Strong G3441μόνος
alone
- Transliteration
- monos
- Pronunciation
- mon'-os
- Morphology
- Greek Adjective
Definition
Probably from G3306; remaining that is sole or single; by implication mere: - alone only by themselves.
Detailed definition
μόνος, -η, -ον,
[in LXX chiefly for לְבַד;]
1. adj., alone, solitary, forsaken: with verb., Mat.14:23, Mrk.6:47, Luk.9:36, al.; with pron., Mat.18:15, Mrk.9:2, al.; with subst., Mrk.9:8, Luk.4:8, al.; pleonast., οὐκ... εἰ μὴ μ., Mat.12:4, Luk.6:4, al.; attrib., only, (ὁ) μ. θεός, Jhn.5:44 17:3, Rom.16:27, 1Ti.1:17, Ju 25.
2. As adv.,
__(a) neut., (μόνον, alone, only: referring to verb or predic., Mat.9:21, Mrk.5:36, Jas.1:22, al. (see Bl., §44, 2); οὐ (μὴ) μ., Gal.4:18, Jas.1:22; οὐ μ.... ἀλλά (Bl, §77, 13.3), Act.19:26, 1Jn.5:6, al.; id. before καί (Bl., §81, 1.2), Rom.5:3 9:10, 2Co.8:19, al.;
__(b) κατὰ μόνας, alone (Bl., §44, 1), Mrk.4:10, Luk.9:18.
(AS)
[in LXX chiefly for לְבַד;]
1. adj., alone, solitary, forsaken: with verb., Mat.14:23, Mrk.6:47, Luk.9:36, al.; with pron., Mat.18:15, Mrk.9:2, al.; with subst., Mrk.9:8, Luk.4:8, al.; pleonast., οὐκ... εἰ μὴ μ., Mat.12:4, Luk.6:4, al.; attrib., only, (ὁ) μ. θεός, Jhn.5:44 17:3, Rom.16:27, 1Ti.1:17, Ju 25.
2. As adv.,
__(a) neut., (μόνον, alone, only: referring to verb or predic., Mat.9:21, Mrk.5:36, Jas.1:22, al. (see Bl., §44, 2); οὐ (μὴ) μ., Gal.4:18, Jas.1:22; οὐ μ.... ἀλλά (Bl, §77, 13.3), Act.19:26, 1Jn.5:6, al.; id. before καί (Bl., §81, 1.2), Rom.5:3 9:10, 2Co.8:19, al.;
__(b) κατὰ μόνας, alone (Bl., §44, 1), Mrk.4:10, Luk.9:18.
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3441 appears in 44 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- only22
- alone20
- apart1
- themselves1
First verses
- Matthew 4:4But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
- Matthew 4:10Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
- Matthew 12:4How he entered into the house of God, and did eat the shewbread, which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them which were with him, but only for the priests?
- Matthew 14:23And when he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into a mountain apart to pray: and when the evening was come, he was there alone.
- Matthew 18:15Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.
- Matthew 24:36But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only.
- Mark 6:47And when even was come, the ship was in the midst of the sea, and he alone on the land.
- Mark 9:2And after six days Jesus taketh with him Peter, and James, and John, and leadeth them up into an high mountain apart by themselves: and he was transfigured before them.
- Luke 4:4And Jesus answered him, saying, It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.
- Luke 4:8And Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee behind me, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.
- Luke 5:21And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, Who is this which speaketh blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God alone?
- Luke 6:4How he went into the house of God, and did take and eat the shewbread, and gave also to them that were with him; which it is not lawful to eat but for the priests alone?
- Luke 9:36And when the voice was past, Jesus was found alone. And they kept it close, and told no man in those days any of those things which they had seen.
- Luke 10:40But Martha was cumbered about much serving, and came to him, and said, Lord, dost thou not care that my sister hath left me to serve alone? bid her therefore that she help me.
- Luke 24:12Then arose Peter, and ran unto the sepulchre; and stooping down, he beheld the linen clothes laid by themselves, and departed, wondering in himself at that which was come to pass.
