novensides

Latin

Alternative forms

• novēnsilēs

Etymology

From either novus "new" and īnsideō "I sit in" or from novem "nine" and sedeō "I sit". The variant novēnsilēs shows a d-l alternation otherwise known from e.g. solium and lacrima.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /noˈu̯en.si.deːs/, [noˈu̯ẽːs̠ɪd̪eːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /noˈven.si.des/, [noˈvɛnsid̪es]

Adjective

novēnsidēs (genitive novēnsidum or novēnsidium); third-declension two-termination adjective, plural only

1. of a certain group of deities called dī novensidēs or dī novensilēs whose identity is unknown

Inflection

Third-declension two-termination adjective, plural only.

Number	Plural
Case / Gender	Masc./Fem.
Nominative	novēnsidēs
Genitive	novēnsidum novēnsidium
Dative	novēnsidibus
Accusative	novēnsidēs novēnsidīs
Ablative	novēnsidibus
Vocative	novēnsidēs

References

• “novensides”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• novensiles in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.