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Nonas

Nonas is a Latin form of Nona, meaning “(Nonae) the Nones”. It is the accusative plural feminine noun or accusative plural feminine adjective.

It can also be a form of nonus, “ninth; (Nonae) the Nones (the 5th or 7th day of the month)”.

Found 89 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, Letters to his Friends 2.8.3: ego cum Athenis decem ipsos dies fuissem multumque mecum Gallus noster Caninius, proficiscebar inde pridie Nonas Quintilis, cum hoc ad te litterarum dedi. tibi cum omnia mea commendatissima esse cupio tum nihil magis quam …

Tacitus, Historiae 1.59: … em provinciae legiones; et superior exercitus, speciosis senatus populique Romani nominibus relictis, tertium nonas Ianuarias Vitellio accessit: scires illum priore biduo non penes rem publicam fuisse. ardorem exercituum Agri …

All forms of Nona (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.