monstrum

From Proto-Italic *monestrom. Equivalent to moneō (“advise, warn”) +‎ -trum (suffix forming instrument nouns).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmon.strum/, [ˈmõːs̠t̪rʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmon.strum/, [ˈmɔnst̪rum]

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mōnstrum n (genitive mōnstrī); second declension

1. a divine omen indicating misfortune, an evil omen, portent
2. (metonymically) a monster, monstrosity, whether in size or character
   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 2.244–245:

     “Īnstāmus tamen inmemorēs caecīque furōre,
     et mōnstrum īnfēlīx sacrātā sistimus arce.”

     “We press on nevertheless, heedless, and blinded by passion, and we set the accursed monster on our sacred citadel.”
     (Despite repeated difficulties and multiple warning signs the Trojans move the wooden horse into the city.)

3. (figuratively) a thing that evokes fear and wonder

   Synonyms: ostentum, prōdigium, portentum, mīrāculum, mīrum

Second-declension noun (neuter).

• mōnstrō
• mōnstrōsus/ mōnstruōsus
• mostellum

• “monstrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “monstrum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• monstrum 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)
• monstrum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) extravagant fictions of fancy: opinionum commenta, ineptiae, monstra, portenta
    
  • (ambiguous) marvellous ideas; prodigies: monstra or portenta
    
  • (ambiguous) it is incredible: monstra dicis, narras
    

Learned borrowing from Latin mōnstrum.

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔn.strum/

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• Rhymes: -ɔnstrum
• Syllabification: mon‧strum

monstrum n

1. monster (terrifying and dangerous creature)

• monstrum in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• monstrum in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Borrowed from Latin mōnstrum.

• IPA^(key): /mǒŋstrum/
• Hyphenation: mon‧strum

mònstrum m (Cyrillic spelling мо̀нструм)

1. monster

   Synonyms: čudovište, nȅmān

• “monstrum” in Hrvatski jezični portal