adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
nōnāgēnārius1
nōnāgēnārius (feminine nōnāgēnāria, neuter nōnāgēnārium)
Classical[noː.naː.ɡeːˈnaː.ri.ʊs]Ecclesiastical[no.na.d͡ʒeˈnaː.ri.us]
Meaning
- adjectiverelationalninety
- adjectiveninety-year-old
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| genitive | nōnāgēnāriī | nōnāgēnāriae | nōnāgēnāriī |
| dative | nōnāgēnāriō | nōnāgēnāriae | nōnāgēnāriō |
| accusative | — | nōnāgēnāriam | — |
| ablative | nōnāgēnāriō | — | nōnāgēnāriō |
| vocative | nōnāgēnārie | — | — |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | nōnāgēnāriī | nōnāgēnāriae | — |
| genitive | nōnāgēnāriōrum | nōnāgēnāriārum | nōnāgēnāriōrum |
| dative | nōnāgēnāriīs | nōnāgēnāriīs | nōnāgēnāriīs |
| accusative | nōnāgēnāriōs | nōnāgēnāriās | — |
| ablative | nōnāgēnāriīs | nōnāgēnāriīs | nōnāgēnāriīs |
| vocative | nōnāgēnāriī | nōnāgēnāriae | — |
nōnāgēnārĭus, a, um, adj. nonageni,
I. that contains or consists of ninety.
I. In gen.:
nonagenarius motus stellae Martis, ninety degrees distant from the sun, Plin. 2, 15, 12, § 60: fistula, made of a sheet of lead ninety inches wide, Front. Aquaed. 60.—II. In partic., as subst.: nōnā-gēnārĭus, i, m., a commander of ninety men, Inscr. Orell. 3628; cf. Veg. Mil. 2, 8.—
III. Ninety years old, Vulg. Gen. 17, 17.
Origins
From nōnāgēnus (“ninety each”) + -ārius (“-ary”), from nōnāginta (“nine tens, 90”).
In English words that came into English from nōnāgēnārius
- nonagenariannōnāgēnārius