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Latin
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Cardinal: novem
Ordinal: nōnus
Adverbial: noviēs, noviēns, nōniēs, nōniēns
Multiplier: novemplus, novemplex, nōnuplus, nōnuplex, noncuplus, noncuplex, novemcuplus, novemcuplex
Distributive: novēnus
Fractional: nōnus
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Etymology
From earlier *novenos (expected *nūnus was adapted to novem), from novem (“nine”).
Pronunciation
Numeral
nōnus (feminine nōna, neuter nōnum); first/second-declension numeral
- ninth
Terra nōna.- The ninth land.
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
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Descendants
References
- “nonus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “nonus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- nonus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) on the day after, which was September 5th: postridie qui fuit dies Non. Sept. (Nonarum Septembrium) (Att. 4. 1. 5)
- nonus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
- H. H. Mallinckrodt, Latijn Nederlands woordenboek (Aula n° 24), Utrecht-Antwerpen, Spectrum, 1959