μόνος
monos
alone, solitary
Appears 1,516 times across Aristotle's works.
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Metaphysics 179 ▸
Open Metaphysics ›Book Α 34 ▸
Chapter 5 985b23–987a28Chapter 7 988a18–988b21Book α 1 ▸
Chapter 1 993a30–993b31Book Β 13 ▸
Book Γ 16 ▸
Book Δ 15 ▸
Chapter 2 1013a24–1014a25Chapter 4 1014b16–1015a19Chapter 9 1017b27–1018a19Chapter 14 1020a33–1020b25Chapter 22 1022b22–1023a7Chapter 24 1023a26–1023b11Chapter 25 1023b12–25Chapter 29 1024b17–1025a13Book Ζ 20 ▸
Chapter 2 1028b8–32Chapter 6 1031a15–1032a11Chapter 11 1036a26–1037b7Chapter 13 1038b1–1039a23Book Η 3 ▸
Book Θ 8 ▸
Book Ι 10 ▸
Book Κ 10 ▸
Book Λ 10 ▸
Book Μ 29 ▸
Chapter 2 1076a38–1077b16Chapter 5 1079b12–1080a11Chapter 10 1086b14–1087a25 -
History of Animals 170 ▸
Open History of Animals ›Book I 23 ▸
Chapter 3 489a8–19Chapter 8 491b9–13Chapter 10 491b34–492a12Chapter 15 493b12–494b18Chapter 16 494b19–496a3Book II 14 ▸
Book III 19 ▸
Chapter 1 509a27–511a35Chapter 3 512b12–514a22Chapter 10 517b3–20Chapter 12 518b35–519a29Chapter 15 519b13–25Chapter 16 519b26–520a5Book IV 10 ▸
Book V 16 ▸
Chapter 10 543a14–543b5Chapter 13 544a25–544b11Chapter 14 544b12–546b14Chapter 15 546b15–548a21Chapter 19 550b22–552b25Chapter 22 553b7–554b21Chapter 23 554b22–555a12Book VI 25 ▸
Chapter 2 559a15–561a3Chapter 4 562b3–563a4Chapter 5 563a5–16Chapter 6 563a17–563b13Chapter 7 563b14–564a6Chapter 11 566a2–566b1Chapter 21 575a13–575b20Chapter 26 578a10–16Chapter 31 579a31–579b14Chapter 35 580a11–31Book VII 9 ▸
Book VIII 31 ▸
Chapter 3 592a28–594a3Chapter 6 595a7–595b3Chapter 10 596a13–596b9Chapter 17 600a27–601a22Chapter 19 601b9–602b19Chapter 20 602b20–603a29Chapter 27 605b6–21Chapter 28 605b22–607a8Chapter 29 607a9–34Chapter 30 607b1–608a7Book IX 23 ▸
Chapter 1 608a11–610a35Chapter 7 612b18–613b5Chapter 13 615b19–616a13Chapter 31 618b9–17Chapter 35 620a13–16Chapter 43 629a29–629b4 -
Politics 140 ▸
Open Politics ›Book I 15 ▸
Book II 25 ▸
Chapter 2 1261a10–1261b15Chapter 9 1269a29–1271b19Chapter 12 1273b27–1274b28Book III 26 ▸
Chapter 2 1275b22–1276a5Chapter 4 1276b16–1277b32Chapter 8 1279b11–1280a6Chapter 15 1285b33–1286b40Book IV 25 ▸
Chapter 2 1289a26–1289b26Chapter 8 1293b22–1294a29Chapter 15 1299a3–1300b12Book V 18 ▸
Book VI 7 ▸
Book VII 11 ▸
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Parts of Animals 104 ▸
Open Parts of Animals ›Book I 9 ▸
Book II 19 ▸
Chapter 1 646a8–647b9Chapter 2 647b10–649b8Chapter 7 652a24–653b18Chapter 8 653b19–654a31Chapter 12 657a17–24Chapter 14 658a11–658b13Chapter 17 660a14–661a30Book III 33 ▸
Chapter 9 671a26–672b9Chapter 13 674a4–8Chapter 14 674a9–676a5Book IV 43 ▸
Chapter 6 682a35–683b3Chapter 7 683b4–24Chapter 10 685b29–690b10 -
Generation of Animals 102 ▸
Open Generation of Animals ›Book I 30 ▸
Chapter 1 715a1–715b30Chapter 2 716a1–716b12Chapter 4 717a11–717b13Chapter 5 717b14–32Chapter 6 717b33–718a16Chapter 7 718a17–34Chapter 9 718b27–31Chapter 16 721a2–29Chapter 21 729a34–730a31Book II 20 ▸
Chapter 2 735a29–736a23Chapter 5 741a6–741b24Book III 14 ▸
Book IV 24 ▸
Chapter 2 766b27–767a35 -
Physics 82 ▸
Open Physics ›Book I 14 ▸
Book III 9 ▸
Book IV 11 ▸
Book V 9 ▸
Book VI 6 ▸
Book VIII 28 ▸
Chapter 3 253a22–254b6Chapter 4 254b7–256a3Chapter 6 258b10–260a19 -
Topics 78 ▸
Open Topics ›Book I 10 ▸
Book II 8 ▸
Book III 8 ▸
Book IV 3 ▸
Book V 17 ▸
Book VI 9 ▸
Book VII 11 ▸