- Luke 24:18And the one of them, whose name was Cleopas, answering said unto him, Art thou only a stranger in Jerusalem, and hast not known the things which are come to pass there in these days?
- John 5:44How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that cometh from God only?
- John 6:15When Jesus therefore perceived that they would come and take him by force, to make him a king, he departed again into a mountain himself alone.
- John 6:22The day following, when the people which stood on the other side of the sea saw that there was none other boat there, save that one whereinto his disciples were entered, and that Jesus went not with his disciples into the boat, but that his disciples were gone away alone;
- John 8:9And they which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, even unto the last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
μόνος, η, ον,
Epic dialect and Ionic dialect μοῦνος, the only form used by [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus (as in all derivations except μονόω), 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus, and 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus, also by 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 9.27, “I.” 5(4).12, 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 3.80, +others, by 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus)] both in iambic and Lyric poetry, by [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus only in _compound_ μουνώψ, by 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus only in μούναρχος)]: Doric dialect μῶνος [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 2.64, 20.45)]:— alone, solitary, μοῦνος ἐὼν πολέσιν μετὰ Καδμείοισιν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.388; ἢ ὅ γε μοῦνος ἐών 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.217; μούνω ἄνευθ᾽ ἄλλων 16.239: joined with ἐρῆμος, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 887, “Ph.” 470; μόνοι γὰρ ἐσμέν 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “JTr.” 21; ἄνθρωπος πρεσβύτης καὶ μ. “BGU” 180.23 (2nd c.AD))]; φυγὴ μόνου πρὸς μόνον [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 6.9.11.)]
2 with genitive, σοῦ μόνος bereft of thee, without thee, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 511; also μοῦνος ἀπ᾽ ἄλλων “hymnus ad Mercurium” 193, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 183 (Lyric poetry); ἑτάρων ἄπο μ. 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 3.908.)]
II only, μοῦνον Λαέρτην Ἀρκείσιος υἱὸν ἔτικτε, μοῦνον δ᾽ αὖτ᾽ Ὀδυσῆα πατὴρ τέκεν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 16.118, compare 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.482; μόνης γὰρ σοῦ κλύων ἀνέξεται 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 838, compare 632 (_anapaest meter_), “Pr.” 425 (Lyric poetry), etc.)]; χοίνικος μόνας ἁλῶν for a gallon of salt only, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 814)]; single, οὐκ ἄρα μοῦνον ἔην Ἐρίδων γένος, ἀλλὰ.. δύω [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 11, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1280)]; εἷς μοῦνος or μόνος, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.38, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 63: once in 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, μία μούνη 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 23.227: joined with αὐτός, αὐτὼ μόνω 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Lysis” 211c; αὐτοὶ καθ᾽ αὑτοὺς μόνοι [prev. author] “Plt.” 307e.)]
II.2 with genitive, μοῦνος ποταμῶν alone of rivers, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.25, compare 29; μ. θεῶν γὰρ Θάνατος οὐ δώρων ἐρᾷ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 161; μ. τῶν ἄλλων ποιητῶν 4th c.BC: Lycurgus Orator 102)]; but μοῦνος πάντων ἀνθρώπων he and no other of all men, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.25)]; ἀνδρῶν γε μοῦνος he and no other, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1250, compare “El.” 531; ὦ μόνα ὦ φίλα γυναικῶν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 460 (Lyric poetry).)]
II.3 frequently repeated in the same clause, ξυμπεσὼν μόνος μόνοις [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 467)]; Ἕκτορος μόνος μόνου.. ἐναντίος[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 1283; σὺν τέκνοις μόνη μόνοις 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 513; μόνος μόνῳ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.137.)]
II.4 expressing rhetorically pre-eminence in an action or quality, μόνα κατέχεσθαι ποιεῖ are unique for causing possession, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 215c, compare 222a, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 261, “OT” 299, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 14.57; [ἐπέδειξε] σαφέστατα μόνος ἀνθρώπων 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 24.9.)]
