Nonius

See also: nonius

Latin

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈnoː.ni.us/, [ˈnoːniʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈno.ni.us/, [ˈnɔːnius]

Proper noun

Nōnius m sg (genitive Nōniī or Nōnī); second declension

1. a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by:
   1. Nonius Marcellus, a Roman grammarian

Declension

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

• Nōnia

References

• “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.