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nonae

Latin edit

Etymology 1 edit

Numeral edit

nōnae

  1. inflection of nōnus:
    1. nominative/vocative feminine plural
    2. genitive/dative feminine singular

Etymology 2 edit

From nonus (“ninth”), from the Latin practice of treating most recurring calendrical days as plurals.[1][2]

Alternative forms edit

Noun edit

nōnae f pl (genitive nōnārum); first declension

  1. The nones.
Declension edit

First-declension noun, plural only.

Case Plural
Nominative nōnae
Genitive nōnārum
Dative nōnīs
Accusative nōnās
Ablative nōnīs
Vocative nōnae
Descendants edit
  • → French: nones

References edit

  1. ^ Kennedy, Benjamin Hall, The Public School Latin Grammar (1879), p. 126.
  2. ^ Michels, Agnes Kirsopp, Calendar of the Roman Republic (2015), p. 19.
  • “nonae”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “nonae”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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