III superlative μονώτατος one above all others, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 352, “Pl.” 182, 4th c.BC: Lycurgus Orator 89, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 15.137, 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 1.350 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus)]
IV made in one piece, τάπης [Refs (“Edict.Diocl.” 19.23.)]
B adverb μόνως, on one condition only, followed by εἰ, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.81, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.5.5, “Cyr.” 3.2.23)]; in one way only, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Themistius Sophista “in Aristotelis Physica paraphrasis - pars” 29.22, +others)]; in a unique manner, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th-6th c.AD: Damascius Philosophus “de Principiis” 98)]: later, simply, only, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ οἰκονομίας” p.53 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus, 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.559, “Anthologia Graeca” 12.254 (2nd c.AD: Strato Epigrammaticus), 4th c.AD: Iamblichus Philosophus “de Mysteriis” 4.7, 5th c.AD: Proclus Philosophus “in Platonis Parmenidem commentarii” p.479 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus)]
B.II neuter as adverb, μόνον alone, only, οὐχ ἅπαξ μ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 211, etc.: frequently with _imperative_, μ. φύλαξαι [prev. author] “Supp.” 1012; ἀποκρίνου μ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 494d; so μ. Κράτος συγγένοιτό σοι 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 244; μὴ 'μὲ καταπίῃς μ. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 219, etc.)]; ἐὰν μ. if only, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1292a3)]; οὐσίαν.., οὐ χωριστὴν μ. only not separable, [Refs ([prev. author] “Metaphorical” 1025b28.)]
B.II.2 οὐ μόνον.., ἀλλὰ καὶ.. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 1282, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.6.17, etc.)]; οὐ μ., ἀλλὰ.. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 555: μόνον)] is sometimes omitted, μὴ τοὺς ἐγγύς, ἀλλὰ καὶ τοὺς ἄπωθεν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.92, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 359, “Ph.” 1480 (Lyric poetry).)]
B.II.3 μόνον οὐ all but, well nigh, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 516, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.220, etc.; μόνον οὐκ ἐπὶ ταῖς κεφαλαῖς περιφέρουσι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 600d: in codices frequently written μονονού, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.109.2, etc.; μονονουχί 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 1.2, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.102.4.)]
B.III κατὰ μόνας alone, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.32, 37, 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 7.38, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1281b34, etc.)]
B.IV μόνῃ, ={μόνον}, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.583d codices (Prob.from *μόνϝος.))]
Epic dialect and Ionic dialect μοῦνος, the only form used by [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus (as in all derivations except μονόω), 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus, and 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus, also by 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 9.27, “I.” 5(4).12, 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 3.80, +others, by 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus)] both in iambic and Lyric poetry, by [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus only in _compound_ μουνώψ, by 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus only in μούναρχος)]: Doric dialect μῶνος [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 2.64, 20.45)]:— alone, solitary, μοῦνος ἐὼν πολέσιν μετὰ Καδμείοισιν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.388; ἢ ὅ γε μοῦνος ἐών 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.217; μούνω ἄνευθ᾽ ἄλλων 16.239: joined with ἐρῆμος, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 887, “Ph.” 470; μόνοι γὰρ ἐσμέν 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “JTr.” 21; ἄνθρωπος πρεσβύτης καὶ μ. “BGU” 180.23 (2nd c.AD))]; φυγὴ μόνου πρὸς μόνον [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 6.9.11.)]
2 with genitive, σοῦ μόνος bereft of thee, without thee, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 511; also μοῦνος ἀπ᾽ ἄλλων “hymnus ad Mercurium” 193, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 183 (Lyric poetry); ἑτάρων ἄπο μ. 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 3.908.)]
II only, μοῦνον Λαέρτην Ἀρκείσιος υἱὸν ἔτικτε, μοῦνον δ᾽ αὖτ᾽ Ὀδυσῆα πατὴρ τέκεν [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 16.118, compare 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.482; μόνης γὰρ σοῦ κλύων ἀνέξεται 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 838, compare 632 (_anapaest meter_), “Pr.” 425 (Lyric poetry), etc.)]; χοίνικος μόνας ἁλῶν for a gallon of salt only, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 814)]; single, οὐκ ἄρα μοῦνον ἔην Ἐρίδων γένος, ἀλλὰ.. δύω [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 11, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1280)]; εἷς μοῦνος or μόνος, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.38, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 63: once in 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, μία μούνη 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 23.227: joined with αὐτός, αὐτὼ μόνω 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Lysis” 211c; αὐτοὶ καθ᾽ αὑτοὺς μόνοι [prev. author] “Plt.” 307e.)]
