monomachia
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin monomachia, from Ancient Greek μονομαχία (monomakhía); μόνος (mónos, “single, alone”) + μάχομαι (mákhomai, “fight”).
Noun
monomachia (plural monomachias)
- (obsolete) A duel; single combat.
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- the duello or monomachia
Latin
Noun
monomachia f (genitive monomachiae); first declension
- duel (single combat)
Declension
First-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | monomachia | monomachiae |
| genitive | monomachiae | monomachiārum |
| dative | monomachiae | monomachiīs |
| accusative | monomachiam | monomachiās |
| ablative | monomachiā | monomachiīs |
| vocative | monomachia | monomachiae |
References
- “monomachia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- "monomachia", 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)
- monomachia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.