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    Cardinal: novem
    Ordinal: nōnus
    Adverbial: noviēs, noviēns
    Proportional: nōnuplus, nōncuplus, novemcuplus, novemplus
    Multiplier: novemplex, nōncuplex, nōnuplex, novemcuplex
    Distributive: novēnus
    Fractional: nōnus

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Numeral

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

  1. ninth
    Terra nōna.
    The ninth land.

Declension

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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
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Descendants

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

References

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  • 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]