monachus

== Latin == === Alternative forms === monicus === Etymology === From Ancient Greek μοναχός (monakhós, “single, solitary”), from μόνος (mónos, “alone”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈmɔ.na.kʰʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈmɔː.na.kus] === Noun === monachus m (genitive monachī); second declension (Late Latin) monk ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === References === Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “mŏnăchus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 6/3: Mobilis–Myxa, page 69 === Further reading === “monachus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “monachus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.