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Latin
Etymology
Feminine form of -mōnium
Pronunciation
Suffix
-mōnia f (genitive -mōniae); first declension
- Forms abstract nouns from adjectives and possibly other roots.
- sānctus (“holy”) → sānctimōnia (“virtuousness”)
- ācer (“sour; harsh”) → ācrimōnia (“pungency; austerity”)
- parcus (“sparing, slight”) → parcimōnia, parsimōnia (“thrift”)
Usage notes
- harmonia is a borrowing from Greek and does not derive from this stem. Note the o in harmonia derives from omicron and is short.
Declension
First-declension noun.
Derived terms