mons
noun
an area of the body that is higher than neighboring areas.
montes
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pluralof mons.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The mountain ranges and individual mountains are labeled with their Latin names, "montes" for mountain ranges and "mons" for individual mountains.
From Scientific American ● May 17, 2013
The first syllable of this name appears to be the same as of Cambunii montes, in which the second part is probably the word βοῦνος, which in modern Greek still means “a hill.”
From The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race, Vol. 1 of 2 by Karl Otfried Müller
As they rode on they found the country dotted over with quintas and country-houses, here called montes, from being generally seated on hills.
From The Actress in High Life An Episode in Winter Quarters by Sue Petigru Bowen
Caesar. ad montes, i.e. the rocky hills through which the retreating Pompeians had to pass before they could reach the Ebro valley.
From Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Edmund Luce
It is odd therefore, that the one apposite passage which recurred to me in its entirety was in hexameters and pentameters: Me miserum, quanti montes volvuntur aquarum!
From Dead Men Tell No Tales by E. W. (Ernest William) Hornung
