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μονόω

μονόω, to make single

μονόω, Ep. and Ion. μουνόω, Od. 16.117, Hdt. (v. infr.); but μον- in Il. 11.470: (μόνος):—
  • make single or solitary, ἡμετέρην γενεὴν μούνωσε Κρονίων made our race single, i. e. allowed but one son in each generation, Od. 16.117; μ. τὸν Φίλιππον leave him isolated, Plb. 5.16.10; get alone, τινὰ ἐν σπήλυγγι AP 9.451; strip of predicates, make unique, [θεόν] Plot. 6.8.15.
    • II more freq. in Pass., to be left alone, forsaken, ἐνὶ Τρώεσσι μονωθείς Il. l.c.; μουνωθέντα παρʼ οἴεσιν ἢ παρὰ βουσίν Od. 15.386; ἐμουνοῦντο they were left each man by himself, Hdt. 8.123; μουνωθέντα taken apart, without witnesses (v. l. for μουνόθεν), Id. 1.116; γυνὴ μονωθεῖσʼ οὐδέν A. Supp. 749; of animals when hunted, X. Cyn. 9.9; when left solitary, Arist. HA 578b33; of the soul, to be separated from the body, Diog.Oen. 36; of things, to be taken alone, Arist. EN 1096b17; to be isolated in thought, Dam. Pr. 195.
      • 2 c. gen. pers., μεμουνωμένοι συμμάχων deserted by allies, Hdt. 1.102, cf. 6.15, 7.139; μονωθεὶς δάμαρτος, σοῦ μονούμενος, E. Alc. 296, 380; δεσποτῶν μονούμενος Id. Rh. 871; μονωθεῖσʼ ἀπὸ πατρός Id. IA 669; μονωθεὶς μετʼ ὀλίγων Th. 6.101: abs., μεμονωμένων εἰ κρατήσειαν Id. 2.81, cf. 5.40, 58.
        • b c. gen. rei, μεμονωμένοι τῆς τῶν ἱππέων βοηθείας bereft of . ., D.S. 19.43; μονούμενος τῶν ἀγαθῶν separated from . ., Pl. Lg. 710b; μονωθεῖσαι φρονήσεως without . ., Id. Ti. 46e; μονωθεὶς ἐκ τῆς εἱρκτῆς, i. e. set free from . ., Id. Ax. 370d.

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