μῶνυξ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From μόνος (mónos, “single”) +‎ ὄνυξ (ónux, “nail, hoof”) via haplology.

Pronunciation
 

Adjective

μῶνυξ • (mônux) m or f (neuter μῶνυξ); third declension (poetic)

  1. (of horses) having an uncloven hoof

Declension
Third declension of μῶνῠξ; μῶνῠξ (Attic)
Number Singular Dual Plural
Case/Gender Masculine / Feminine Neuter Masculine / Feminine Neuter Masculine / Feminine Neuter
Nominative μῶνῠξ
mônux		 μῶνῠξ
mônux		 μώνῠχε
mṓnukhe		 μώνῠχε
mṓnukhe		 μώνῠχες
mṓnukhes		 μώνῠχᾰ
mṓnukha
Genitive μώνῠχος
mṓnukhos		 μώνῠχος
mṓnukhos		 μωνῠ́χοιν
mōnúkhoin		 μωνῠ́χοιν
mōnúkhoin		 μωνῠ́χων
mōnúkhōn		 μωνῠ́χων
mōnúkhōn
Dative μώνῠχῐ
mṓnukhi		 μώνῠχῐ
mṓnukhi		 μωνῠ́χοιν
mōnúkhoin		 μωνῠ́χοιν
mōnúkhoin		 μώνῠξῐ / μώνῠξῐν
mṓnuxi(n)		 μώνῠξῐ / μώνῠξῐν
mṓnuxi(n)
Accusative μώνῠχᾰ
mṓnukha		 μῶνῠξ
mônux		 μώνῠχε
mṓnukhe		 μώνῠχε
mṓnukhe		 μώνῠχᾰς
mṓnukhas		 μώνῠχᾰ
mṓnukha
Vocative μῶνῠξ
mônux		 μῶνῠξ
mônux		 μώνῠχε
mṓnukhe		 μώνῠχε
mṓnukhe		 μώνῠχες
mṓnukhes		 μώνῠχᾰ
mṓnukha
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading
  • “μῶνυξ”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • (no entry for the specified headword) Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
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