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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Paeonian, itself probably from Pre-Greek.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mó.na.pos/ → /ˈmo.na.pos/ → /ˈmo.na.pos/
Noun
μόνᾰπος • (mónapos) m (genitive μονᾰ́που); second declension
- European bison
- Synonyms: βόλῐνθος (bólinthos), βόνᾱσος (bónāsos)
Inflection
Further reading
Paeonian
Noun
μόναπος (mónapos) m
- European bison (Bison bonasus)
- Aristotle, History of Animals, 630a20:
Ὁ δὲ βόνασος γίνεται μὲν ἐν τῇ Παοιονία ἐν τῷ ὄρει τῷ Μεσσαπίῳ, δ’ ὁρίζει τὴν Παοιονικὴν και τὴν Μαιδικὴν χώραν, καλοῦι δ’ αὐτὸν οἱ Παίονες μόναπον.- Ho dè bónasos gínetai mèn en têi Paoionía en tôi órei tôi Messapíōi, d’ horízei tḕn Paoionikḕn kai tḕn Maidikḕn khṓran, kaloûi d’ autòn hoi Paíones mónapon.
- The bison is found in Paeonia on Mount Messapius, which separates Paeonia from Maedia. The Paeonians call it μόναπος.
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