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Nicomachean Ethics 72 ▸
Open Nicomachean Ethics ›Book I 6 ▸
Book II 3 ▸
Book III 1 ▸
Chapter 5 1113b3–1115a5Book V 12 ▸
Book VI 11 ▸
Book VII 19 ▸
Chapter 3 1146b8–1147b19Chapter 9 1151a29–1152a5Chapter 10 1152a6–36Book VIII 8 ▸
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On the Heavens 68 ▸
Open On the Heavens ›Book I 17 ▸
Chapter 3 269b18–270b31Chapter 4 270b32–271a33Chapter 6 273a7–274a29Chapter 12 281a28–283b22Book II 27 ▸
Chapter 6 288a13–289a10Chapter 9 290b12–291a28Book III 17 ▸
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Meteorology 58 ▸
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De Anima 51 ▸
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Rhetoric 51 ▸
Open Rhetoric ›Book I 31 ▸
Chapter 3 1358a36–1359a29Chapter 5 1360b4–1362a14Chapter 6 1362a15–1363b4Chapter 7 1363b5–1365b20Chapter 8 1365b21–1366a22Chapter 14 1374b24–1375a21Book II 14 ▸
Chapter 7 1385a16–1385b10Chapter 12 1388b31–1389b12Chapter 14 1390a28–1390b13Chapter 18 1391b7–1392a7Chapter 20 1393a23–1394a18Chapter 22 1395b21–1397a6Chapter 24 1400b34–1402a28Chapter 25 1402a29–1403a15Chapter 26 1403a16–1404a5 -
Eudemian Ethics 48 ▸
Open Eudemian Ethics ›Book I 9 ▸
Book II 5 ▸
Book III 6 ▸
Book VII 23 ▸
Chapter 6 1240a5–1240b37Chapter 8 1241a34–1241b9 -
Prior Analytics 44 ▸
Open Prior Analytics ›Book I 27 ▸
Chapter 5 26b34–28a9Chapter 12 32a6–14Chapter 24 41b6–35Chapter 26 42b27–43a19Chapter 41 49b14–50a4 -
On Generation and Corruption 43 ▸
Open On Generation and Corruption ›Book I 28 ▸
Chapter 2 315a26–317a31Chapter 7 323b1–324b24 -
Posterior Analytics 30 ▸
Open Posterior Analytics ›Book I 23 ▸
Chapter 14 79a17–32Chapter 17 80b17–81a37Chapter 24 85a13–86a30Chapter 29 87b5–18Chapter 32 88a18–88b29Chapter 33 88b30–89b9 -
Sophistical Refutations 23 ▸
Open Sophistical Refutations ›Chapter 4 165b23–166b27Chapter 5 166b28–168a16Chapter 11 171b3–172b8Chapter 13 173a31–173b16Chapter 14 173b17–174a16Chapter 18 176b29–177a8Chapter 23 179a11–25Chapter 24 179a26–180a22Chapter 25 180a23–180b39 -
Poetics 22 ▸
Open Poetics ›Chapter 2 1448a1–18Chapter 6 1449b21–1450b20Chapter 7 1450b21–1451a15Chapter 9 1451a36–1452a11Chapter 11 1452a22–1452b13Chapter 14 1453b1–1454a15Chapter 16 1454b19–1455a21Chapter 18 1455b24–1456a32Chapter 21 1457a31–1458a17Chapter 23 1459a17–1459b6 -
Progression of Animals 15 ▸
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On Youth, Old Age, Life and Death, and Respiration 14 ▸
Open On Youth, Old Age, Life and Death, and Respiration ›Chapter 5 469b21–470a18Chapter 8 470b28–471a19Chapter 10 471b30–472b5Chapter 13 473a15–474a24Chapter 19 477a11–31Chapter 22 478a26–478b21Chapter 27 480a16–480b30 -
Mechanica 11 ▸
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De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 10 ▸
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De Audibilibus 4 ▸
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On Colours 4 ▸
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De Interpretatione 4 ▸
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On Length and Shortness of Life 4 ▸
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Physiognomonics 4 ▸
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De Mundo 3 ▸
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De Lineis Insecabilibus 2 ▸
