nonae

Latin

Etymology

From nonus (“ninth”). As a day, from the Latin practice of treating most recurring calendrical days as plurals.[1][2]

Numeral

nōnae

  1. nominative feminine plural of nōnus
  2. genitive feminine singular of nōnus
  3. dative feminine singular of nōnus
  4. vocative feminine plural of nōnus

Noun

nōnae f pl (genitive nōnārum); first declension (plural only)

  1. The nones.

Alternative forms

Inflection

First declension.

Case Plural
Nominative nōnae
Genitive nōnārum
Dative nōnīs
Accusative nōnās
Ablative nōnīs
Vocative nōnae

Descendants

References

Citations
  1. Kennedy, Benjamin Hall, The Public School Latin Grammar (1879), p. 126.
  2. Michels, Agnes Kirsopp, Calendar of the Roman Republic (2015), p. 19.

Bibliography
  • nonae in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • nonae in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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