nonanus

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Latin

Etymology

nōna (legiō) (“ninth (legion)”) +‎ -ānus

Pronunciation

Adjective

nōnānus (feminine nōnāna, neuter nōnānum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. of the ninth legion

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative nōnānus nōnāna nōnānum nōnānī nōnānae nōnāna
genitive nōnānī nōnānae nōnānī nōnānōrum nōnānārum nōnānōrum
dative nōnānō nōnānae nōnānō nōnānīs
accusative nōnānum nōnānam nōnānum nōnānōs nōnānās nōnāna
ablative nōnānō nōnānā nōnānō nōnānīs
vocative nōnāne nōnāna nōnānum nōnānī nōnānae nōnāna

Noun

nōnānus m (genitive nōnānī); second declension

  1. a soldier of the ninth legion

Declension

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative nōnānus nōnānī
genitive nōnānī nōnānōrum
dative nōnānō nōnānīs
accusative nōnānum nōnānōs
ablative nōnānō nōnānīs
vocative nōnāne nōnānī

References

  • “nonanus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “nonanus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • nonanus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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