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On Divination in Sleep 1 ▸
Open On Divination in Sleep ›Chapter 1 462b12–463b11
Dictionary (LSJ)
μόνος, η, ον, Ep. and Ion. μοῦνος, the only form used by Hom. (as in all derivs. exc. μονόω), Hes., and Hdt., also by Pi. P. 9.27, I. 5(4).12, B. 3.80, al., by S. both in iamb. and lyr., by A. only in compd. μουνώψ, by E. only in μούναρχος: Dor. μῶνος Theoc. 2.64, 20.45:—A. alone, solitary, μοῦνος ἐὼν πολέσιν μετὰ Καδμείοισιν Il. 4.388; ἢ ὅ γε μοῦνος ἐών Od. 3.217; μούνω ἄνευθʼ ἄλλων 16.239: joined with ἐρῆμος, S. Ant. 887, Ph. 470; μόνοι γὰρ ἐσμέν Luc. JTr. 21; ἄνθρωπος πρεσβύτης καὶ μ. BGU 180.23 (ii A.D.); φυγὴ μόνου πρὸς μόνον Plot. 6.9.11. 2. c. gen., σοῦ μόνος bereft of thee, without thee, S. Aj. 511; also μοῦνος ἀπʼ ἄλλων h.Merc. 193, S. Ph. 183 (lyr.); ἑτάρων ἄπο μ. A.R. 3.908. II. only, μοῦνον Λαέρτην Ἀρκείσιος υἱὸν ἔτικτε, μοῦνον δʼ αὖτʼ Ὀδυσῆα πατὴρ τέκεν Od. 16.118, cf. Il. 9.482; μόνης γὰρ σοῦ κλύων ἀνέξεται A. Pers. 838, cf. 632 (anap.), Pr. 425 (lyr.), etc.; χοίνικος μόνας ἁλῶν for a gallon of salt only, Ar. Ach. 814; single, οὐκ ἄρα μοῦνον ἔην Ἐρίδων γένος, ἀλλὰ . . δύω Hes. Op. 11, cf. S. OT 1280; εἷς μοῦνος or μόνος, Hdt. 1.38, S. OT 63: once in Hom., μία μούνη Od. 23.227: joined with αὐτός, αὐτὼ μόνω Pl. Ly. 211c; αὐτοὶ καθʼ αὑτοὺς μόνοι Id. Plt. 307e. 2. c. gen., μοῦνος ποταμῶν alone of rivers, Hdt. 2.25, cf. 29; μ. θεῶν γὰρ Θάνατος οὐ δώρων ἐρᾷ A. Fr. 161; μ. τῶν ἄλλων ποιητῶν Lycurg. 102; but μοῦνος πάντων ἀνθρώπων he and no other of all men, Hdt. 1.25; ἀνδρῶν γε μοῦνος he and no other, S. OC 1250, cf. El. 531; ὦ μόνα ὦ φίλα γυναικῶν E. Alc. 460 (lyr.). 3. freq. repeated in the same clause, ξυμπεσὼν μόνος μόνοις S. Aj. 467; Ἕκτορος μόνος μόνου . . ἐναντίος ib.1283; σὺν τέκνοις μόνη μόνοις E. Med. 513; μόνος μόνῳ D. 18.137. 4. expressing rhetorically pre-eminence in an action or quality, μόνα κατέχεσθαι ποιεῖ are unique for causing possession, Pl. Smp. 215c, cf. 222a, S. OC 261, OT 299, Isoc. 14.57; [ἐπέδειξε] σαφέστατα μόνος ἀνθρώπων Lys. 24.9. III. Sup. μονώτατος one above all others, Ar. Eq. 352, Pl. 182, Lycurg. 89, Theoc. 15.137, Phld. Rh. 1.350 S. IV. made in one piece, τάπης Edict.Diocl. 19.23. B. Adv. μόνως, on one condition only, folld. by εἰ, Th. 8.81, X. Mem. 1.5.5, Cyr. 3.2.23; in one way only, Them. in Ph. 29.22, al.; in a unique manner, Dam. Pr. 98: later, simply, only, Phld. Oec.p.53 J., Ph. 1.559, AP 12.254 (Strat.), Iamb. Myst. 4.7, Procl. in Prm.p.479 S. II. neut. as Adv., μόνον alone, only, οὐχ ἅπαξ μ. A. Pr. 211, etc.: freq. with imper., μ. φύλαξαι Id. Supp. 1012; ἀποκρίνου μ. Pl. Grg. 494d; so μ. Κράτος συγγένοιτό σοι A. Ch. 244; μὴ ʼμὲ καταπίῃς μ. E. Cyc. 219, etc.; ἐὰν μ. if only, Arist. Pol. 1292a3; οὐσίαν . . , οὐ χωριστὴν μ. only not separable, Id. Metaph. 1025b28. 2. οὐ μόνον . . , ἀλλὰ καὶ . . Ar. Eq. 1282, X. Cyr. 1.6.17, etc.; οὐ μ., ἀλλὰ . . S. Ph. 555: μόνον is sts. omitted, μὴ τοὺς ἐγγύς, ἀλλὰ καὶ τοὺς ἄπωθεν Th. 4.92, cf. E. Hipp. 359, Ph. 1480 (lyr.). 3. μόνον οὐ all but, well nigh, Ar. V. 516, D. 19.220, etc.; μόνον οὐκ ἐπὶ ταῖς κεφαλαῖς περιφέρουσι Pl. R. 600d: in codd. freq. written μονονού, Plb. 3.109.2, etc.; μονονουχί D. 1.2, Plb. 3.102.4. III. κατὰ μόνας alone, Th. 1.32, 37, Is. 7.38, Arist. Pol. 1281b34, etc. IV. μόνῃ, = μόνον, Plu. 2.583d codd. (Prob.from *μόνϝος.)
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