Lexical Definition

‎μόνος‎ mónos (mon'-os) alone ^G:A
probably from ‎μένω‎

alone, only, by themselves.

• remaining, i.e. sole or single
• by implication, mere

Abbott-Smith

μόνος, -η, -ον, [in LXX chiefly for לְבַד;]

1. adj., alone, solitary, forsaken: c. verb., Mt 14:23, Mk 6:47, Lk 9:36, al.; c. pron., Mt 18:15, Mk 9:2, al.; c. subst., Mk 9:8, Lk 4:8, al.; pleonast., οὐκ . . . εἰ μὴ μ., Mt 12:4, Lk 6:4, al.; attrib., only, (ὁ) μ. θεός, Jo 5:44 17:3, Ro 16:27, I Ti 1:17, Ju 25.
2. As adv.,
(a) neut., μόνον, alone, only: referring to verb or predic., Mt 9:21, Mk 5:36, Ja 1:22, al. (v. Bl., §44, 2); οὐ (μὴ) μ., Ga 4:18, Ja 1:22; οὐ μ. . . . ἀλλά (Bl., § 77, 133), Ac 19:26, I Jo 5:6, al.; id. seq. καί (Bl., § 81, 12), Ro 5:3 9:10, II Co 8:19, al.;
(b) κατὰ μόνας, alone (Bl., § 44, 1), Mk 4:10, Lk 9:18.

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

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[μόνος μόνῳ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.137. ">Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.4 expressing rhetorically pre-eminence in an action or quality, μόνα κατέχεσθαι ποιεῖ are unique for causing possession, [μόνος ἀνθρώπων 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 24.9. ">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+]