-monia

== Latin == === Etymology === Feminine form of -mōnium === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈmoː.ni.a] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈmɔː.ni.a] === Suffix === -mōnia f (genitive -mōniae); first declension Forms abstract nouns from adjectives and possibly other roots. sānctus (“holy”) → sānctimōnia (“virtuousness”) ācer (“sour; harsh”) → ācrimōnia (“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 noun. ==== Derived terms ====