II.2 with genitive, μοῦνος ποταμῶν alone of rivers, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.25, compare 29; μ. θεῶν γὰρ Θάνατος οὐ δώρων ἐρᾷ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Fragmenta - American Journal of Philology” 161; μ. τῶν ἄλλων ποιητῶν 4th c.BC: Lycurgus Orator 102)]; but μοῦνος πάντων ἀνθρώπων he and no other of all men, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.25)]; ἀνδρῶν γε μοῦνος he and no other, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1250, compare “El.” 531; ὦ μόνα ὦ φίλα γυναικῶν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 460 (Lyric poetry).)]
II.3 frequently repeated in the same clause, ξυμπεσὼν μόνος μόνοις [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 467)]; Ἕκτορος μόνος μόνου.. ἐναντίος[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 1283; σὺν τέκνοις μόνη μόνοις 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 513; μόνος μόνῳ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.137.)]
II.4 expressing rhetorically pre-eminence in an action or quality, μόνα κατέχεσθαι ποιεῖ are unique for causing possession, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 215c, compare 222a, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 261, “OT” 299, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 14.57; [ἐπέδειξε] σαφέστατα μόνος ἀνθρώπων 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 24.9.)]
III superlative μονώτατος one above all others, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 352, “Pl.” 182, 4th c.BC: Lycurgus Orator 89, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 15.137, 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Rh.” 1.350 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus)]
IV made in one piece, τάπης [Refs (“Edict.Diocl.” 19.23.)]
B adverb μόνως, on one condition only, followed by εἰ, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.81, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.5.5, “Cyr.” 3.2.23)]; in one way only, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Themistius Sophista “in Aristotelis Physica paraphrasis - pars” 29.22, +others)]; in a unique manner, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th-6th c.AD: Damascius Philosophus “de Principiis” 98)]: later, simply, only, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ οἰκονομίας” p.53 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus, 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.559, “Anthologia Graeca” 12.254 (2nd c.AD: Strato Epigrammaticus), 4th c.AD: Iamblichus Philosophus “de Mysteriis” 4.7, 5th c.AD: Proclus Philosophus “in Platonis Parmenidem commentarii” p.479 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus)]
B.II neuter as adverb, μόνον alone, only, οὐχ ἅπαξ μ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 211, etc.: frequently with _imperative_, μ. φύλαξαι [prev. author] “Supp.” 1012; ἀποκρίνου μ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 494d; so μ. Κράτος συγγένοιτό σοι 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 244; μὴ 'μὲ καταπίῃς μ. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 219, etc.)]; ἐὰν μ. if only, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1292a3)]; οὐσίαν.., οὐ χωριστὴν μ. only not separable, [Refs ([prev. author] “Metaphorical” 1025b28.)]
B.II.2 οὐ μόνον.., ἀλλὰ καὶ.. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 1282, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.6.17, etc.)]; οὐ μ., ἀλλὰ.. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 555: μόνον)] is sometimes omitted, μὴ τοὺς ἐγγύς, ἀλλὰ καὶ τοὺς ἄπωθεν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.92, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 359, “Ph.” 1480 (Lyric poetry).)]
B.II.3 μόνον οὐ all but, well nigh, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 516, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.220, etc.; μόνον οὐκ ἐπὶ ταῖς κεφαλαῖς περιφέρουσι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 600d: in codices frequently written μονονού, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.109.2, etc.; μονονουχί 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 1.2, 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.102.4.)]
B.III κατὰ μόνας alone, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.32, 37, 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 7.38, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1281b34, etc.)]
B.IV μόνῃ, ={μόνον}, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.583d codices (Prob.from *μόνϝος.))]