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Italian
Etymology
From Latin.
Noun
monile m (plural monili)
- necklace
- jewel
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *mony- (“crest, mane”). Compare Proto-Germanic *manją (“necklace”).
Pronunciation
Noun
monīle n (genitive monīlis); third declension
- necklace, collar
- (chiefly in the plural) jewel(s)
Declension
Third-declension noun (neuter, “pure” i-stem).
References
- “monile”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “monile”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- monile in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “monile”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “monile”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin