μόνος, η, ον,
Epic dialect and Ionic dialect μοῦνος, the only form used by [[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus (as in all derivations except μονόω), 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus, and 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus, also by 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 9.27, “I.” 5(4).12, 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 3.80, +others, by 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus ] Refs 8th c.BC+] both in iambic and Lyric poetry, by [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus only in _compound_ μουνώψ, by 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus only in μούναρχος] Refs 5th c.BC+]: Doric dialect μῶνος [[ 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 2.64, 20.45 ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]:— alone, solitary, μοῦνος ἐὼν πολέσιν μετὰ Καδμείοισιν [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.388; ἢ ὅ γε μοῦνος ἐών 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.217; μούνω ἄνευθ᾽ ἄλλων 16.239: joined with ἐρῆμος, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 887, “Ph.” 470; μόνοι γὰρ ἐσμέν 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “JTr.” 21; ἄνθρωπος πρεσβύτης καὶ μ. “BGU” 180.23 (2nd c.AD)] Refs 8th c.BC+]; φυγὴ μόνου πρὸς μόνον [[ 3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 6.9.11. ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]
__2 with genitive, σοῦ μόνος bereft of thee, without thee, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 511; also μοῦνος ἀπ᾽ ἄλλων “hymnus ad Mercurium” 193, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 183 (Lyric poetry); ἑτάρων ἄπο μ. 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 3.908. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II only, μοῦνον Λαέρτην Ἀρκείσιος υἱὸν ἔτικτε, μοῦνον δ᾽ αὖτ᾽ Ὀδυσῆα πατὴρ τέκεν [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 16.118, compare 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 9.482; μόνης γὰρ σοῦ κλύων ἀνέξεται 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 838, compare 632 (_anapaest meter_), “Pr.” 425 (Lyric poetry), etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; χοίνικος μόνας ἁλῶν for a gallon of salt only, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 814 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; single, οὐκ ἄρα μοῦνον ἔην Ἐρίδων γένος, ἀλλὰ.. δύω [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 11, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1280 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; εἷς μοῦνος or μόνος, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.38, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 63: once in 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, μία μούνη 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 23.227: joined with αὐτός, αὐτὼ μόνω 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Lysis” 211c; αὐτοὶ καθ᾽ αὑτοὺς μόνοι [prev. author] “Plt.” 307e. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]