monoptote

noun

1. A noun which only occurs in one case.

   obsolete

   A noun which is found in one case only, is called a Monoptote; if found in two cases, a Diptote; if in three, a Triptote; if in four, a Tetraptote; and if in five, a Pentaptote.

Where it comes from

From Latin monoptotum, from Ancient Greek μονόπτωτος (monóptōtos).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry monoptote (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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