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Webster 1913 Edition


Monoptote

Mon′op-tote

,
Noun.
[L.
monoptotum
, Gr.
μονόπτωτος
;
μόνοσ
single + [GREEK] apt to fall, fallen, fr. [GREEK] to fall; cf. [GREEK] case.]
(Gram.)
1.
A noun having only one case.
Andrews.
2.
A noun having only one ending for the oblique cases.

Webster 1828 Edition


Monoptote

MONOP'TOTE

,
Noun.
[Gr. only, and case.] A noun having only one oblique case.

Definition 2024


monoptote

monoptote

English

Noun

monoptote (plural monoptotes)

  1. (grammar) A noun having only one case.
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  2. (grammar) A noun having only one ending for the oblique cases.