LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
numeralfirst/second-declension numeral, plural only

nōngentī

nōngentī (feminine nōngentae, neuter nōngenta)
Classical[noːŋˈɡɛn.tiː]Ecclesiastical[non̠ʲˈd͡ʒɛn.ti]
Mille Verba core vocabulary

Meaning

  1. numeralpluralplural onlynine hundred; 900

Declension

plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativenōngentīnōngentaenōngenta
genitivenōngentōrumnōngentārumnōngentōrum
accusativenōngentōsnōngentāsnōngenta
vocativenōngentīnōngentaenōngenta

nongenti (nōningenti, Col. 5, 2, 7), ae, a,
I. adj. card., nine hundred: ab uno ad nongenta ... a mille ad nongenta milia, Varr. R. R. 3, 49: Falcidius emerat HS. nongentis milibus, Cic. Fl. 37, 91.—
II. In sing.: nongentus, i, m., one of nine hundred inspectors of the ballot-boxes: praeter hos etiamnum nongenti vocabantur ex omnibus electi ad custodiendas suffragiorum cistas ... cum alius se nongentum, alius selectum appellaret, Plin. 33, 1, 7, § 31.

Origins

From novem (“nine”) + centum (“hundred”).

Later formations ('nine' + 'hundred')
  • Catalannou-cents
  • Frenchneuf cents
  • Italiannovecento
  • Portuguesenovecentos
  • Spanishnovecientos

Quick answers

What does nōngentī mean in Latin?
nōngentī, a numeral, means “nine hundred; 900”.
How do you pronounce nōngentī?
In classical Latin, [noːŋˈɡɛn.tiː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [non̠ʲˈd͡ʒɛn.ti].