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monoptote|ˈmɒnəptəʊt|
Also 7–8 -tot.
[ad. late L. monoptōt-us, a. late Gr. µονόπτωτ-ος, f. Gr. µόνο-ς mono- + πτωτός falling, cogn. w. πτῶσις case, f. πί-πτ-ειν to fall. So F. monoptote.]
A noun occurring in a single oblique case (as L. astu).
1612Brinsley Pos. Parts (1669) 101 Q. Which call you Monoptots? A. Such words as are found in one oblique case. 1656Blount Glossogr., Monoptote, a word having but one Case. 1751Wesley Wks. (1872) XIV. 40 Monoptots, which have but one Case; as, astu. 1854Andrews & Stoddard Lat. Gram. §94. 36 Monoptote.
Hence monopˈtotic a., having only one case.
1872Latham s.v. Monoptote, A word that appears in one form only is, on the first view, equally aptotic and monoptotic—both or either. |