Ancient Greek

• (4th AD Koine) IPA^(key): /monastírion/

• (10th AD Byzantine) IPA^(key): /monastírion/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /monastíɾion/

Noun

μοναστήριον • ‎(monastḗrion) n ‎(genitive μοναστηρίου); second declension

1. solitary dwelling
   • Philo Mechanicus 2.475
2. monastery
   • Inscriptiones Graecae 8729 al.

Inflection

Descendants

• Greek: μοναστήρι ‎(monastíri)
  • Romanian: mânăstire, mănăstire
• Latin: monasterium
  • → Arabic: منستر ‎(munastīr)
    • → Catalan: monestir
  • → Aragonese: monesterio
  • → Asturian: monasteriu
  • → French: monastère
  • → Italian: monastero
  • → Norman: monastéthe (Jersey)
  • Late Latin: monastērium
    • Vulgar Latin: monistērium
      • Old French: mostier
        • Middle French: moustier
          • French: moutier
      • Old Portuguese: mõesteiro
        • Galician: mosteiro
        • Portuguese: mosteiro
  • → Occitan: monastèri
  • → Portuguese: monastério
  • → Spanish: monasterio
  • → Old English: mynster
    • English: minster

References

• LSJ 8th edition