A.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” AP9.451; 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 παρ᾽ 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 μονωθεῖσ᾽ οὐδέν” A.Supp.749; of animals when hunted, X.Cyn.9.9; when left solitary, Arist.HA578b33; of the soul, to be separated from the body, Diog.Oen.36; of things, to be taken alone, Arist.EN1096b17; 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; “μονωθεῖσ᾽ ἀπὸ πατρός” Id.IA669; “μονωθεὶς μετ᾽ 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.
