German muniwa, munuwa, munewa (German Münne (“minnow”)).

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /mó.nos/ → /ˈmo.nos/ → /ˈmo.nos/

Adjective

μόνος • (mónos) m (feminine μόνη, neuter μόνον); first/second declension(Attic, Koine, Byzantine)

1. alone, forsaken, solitary
2. only
3. unique