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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Νώνακρῐς (Nṓnakris).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Nōnācris f sg (genitive Nōnācris); third declension
- A town of Arcadia mentioned by Herodotus and Pausanias
- A town of Arcadia in the territory of Orchomenus, which formed a Tripolis together with Callia and Dipoena
Declension
Third-declension noun (i-stem), with locative, singular only.
Derived terms
References
- Nonacris in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Nonacris”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly