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mŏnōdia
mŏnōdĭārĭa
mŏnōdĭārĭus
mŏnōdĭum
Mŏnŏdūs
Mŏnoecus
mŏnŏgămĭa
mŏnŏgămus
mŏnŏgĕnēs
mŏnogramma
mŏnogrammus or
mŏnŏīdēs
mŏnŏlĭnum
mŏnŏlĭthus
monolium
mŏnŏlōris
mŏnŏmăchĭa
mŏnŏmăchus
mŏnŏmĕter
mŏnŏpŏdĭum
mŏnŏpŏdĭus
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mŏnogrammus or
mŏnogrammus or -os, -on, adj., = μονόγραμμος, lit. of pictures, that consist of lines merely, outlined, sketched; hence transf., Of incorporeal gods, shadowy: Epicurus monogrammos Deos et nihil agentes commentus est, Cic. N. D. 2, 23, 59.—Hence, as subst.: mŏnogrammus, i, m., comically, a skeleton, a shadow: monogrammi dicti sunt homines macie pertenues ac decolores: tractum a picturā, quae priusquam coloribus corporatur, umbra fingitur, Non. 37, 11 sq.; Lucil. ap. Non. l. l.— A species of jasper: quae zmaragdo similis traversā lineā albā praecingitur et monogrammos vocatur, Plin. 37, 9, 37, § 118.

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Headword:
mŏnogrammus or
Headword (normalized):
mŏnogrammus or
Headword (normalized/stripped):
monogrammus or
IDX:
29606
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lat.ls.perseus-eng2-n29583
Key:
monogrammus

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