noun · femininefirst declension
nōnae
nōnae f pl (genitive nōnārum)
Mille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- The nones.
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
nōnus diēs ante īdūs mēnsis.nōnae -ārum f pl — in Mille Verba, Tempus et Numerī
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | — | nōnae |
| genitive | — | nōnārum |
| dative | — | nōnīs |
| accusative | — | nōnās |
| ablative | — | nōnīs |
| vocative | — | nōnae |
Nōnae, ārum, f. nonus,
I. the fifth day in every month of the year, except March, May, July, and October, in which it was the seventh; the nones, so called because it was the ninth day before the ides, Varr. L. L. 6, § 28 Müll.:
o Nonae illae Decembres, Cic. Fl. 40, 102: Nonis Februariis si Romae fuit, id. Quint. 18, 57: a. d. tertium Non. Januar. si agere coepisset, id. Fam. 5, 2, 8. After the expulsion of the kings, the marketdays were no longer allowed to fall on the nones, because the people celebrated the nones as the birthday of Servius Tullius, and fear was entertained of a movement on that day in favor of royalty, Macr. S. 1, 13. No wedding took place either on the nones or on the ides, because the following day was a dies ater, unfavorable for the offering to be made by the bride, id. ib. 1, 16. Augustus, for superstitious reasons, avoided undertaking any thing on the nones, Suet. Aug. 92.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
Nōnae ārum, f
nonus, the Nones, ninth day before the ides (hence, of March, May, July, and October, the seventh, and of other months the fifth): o Nonae illae Decembres: Nonis Februariis si Romae fuit: a. d. tertium Non. Ianuar. si agere coepisset, January 3d : consequi posterum diem Nonarum Novembrium.
Origins
From nonus (“ninth”), from the Latin practice of treating most recurring calendrical days as plurals.
Descendants
- Frenchnones
- Englishnonesfrom French nones
- Italiannone