Latin

Noun

monopōlium n ‎(genitive monopōliī); second declension

1. A right of exclusive sale in dealing or selling a thing.
2. a monopoly

Inflection

Second declension.

Descendants

• English: monopoly
• German: Monopolium, Monopol
• Hungarian: monopólium
• Italian: monopolio

References

• monopolium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• MONOPOLIUM in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “monopolium”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.