novem

Interlingua

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈno.vem/

Numeral

novem

1. nine

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Latin

Latin cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : novem     Ordinal : nōnus     Adverbial : noviēs     Distributive : novēnī
Latin Wikipedia article on novem

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈno.wem/, [ˈno.wẽ]

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• (Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈno.vem/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥. Cognates include Sanskrit नवन् (navan), Ancient Greek ἐννέα (ennea) and Old English niġon (English nine).

Numeral

novem (indeclinable)

1. (cardinal) nine; 9
   • ca. 8 CE, Ovid, Metamorphoses, Book IV, lines 262-264

     perque novem luces expers undaeque cibique
     rore mero lacrimisque suis ieiunia pavit
     nec se movit humo

     "For nine whole days she sat, tasting neither drink nor food,
     her hunger fed by naught save pure dew and tears,
     and moved not from the ground."

   • 397-401, Aurelius Augustinus Hipponensis, Confessiones, Liber IV

     per idem tempus annorum novem, ab undevicensimo anno aetatis meae usque ad duodetricensimum, seducebamur et seducebamus

     During this period of nine years, from my nineteenth year to my twenty-eighth, I went astray and led others astray.

   • 405, Jerome and others, Vulgate, Iosue 13:7

     et nunc divide terram in possessionem novem tribubus et dimidiae tribui Manasse

     "Now therefore divide this land for an inheritance unto the nine tribes, and the half tribe of Manasseh"

Alternative forms

• Symbol: IX

Derived terms

nōnāgintā nōngentī noviēs, noviēns

novena novēnī

Descendants

Aromanian: noauã Catalan: nou Corsican: novi Dalmatian: nu French: neuf Friulian: nûv Galician: nove Italian: nove

Mirandese: nuôbe Neapolitan: nòve Occitan: nòu Portuguese: nove Romanian: nouă Romansch: nov, nouv Sardinian: noi, nobe, noe Spanish: nueve

See also

• Appendix:Latin cardinal numerals

Etymology 2

From novō (“renew, refresh”).

Verb

novem

1. first-person singular present active subjunctive of novō