Meanings
plural monoptotes
- obsoletegrammarA noun which only occurs in one case.
A noun which is found in one case only, is called a Monoptote; if found in two cases, a Diptote; if in three, a Triptote; if in four, a Tetraptote; and if in five, a Pentaptote.
1836, Ethan Allen Andrews, A Grammar of the Latin Language for Use of Schools and Colleges1 more example
What is meant by monoptote, diptote, and triptote nouns? Give examples. A monoptote is a noun which has only one case, as natu; a diptote two, as fors, forte; a triptote three, as opis, opem, ope.
1882, Edward Henslowe Bedford, A digest of the […] questions in Latin grammar, page 18
Origin
- Ancient Greekμονόπτωτος
- Latinmonoptotum
- Englishmonoptote
From Latin monoptotum, from Ancient Greek μονόπτωτος (monóptōtos).
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