Monogynopaedium what is it?

[Mars]

I am beginning correspondence with a couple of ladies who are frequently using this word.

If you check any dictionary, including all the online ones, there is no such word in English.

Some google hits have noted that other men also have encountered this word and they believe some Russian to English dictionaries give this word to Russian people to use, when in fact there is not such a word in English.

From the context of the messages I am getting, I realize it has something to do with family, children, etc.

But I am hesitant to comment back to the ladies about my feelings on 'monogynopaedium' until I am more certain what it means.  I might be telling them that I am in favor of it . . . when it might mean I would like to have sex with a man!!

So ladies here . . . please translate the word back into Russian and then give me an English  synonym for it.

Thanks.

[Ranetka]

I was surprised by this word. My understanding this is a specific term (English) used in biology to desribe a family unit consisting of a female and her cubs. I think some online translator translated Russian word for family into this mono...thing.

[OlgaH]

Monogynopaedium is an assemblage of one mother and her immediate progeny

Patrogynopaedium is a family group in which both parents remain with their offspring for sometime

[Vaughn]

Olga, is it possible they mean monogamy and simply pulled an incorrect translation?
And now it's proliferating?

I'm finding this profile statement by many all over the place...

"I search for a real man for whom monogynopaedium - is the most important thing.
I promise to love and be a faithful monogynopaedium."
 

[Blues Fairy]

"I search for a real man for whom monogynopaedium - is the most important thing.
I promise to love and be a faithful monogynopaedium."

 

[OlgaH]

Olga, is it possible they mean monogamy and simply pulled an incorrect tralslation?
And now it's proliferating?

Possible 

Mono - alone (single), Gyne (Gyno) - female, Paedium - an assemblage of young animals (offspring, progeny)

[Vaughn]

Here's another laugher:

I want to meet a man, which divides my interests, loves children
and wants to have general children, with which is not boring, which
is able to provide it monogynopaedium and has forces and desire to care of it!!!

The probable intended meaning:

I want to meet a man who expands my horizons, loves children and
may want to have more of them, who is interesting, and can offer
stability - and has the means and desire to nurture.

Some of these profiles are really entertaining - and done on the cheap.

Mars - if you reply, ask if she meant моногамия - monogamy

[Ranetka]

Here's another laugher:

I want to meet a man, which divides my interests, loves children
and wants to have general children, with which is not boring, which
is able to provide it monogynopaedium and has forces and desire to care of it!!!

The probable intended meaning:

I want to meet a man who expands my horizons, loves children and
may want to have more of them, who is interesting, and can offer
stability - and has the means and desire to nurture.

Some of these profiles are really entertaining - and done on the cheap.

Mars - if you reply, ask if she meant моногамия - monogamy

It is a translation using online translator, meaning
I would like to meet a man who would share my interests, who loves children and wants to have children together; who is not boring, who is able to provide for a FAMILY, who has ability and desire to care for his familiy.

[Vaughn]

Ranetka, thank you, yours is a better translation...

It is a translation using online translator

and using a Russian-English biological dictionary to fill in the gaps?

[Mars]

I was surprised by this word. My understanding this is a specific term (English) used in biology to desribe a family unit consisting of a female and her cubs. I think some online translator translated Russian word for family into this mono...thing.

But there is no such word in any English dictionary, whether on a shelf or online.

[Mars]

Monogynopaedium is an assemblage of one mother and her immediate progeny

Patrogynopaedium is a family group in which both parents remain with their offspring for sometime

Olga, where did you get your info?   I cannot find the word in any dictionary, whether on a shelf or online>

However, from the context of the messages from the women, I think you are correct.

[Mars]

I want to meet a man, which divides my interests,

This divide word is another one that throws me.

When I speak of my interests, some ladies are replying that they divide my interests.

I am thinking of divide in terms of there is a big divide (gulf) between us, which would mean they have no interest in what interests me.

But now I see that you can divide a slice of bread to share it with someone.  So dividing can also mean sharing.

