nonagenarius
Latin
Etymology
From nōnāgēnus (“ninety each”) + -ārius (“-ary”), from nōnāginta (“nine tens, 90”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [noː.naː.ɡeːˈnaː.ri.ʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [no.na.d͡ʒeˈnaː.ri.us]
Adjective
nōnāgēnārius (feminine nōnāgēnāria, neuter nōnāgēnārium); first/second-declension adjective
- (relational) ninety
- ninety-year-old
Noun
nōnāgēnārius m
- A nonagenarian, a 90-year-old.
- (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.