-monium

== Latin == === Etymology === From Proto-Indo-European *-monyom, from *-mō. Note that, as in Ancient Greek δαιμόνιον (daimónion), the -o- should be short, but, as in Latin the declension of -mō (e.g. sermō) was contaminated by the nominative case and thus made -mōn- instead of -mon-, this derivation was apparently contaminated also. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈmoː.ni.ũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈmɔː.ni.um] === Suffix === -mōnium n (genitive -mōniī or -mōnī); second declension Forms collective nouns and nouns designating legal status or obligation from other nouns. pater (“father”) → patrimōnium (“inheritance”) māter (“mother”) → mātrimōnium (“marriage”) testis (“witness”) → testimōnium (“evidence”) ==== Usage notes ==== daemonium, lēmōnium, scammōnium, harmonia etc. are borrowed from Ancient Greek. ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (neuter). 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age). ==== Derived terms ==== -mōnia