Which are they really meaning; I don't know for sure.

[Vaughn]

Mars, I had to up to the attic - but I located it.

We bought this dictionary online when my stepdaughter was leaning toward
a science major in high school.

English-Russian Biological Dictionary
Russian Language Publishers, Moscow, 1993

I searched its ISBN and found this  http://www.biblio.com/isbn/9785200013012.html

Indeed, the word is listed and is defined as семья = family
In parenthesis it reads самка и ёё потомство which I think is "female and her offspring" but the
ladies here would know better than me.

The word "divide" is often used in place of "share". They are often interchangeable, but not in this context.

[Blues Fairy]

So dividing can also mean sharing.
Which are they really meaning; I don't know for sure.

The Russian word for divide and share is the same - разделять, hence the confusion.  Those ladies use the online translator or thesaurus and don't bother to check the correct meaning. 

If you want a piece of advice, try to avoid ladies who have a problem expressing their thoughts.  This might cause you trouble in the long run, especially if you wind up married to one of them.

[SANDRO43]

Mono - alone (single), Gyne (Gyno) - female, Paedium - an assemblage of young animals (offspring, progeny)

Almost, but not quite. The above etymlology is a bit of a mongrel, an assemblage of 2 Greek words (mono, gyné) and a Latin word (paedium), used for instance by Suetonius when writing about the poet Q. Horatius Flaccus (Horace) :

Horatio poetae non obfuit humilitas generis. Nam, quamvis ex liberto natus esset in oppido Venusia, quod non longe a fluminis Aufdi ripis in Apulia abest, liberali institutione educatus est. Cum Romam adulescentulus emigrasset cum patre, ibi humanis artibus institutus est. Pugnae apud Philippos cum Bruto et Cassio interfuit, sed male pugnavit et vix ex proelio superfuit cum ea legione, cui praeerat. Postea ei magnopere profuit amicitia Maecenatis, qui ei donavit parvum paedium quod in Sabinis aprico et amoeno colli subest. Hoc praedio contentus vixit nec amplius honores vel divitias petivit, cum statuisset perpetuo ab ambitione abesse. In hoc beato otio vitam securam degit, Musarum amicus, quae poetis favent et eorum arti praesunt. Eius carmina tantis laudibus celebrata sunt ut temporis edacitati superfuerint.

The passage in blue means: "Afterwards very useful to him was the friendship of Mecenas, who made him the gift of a small plot of land on a fine sunny hill in Sabinia." 

The third word is a clumsy adaptation of the Greek word paideia "education, child-rearing" from pais, paidos (child).

As for divide/share, Latin may shed some etymlological light :

Dividere = to divide
Cumdividere = to share (to divide together)

[JR]

This divide word is another one that throws me.

When I speak of my interests, some ladies are replying that they divide my interests.

I am thinking of divide in terms of there is a big divide (gulf) between us, which would mean they have no interest in what interests me.

But now I see that you can divide a slice of bread to share it with someone.  So dividing can also mean sharing.

Which are they really meaning; I don't know for sure.

Share her interests. She wants someone who shares her interests.
If someone 'divides' their bread with you they are sharing it.

[JR]

Ah, BF already caught it

[possum]

Good Lord, this one sure is a mouthful.. I just googled it and got a bunch of hits, but they all had to do with Russian dating somehow.. I wonder if they meant monovaginapodium, because that would at least make some sense..

[OlgaH]

Olga, where did you get your info?   

Animal Behavior Desk Reference By Edward M. Barrows (try to google it)

[Lily]

Can I join you in this reaction Blues Fairy?

 

[ShaunUK]

Forgive me, but the discussion of this word is wholly irrelevant and seems to cause unnecessary stress. There is a simply solution:

1/. If you are in communication with the woman, ask her what she means and for the Russian word and translate it yourself

2/. If you are not in communication, then move on...  

Quite simple really.

PS: I know this is an old posting... I just got here.