nongenti
Latin
| ← 800 | CM 900 |
1,000 → | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 90 | ||||
| Cardinal: nōngentī Ordinal: nōngentēsimus Proportional: nōngentuplus Distributive: nōngēnus | ||||
Alternative forms
- Symbol: CM
Etymology
From novem (“nine”) + centum (“hundred”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [noːŋˈɡɛn.tiː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [non̠ʲˈd͡ʒɛn̪.t̪i]
Numeral
nōngentī (feminine nōngentae, neuter nōngenta); first/second-declension numeral, plural only
- nine hundred; 900
Usage notes
Used as a plural adjective. For more information see Appendix:Latin cardinal numbers.
Declension
First/second-declension adjective, plural only.
| plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | |
| nominative | nōngentī | nōngentae | nōngenta |
| genitive | nōngentōrum | nōngentārum | nōngentōrum |
| dative | nōngentīs | ||
| accusative | nōngentōs | nōngentās | nōngenta |
| ablative | nōngentīs | ||
| vocative | nōngentī | nōngentae | nōngenta |
Descendants
- Later formations ('nine' + 'hundred'):
- Catalan: nou-cents
- French: neuf cents
- Italian: novecento
- Portuguese: novecentos
- Spanish: novecientos
See also
- Appendix:Latin cardinal numbers
References
- “nongenti”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “nongenti”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- nongenti in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.