monoptote

English

Etymology

From Latin monoptotum, from Ancient Greek μονόπτωτος (monóptōtos).

Noun

Examples
Latin astū, Ancient Greek δώς (dṓs)

monoptote (plural monoptotes)

1. (grammar, obsolete) A noun which only occurs in one case.
   • 1836, Ethan Allen Andrews, A Grammar of the Latin Language for Use of Schools and Colleges:

     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.

   • 1882, Edward Henslowe Bedford, A digest of the […] questions in Latin grammar, page 18:

     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.

Coordinate terms

• aptote
• diptote
• triptote
• tetraptote
• pentaptote

References

• “monoptote”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.