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nonus, the ninth

Frieze-Dennison Vergil

nōnus, a, um: adj. (novem), the ninth, 5.64.
nōnus, a, um, adj. ord. [for novenus, from novem],
  • the ninth: terra nona, Cic. Rep. 6, 18, 18: accedes opera agro nona Sabino, Hor. S. 2, 7, 118.—
  • II Subst.: nōna, ae, f.
    • A (Sc. hora.) The ninth hour of the day, i. e. the third before sunset, at which hour business was ended at Rome: post nonam venies, Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 71; Mart. 4, 8, 5.—
    • B (Sc. pars.) The ninth part: nonas praedae vovere, Just. 20, 3, 3.—Hence, adv.: nōnō, ninthly, Cassiod. de Anim. 12.

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