nonanus

Latin

Etymology

nōna (legiō) (“ninth (legion)”) +‎ -ānus

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /noːˈnaː.nus/, [noːˈnäːnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /noˈna.nus/, [noˈnäːnus]

Adjective

nōnānus (feminine nōnāna, neuter nōnānum); first/second-declension adjective

1. of the ninth legion

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	nōnānus	nōnāna	nōnānum		nōnānī	nōnānae	nōnāna
genitive	nōnānī	nōnānae	nōnānī		nōnānōrum	nōnānārum	nōnānōrum
dative	nōnānō	nōnānae	nōnānō		nōnānīs
accusative	nōnānum	nōnānam	nōnānum		nōnānōs	nōnānās	nōnāna
ablative	nōnānō	nōnānā	nōnānō		nōnānīs
vocative	nōnāne	nōnāna	nōnānum		nōnānī	nōnānae	nōnāna

Noun

nōnānus m (genitive nōnānī); second declension

1. a soldier of the ninth legion

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	nōnānus	nōnānī
genitive	nōnānī	nōnānōrum
dative	nōnānō	nōnānīs
accusative	nōnānum	nōnānōs
ablative	nōnānō	nōnānīs
vocative	nōnāne	nōnānī

References

• “nonanus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “nonanus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• nonanus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.