μονία
From LSJ
σταγόνες ὕδατος πέτρας κοιλαίνουσιν → constant dropping wears away a stone, constant dripping will wear away the hardest stone, little strokes fell big oaks, constant dripping wears the stone, constant dropping wears the stone, constant dripping will wear away a stone
English (LSJ)
(B), Ion. -ιη, ἡ, (μόνος)
A solitude, celibacy, Max.71.
μονία (A), Ion. -ιη, ἡ, (μένω)
A changelessness, Emp.27.4. 2 steadfastness, Tyrt.1.15 Diehl; μανία derived from this word or from sq. acc. to Cael.Aur.TP1.145.
German (Pape)
[Seite 202] ἡ, Einsamkeit, einsames Leben, Empedocl. 24, l. d., u. Sp.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
μονία: Ἰων. -ίη, ἡ, (μένω) τὸ μένειν, διαμένειν, Ἐμπεδ. 168· ἴδε περιηγὴς 3.