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# {{lb|en|astronomy|geology}} AAn extraterrestrial [[mountain]] or [[extinct]] [[volcano]] on a [[planet]] or a [[moon]].

===AlternativeEtymology forms1===

===Determiner=Pronunciation====

From {{inh|la|itc-pro|*montismonts}}, from [[Proto-Indo-European]] ''*món-tis'', from {{der|la|ine-pro|*men-||to stand out, to tower}}. Compare {{cog|obt|monid}}, {{cog|br|menez}}, {{cog|kw|meneth}}, {{cog|cy|mynydd}}.<ref>{{R:itc:EDL|page=388|head=mōns, -tis}}</ref>

#* {{Q|la|Virgil|Aeneid|1|60-|thru=62|quote=Sed pater omnipotēns spēluncīs abdidit ātrīs,<br/>hoc metuēns, mōlemque et '''montīs''' īnsuper altōs<br/>imposuit, [...].|trans=''But the all-powerful Father [Jupiter] had hidden [the winds] in dark caverns, [because he was] fearing this [destruction], and above [them] he placed massive high '''mountains''', [...].''<br/>(The words “molemque et montis” exemplify [[alliteration]] and [[hendiadys]].)}}

#* {{Q|la|Augustine|Cōnfessiōnēs|10|8|year=397–400|quote=et eunt hominēs mīrārī alta '''montium''' et ingentēs flūctūs maris et lātissimōs lāpsūs flūminum et ōceanī ambitum et gȳrōs sīderum, et relinquunt sē ipsōs, …|trans=''And men go to marvel at the heights of '''mountains''' and the huge waves of the sea and the widest courses of rivers and the flow of the ocean and the circuits of the stars, and they forsake themselves, […].''}}

#* {{Q|la|Ovid|Fasti|1|517|quote='''montibus''' hīs ōlim tōtus prōmittitur orbis|trans=''To these '''hills''', one day, the whole world is promised.''}}

** {{desc|astrup|montemunti|munte}}

** {{desc|caruo|muntmunte}}

** {{desc|coruq|montimunti}}

** {{desc|dlmro|muantmunte}}

** {{desc|furdlm|montmuant|nolb=1}}

** {{desc|itco|montemonti}}

** {{desc|ocit|montmonte}}