nonus

Latin

Latin ordinal numbers

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Cardinal : novem     Ordinal : nōnus     Adverbial : noviēs     Distributive : novēnī

Etymology

From earlier *novenos (expected *nūnus was adapted to novem), from novem (“nine”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈnoː.nus/, [ˈnoːnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈno.nus/, [ˈnɔːnus]

Numeral

nōnus (feminine nōna, neuter nōnum); first/second-declension numeral

1. ninth (previous: octavus, next: decimus)

   Terra nona.

   The ninth land.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	nōnus	nōna	nōnum		nōnī	nōnae	nōna
Genitive	nōnī	nōnae	nōnī		nōnōrum	nōnārum	nōnōrum
Dative	nōnō		nōnō		nōnīs
Accusative	nōnum	nōnam	nōnum		nōnōs	nōnās	nōna
Ablative	nōnō	nōnā	nōnō		nōnīs
Vocative	nōne	nōna	nōnum		nōnī	nōnae	nōna

Related terms

• nonagesimus
• nonageni
• nonagies
• nonaginta
• nongenti, nongentesiumus, nongenties
• nonanus
• nōnārius
• nundinae

Descendants

• Dutch: noen
• English: noon
• Icelandic: nón
• Irish: nóin
• Italian: nono
• Portuguese: nono
• Spanish: nono
• Welsh: nawn

References

• “nonus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “nonus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• nonus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) on the day after, which was September 5th: postridie qui fuit dies Non. Sept. (Nonarum Septembrium) (Att. 4. 1. 5)
    
• nonus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• H. H. Mallinckrodt, Latijn Nederlands woordenboek (Aula n° 24), Utrecht-Antwerpen, Spectrum, 1959 [Latin - Dutch dictionary in Dutch]