LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
numeralfirst/second-declension numeral

novēnus

novēnus (feminine novēna, neuter novēnum)
Classical[nɔˈweː.nʊs]Ecclesiastical[noˈvɛː.nus]

Meaning

  1. in pluralnumeralNine each.
    Sed veteres maximae quaeque gallinae vernaculi generis eligantur, eaeque novem diebus a primo lunae incremento novenis ovis incubentBut the oldest and largest hens of the common type should be chosen, and should incubate nine eggs each nine days after the moon first starts to wax4 CE – c. 70 CE, Columella, De re rustica 8.11.11.4
  2. Medieval LatinnumeralNinefold.
    Laudibus angelicus quem succinit ordo novenusWe praise you to whom the ninefold angelic order sing with praises11th century, Cui canit hymnilogum
  3. Medieval LatinnumeralNinth.
    terminato anno octavo, inchoanteque novenowith the eighth year ended, and the ninth beginningc. 1460, Registrum abbatiae Johannis Whethamstede, 1 357

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativenovēnusnovēnanovēnum
genitivenovēnīnovēnaenovēnī
dativenovēnōnovēnaenovēnō
accusativenovēnumnovēnamnovēnum
ablativenovēnōnovēnānovēnō
vocativenovēnenovēnanovēnum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativenovēnīnovēnaenovēna
genitivenovēnum
novēnōrum		novēnum
novēnārum		novēnum
novēnōrum
dativenovēnīsnovēnīsnovēnīs
accusativenovēnōsnovēnāsnovēna
ablativenovēnīsnovēnīsnovēnīs
vocativenovēnīnovēnaenovēna

nŏvēnus, a, um,
I. num. adj. distr. [novem], nine each, nine: ut virgines ter novenae per urbem euntes carmen canerent, Liv. 27, 37: terga novena boūm, Ov. M. 12, 97: novenorum conceptu dierum, Plin. 3, 5, 9, § 53; in sing., Stat. S. 1, 2, 4.

Origins

Probably from earlier *nowensnos, equivalent to novem + -nus.

Descendants
  • Catalannovè
  • Catalannové
  • Portuguesenoveno
  • Spanishnoveno
  • Asturiannovenu
  • Siciliannuvenu
  • Siciliannuvena
  • Old Piedmontesenoven

In English words that came into English from novēnus

  • novenanovēna
  • novenenovēnus

Quick answers

What does novēnus mean in Latin?
novēnus, a numeral, means “Nine each.; Ninefold.; Ninth.”.
How do you pronounce novēnus?
In classical Latin, [nɔˈweː.nʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [noˈvɛː.nus].