nonnus
Latin
Etymology
Perhaps from children's speech dating back to a late Proto-Indo-European *nana-. See also Ancient Greek νόννος (nónnos, “father”), νέννος (nénnos, “uncle”), νάννας (nánnas, “uncle”), νίννη (nínnē, “aunt”), and Proto-Celtic *nana (“grandmother”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈnon.nus/, [ˈnɔnːʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈnon.nus/, [ˈnɔnːus]
Noun
nonnus m (genitive nonnī); second declension (Late Latin)
Declension
Second-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | nonnus | nonnī |
Genitive | nonnī | nonnōrum |
Dative | nonnō | nonnīs |
Accusative | nonnum | nonnōs |
Ablative | nonnō | nonnīs |
Vocative | nonne | nonnī |
Related terms
Descendants
References
- “nonnus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- nonnus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- nonnus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “nonnus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “nonnus”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray