nonae

Latin

Etymology 1

Numeral

nōnae

1. inflection of nōnus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine plural
   2. genitive/dative feminine singular

Etymology 2

From nonus (“ninth”), from the Latin practice of treating most recurring calendrical days as plurals.^[1][2]

Alternative forms

• Non.

Noun

nōnae f pl (genitive nōnārum); first declension

1. The nones.

Declension

First-declension noun, plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	nōnae
Genitive	nōnārum
Dative	nōnīs
Accusative	nōnās
Ablative	nōnīs
Vocative	nōnae

Descendants

• → French: nones
  • → English: nones

References

1. Kennedy, Benjamin Hall, The Public School Latin Grammar (1879), p. 126.
2. Michels, Agnes Kirsopp, Calendar of the Roman Republic (2015), p. 19.

• “nonae”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “nonae”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin