proper noun · femininethird declension
Nōnācris
Nōnācris f sg (genitive Nōnācris)
Classical[noːˈnaː.krɪs]Ecclesiastical[noˈnaː.kris]
Meaning
- A town of Arcadia mentioned by Herodotus and Pausanias
- A town of Arcadia in the territory of Orchomenus, which formed a Tripolis together with Callia and Dipoena
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Nōnācris | — |
| genitive | Nōnācris | — |
| dative | Nōnācrī | — |
| accusative | Nōnācrem | — |
| ablative | Nōnācre | — |
| vocative | Nōnācris | — |
| locative | Nōnācrī Nōnācre | — |
Nōnācris, is, f., = Νώνακρις,
I. a mountain in Arcadia, at the foot of which lay a city of the same name, and in which the Styx had its source, Vitr. 8, 3, 16; Plin. 2, 103, 106, § 131; 4, 6, 10, § 21.—
II. Hence,
A. Nōnācrīnus, a, um, adj., Nonacrian, poet. for Arcadian:
virgo Nonacrina, i. e. Callisto, Ov. M. 2, 409: Atalanta, id. A. A. 2, 185.—B. Nōnācrĭus, a, um, adj., Nonacrian, poet. for Arcadian:
heros, i. e. Evander, Ov. F. 5, 97.—Subst.: Nōnā-cria, ae, f. 1. Atalanta, Ov. M. 8, 426. —
2. (Sc. urbs.) The city of Nonacris, Sen. Q. N. 3, 25, 1.
Origins
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Νώνακρῐς (Nṓnakrĭs).
In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries
GeographyNonácrisNonácris. NNONÁCRIS (Νώνακρις: Eth. Νωνακρίατης, Νωνακριεύς). 1. A town of Arcadia, in the district of Pheneatis, and NW. of Pheneus, which is said to…Biography & mythologyNonacrisNonacris (Νωνακρίς), the wife of Lycaon, from whom the town of Nonacris in Arcadia was believed to have derived its name. (Paus. 8.17.5.) From this to…