monoculus

Latin

Etymology

Late Latin; hybrid compound of Ancient Greek μόνος (mónos, “alone, only”) + oculus (“eye”).

Noun

monoculus m (genitive monoculī); second declension

  1. (Late Latin) a one-eyed man

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative monoculus monoculī
Genitive monoculī monoculōrum
Dative monoculō monoculīs
Accusative monoculum monoculōs
Ablative monoculō monoculīs
Vocative monocule monoculī

Descendants
  • French: monocle
  • Italian: monocolo

References
  • “monoculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • monoculus 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)
  • monoculus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • monoculus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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