nonagenarius
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From nōnāgēnus (“ninety each”) + -ārius (“-ary”), from nōnāginta (“nine tens, 90”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /noː.naː.ɡeːˈnaː.ri.us/, [noːnäːɡeːˈnäːriʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /no.na.d͡ʒeˈna.ri.us/, [nonäd͡ʒeˈnäːrius]
Adjective edit
nōnāgēnārius (feminine nōnāgēnāria, neuter nōnāgēnārium); first/second-declension adjective
Noun edit
nōnāgēnārius m
- A nonagenarian, a 90-year-old.
- (astronomy, astrology) A square or quadrature: a rising at 90 degrees from the position of another heavenly body, particularly the sun.
Declension edit
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | nōnāgēnārius | nōnāgēnāria | nōnāgēnārium | nōnāgēnāriī | nōnāgēnāriae | nōnāgēnāria | |
| Genitive | nōnāgēnāriī | nōnāgēnāriae | nōnāgēnāriī | nōnāgēnāriōrum | nōnāgēnāriārum | nōnāgēnāriōrum | |
| Dative | nōnāgēnāriō | nōnāgēnāriō | nōnāgēnāriīs | ||||
| Accusative | nōnāgēnārium | nōnāgēnāriam | nōnāgēnārium | nōnāgēnāriōs | nōnāgēnāriās | nōnāgēnāria | |
| Ablative | nōnāgēnāriō | nōnāgēnāriā | nōnāgēnāriō | nōnāgēnāriīs | |||
| Vocative | nōnāgēnārie | nōnāgēnāria | nōnāgēnārium | nōnāgēnāriī | nōnāgēnāriae | nōnāgēnāria | |
Descendants edit
- English: nonagenary, nonagenarian
- French: nonagénaire
References edit
- “nonagenarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- nonagenarius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.