Latin

Noun

mōnstrum n ‎(genitive mōnstrī); second declension

1. an evil omen
2. a monster, monstrosity
3. (by extension) a thing that evokes fear and wonder

Inflection

Second declension.

Related terms

• moneō
• monstrōsē, monstruōsē
• monstrōsitās
• monstrōsus, monstruōsus

Descendants

References

• monstrum in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• monstrum in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• MONSTRUM in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “monstrum”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) extravagant fictions of fancy: opinionum commenta, ineptiae, monstra, portenta
    
  • (ambiguous) marvellous ideas; prodigies: monstra or portenta
    
  • (ambiguous) it is incredible: monstra dicis, narras
    

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mǒnstrum/
• Hyphenation: mon‧strum

Noun

mònstrum m ‎(Cyrillic spelling мо̀нструм)

1. monster

Declension