novensides
Latin
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From either novus "new" and īnsideō "I sit in" or from novem "nine" and sedeō "I sit". The variant novēnsilēs shows a d-l alternation otherwise known from e.g. solium and lacrima.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /noˈu̯en.si.deːs/, [noˈu̯ẽːs̠ɪd̪eːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /noˈven.si.des/, [noˈvɛnsid̪es]
Adjective
[edit]novēnsidēs (genitive novēnsidum or novēnsidium); third-declension two-termination adjective, plural only
- of a certain group of deities called dī novensidēs or dī novensilēs whose identity is unknown
Inflection
[edit]Third-declension two-termination adjective, plural only.
| plural | |
|---|---|
| masc./fem. | |
| nominative | novēnsidēs |
| genitive | novēnsidum novēnsidium |
| dative | novēnsidibus |
| accusative | novēnsidēs novēnsidīs |
| ablative | novēnsidibus |
| vocative | novēnsidēs |
References
[edit]- “novensides”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- novensiles in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.