Definition:
μόνος, -η, -ον, [in LXX chiefly for לְבַד;] 1) adj., alone, solitary, forsaken: with verb, Mat.14:23, Mrk.6:47, Luk.9:36, al; with pron, Mat.18:15, Mrk.9:2, al; with subst, Mrk.9:8, Luk.4:8, al; pleonast, οὐκ. εἰ μὴ μ, Mat.12:4, Luk.6:4, al; attrib, only, (ὁ) μ. θεός, Jhn.5:44 17:3, Rom.16:27, 1Ti.1:17, Ju 25. 2) As adv, (a) neut, (μόνον, alone, only: referring to verb or predic, Mat.9:21, Mrk.5:36, Jas.1:22, al. (see Bl, §44, 2); οὐ (μὴ) μ, Gal.4:18, Jas.1:22; οὐ μ. ἀλλά (Bl, §77, 13.3), Act.19:26, 1Jn.5:6, al; id. before καί (Bl, §81, 1.2), Rom.5:3 9:10, 2Co.8:19, al; (b) κατὰ μόνας, alone (Bl, §44, 1), Mrk.4:10, Luk.9:18. (AS)
Definition:
μόνος, η, ον,
Epic dialect and
Ionic dialect μοῦνος, the only form used by [
Refs 8th c.BC+] both in
iambic and Lyric poetry, by [
Refs 5th c.BC+]:
Doric dialect μῶνος [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]:—
alone, solitary, μοῦνος ἐὼν πολέσιν μετὰ Καδμείοισιν [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; φυγὴ μόνου πρὸς μόνον [
Refs 3rd c.AD+]
2) with
genitive, σοῦ μόνος
bereft of thee,
without thee, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II)
only, μοῦνον Λαέρτην Ἀρκείσιος υἱὸν ἔτικτε, μοῦνον δ᾽ αὖτ᾽ Ὀδυσῆα πατὴρ τέκεν [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; χοίνικος μόνας ἁλῶν for a gallon of salt
only, [
Refs 5th c.BC+];
single, οὐκ ἄρα μοῦνον ἔην Ἐρίδων γένος, ἀλλὰ. δύω [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; εἷς μοῦνος or μόνος, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]
II.2) with
genitive, μοῦνος ποταμῶν
alone of rivers, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; but μοῦνος πάντων ἀνθρώπων he
and no other of all men, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀνδρῶν γε μοῦνος he
and no other, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.3) frequently repeated in the same clause, ξυμπεσὼν μόνος μόνοις [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; Ἕκτορος μόνος μόνου. ἐναντίος[
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.4) expressing rhetorically pre-eminence in an action or quality, μόνα κατέχεσθαι ποιεῖ are
unique for causing possession, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
III)
superlative μονώτατος
one above all others, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
IV)
made in one piece, τάπης [
Refs]
B)
adverb μόνως,
on one condition only, followed by εἰ, [
Refs 5th c.BC+];
in one way only, [
Refs 4th c.AD+];
in a unique manner, [
Refs 5th c.AD+]: later, simply,
only, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
B.II)
neuter as
adverb, μόνον
alone, only, οὐχ ἅπαξ μ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐὰν μ. if
only, [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; οὐσίαν, οὐ χωριστὴν μ.
only not separable, [
Refs]
B.II.2) οὐ μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐ μ, ἀλλὰ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+] is sometimes omitted, μὴ τοὺς ἐγγύς, ἀλλὰ καὶ τοὺς ἄπωθεν [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
B.II.3) μόνον οὐ
all but, well nigh, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
B.III) κατὰ μόνας
alone, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
B.IV) μόνῃ, ={μόνον}, [
Refs 1st c.AD+]