μόναπος

μόναπος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Paeonian, itself probably from Pre-Greek.

Pronunciation

 

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

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /mó.na.pos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈmo.na.pos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈmo.na.pos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈmo.na.pos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈmo.na.pos/

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Noun

μόναπος • (mónapos) m (genitive μονάπου); second declension

1. European bison

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ μόναπος; τοῦ μονάπου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ μόναπος ho mónapos	τὼ μονάπω tṑ monápō	οἱ μόναποι hoi mónapoi
Genitive	τοῦ μονάπου toû monápou	τοῖν μονάποιν toîn monápoin	τῶν μονάπων tôn monápōn
Dative	τῷ μονάπῳ tôi monápōi	τοῖν μονάποιν toîn monápoin	τοῖς μονάποις toîs monápois
Accusative	τὸν μόναπον tòn mónapon	τὼ μονάπω tṑ monápō	τοὺς μονάπους toùs monápous
Vocative	μόναπε mónape	μονάπω monápō	μόναποι mónapoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

• βόνασος (bónasos)
• βόλινθος (bólinthos)

Further reading

• μόναπος in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• μόναπος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill

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Paeonian

Alternative forms

• μόναιπος (mónaipos)

Noun

μόναπος (mónapos) m

1. the European bison, Bison bonasus
   • Aristotle, History of Animals, 630a20

     Ὁ δὲ βόνασος γίνεται μὲν ἐν τῇ Παοιονία ἐν τῷ ὄρει τῷ Μεσσαπίῳ, δ'ὁρίζει τὴν Παοιονικὴν και τὴν Μαιδικὴν χώραν, καλοῦι δ'αὐτὸν οἱ Παίονες μόναπον.

     The bison is found in Paeonia on Mount Messapius, which separates Paeonia from Maedia. The Paeonians call it μόναπος.

See also

• Ancient Greek: βόνασος (bónasos), βόλινθος (bólinthos)