Nonius
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See also: nonius
German[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin Nonius, the Latinised form of the name of its inventor, Pedro Nunes (1502-78), a Portuguese mathematician and geographer.
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (file)
Noun[edit]
Nonius m (strong, genitive Nonius, plural Noniusse or Nonien)
Usage notes[edit]
Unlike its English counterpart nonius, the term Nonius also encompasses the more sophisticated vernier caliper, which works on a similar principle.
Declension[edit]
Declension of Nonius [masculine, strong]
Descendants[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “Nonius” in Duden online
Latin[edit]
Etymology[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈnoː.ni.us/, [ˈnoːniʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈno.ni.us/, [ˈnɔːnius]
Proper noun[edit]
Nōnius m sg (genitive Nōniī or Nōnī); second declension
- a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
- Nonius Marcellus, a Roman grammarian
Declension[edit]
Second-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Nōnius |
Genitive | Nōniī Nōnī1 |
Dative | Nōniō |
Accusative | Nōnium |
Ablative | Nōniō |
Vocative | Nōnī |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “Nonius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Nonius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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