nonae

Latin

Etymology 1

Numeral

1. nominative feminine plural of nōnus
2. genitive feminine singular of nōnus
3. dative feminine singular of nōnus
4. vocative feminine plural of nōnus

Etymology 2

From nonus (“ninth”), from the Latin practice of treating most recurring calendrical days as plurals.

Alternative forms

• Non.

Noun

nōnae f pl (genitive nōnārum); first declension

1. The nones.

Declension

First-declension noun, plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	nōnae
Genitive	nōnārum
Dative	nōnīs
Accusative	nōnās
Ablative	nōnīs
Vocative	nōnae

Descendants

• English: nones

References

• “nonae”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “nonae”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin