nonagenarius

Latin

Etymology

From nōnāgēnus (“ninety each”) +‎ -ārius (“-ary”), from nōnāginta (“nine tens, 90”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /noː.naː.ɡeːˈnaː.ri.us/, [noːnäːɡeːˈnäːriʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /no.na.d͡ʒeˈna.ri.us/, [nonäd͡ʒeˈnäːrius]

Adjective

nōnāgēnārius (feminine nōnāgēnāria, neuter nōnāgēnārium); first/second-declension adjective

1. (relational) ninety
2. ninety-year-old

Noun

nōnāgēnārius m

1. A nonagenarian, a 90-year-old.
2. (astronomy, astrology) A square or quadrature: a rising at 90 degrees from the position of another heavenly body, particularly the sun.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	nōnāgēnārius	nōnāgēnāria	nōnāgēnārium		nōnāgēnāriī	nōnāgēnāriae	nōnāgēnāria
genitive	nōnāgēnāriī	nōnāgēnāriae	nōnāgēnāriī		nōnāgēnāriōrum	nōnāgēnāriārum	nōnāgēnāriōrum
dative	nōnāgēnāriō	nōnāgēnāriae	nōnāgēnāriō		nōnāgēnāriīs
accusative	nōnāgēnārium	nōnāgēnāriam	nōnāgēnārium		nōnāgēnāriōs	nōnāgēnāriās	nōnāgēnāria
ablative	nōnāgēnāriō	nōnāgēnāriā	nōnāgēnāriō		nōnāgēnāriīs
vocative	nōnāgēnārie	nōnāgēnāria	nōnāgēnārium		nōnāgēnāriī	nōnāgēnāriae	nōnāgēnāria

Descendants

• English: nonagenary, nonagenarian
• French: nonagénaire

References

• “nonagenarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• nonagenarius in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.