nonagenarius
Latin
editEtymology
editFrom nōnāgēnus (“ninety each”) + -ārius (“-ary”), from nōnāginta (“nine tens, 90”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /noː.naː.ɡeːˈnaː.ri.us/, [noːnäːɡeːˈnäːriʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /no.na.d͡ʒeˈna.ri.us/, [nonäd͡ʒeˈnäːrius]
Adjective
editnōnāgēnārius (feminine nōnāgēnāria, neuter nōnāgēnārium); first/second-declension adjective
Noun
editnōnāgēnārius 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
editFirst/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
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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.