monopolium
See also: monopólium
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek μονοπώλιον (monopṓlion, “a right of exclusive sale”), from μόνος (mónos, “sole”) + πωλέω (pōléō, “I barter, sell”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /mo.noˈpoː.li.um/, [mɔnɔˈpoːlʲiʊ̃ˑ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /mo.noˈpo.li.um/, [monoˈpɔːlium]
Noun
monopōlium n (genitive monopōliī or monopōlī); second declension
- A right of exclusive sale in dealing or selling a thing.
- a monopoly
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | monopōlium | monopōlia |
| Genitive | monopōliī monopōlī1 | monopōliōrum |
| Dative | monopōliō | monopōliīs |
| Accusative | monopōlium | monopōlia |
| Ablative | monopōliō | monopōliīs |
| Vocative | monopōlium | monopōlia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Descendants
- English: monopoly
- German: Monopolium, Monopol
- Hungarian: monopólium
- Italian: monopolio
References
- “monopolium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- monopolium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- monopolium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette