Italian

Noun

monile m ‎(plural monili)

1. necklace
2. jewel

Anagrams

• limone
• meloni

Latin

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *mony- ‎(“crest, mane”). Compare Proto-Germanic *manją ‎(“necklace”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /moˈniː.lis/, [mɔˈniː.lɪs]

Noun

monīle n ‎(genitive monīlis); third declension

1. necklace, collar
2. (chiefly in the plural) jewel(s)

Inflection

Third declension neuter “pure” i-stem.

References

• monile in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• monile in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “monile”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• monile in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• monile in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin