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nonagenarius

nonagenarius · adj

that contains

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Where it lives

Domitianus 1 · 2.91/10k
De vita Hadriani 1 · 1.95/10k
Naturalis Historia 1 · 0.03/10k

What it meant

nōnāgēnārĭus — Lewis & Short

nōnāgēnārĭus, a, um, adj.nonageni,

I that contains or consists of ninety.

I In gen.: nonagenarius motus stellae Martis, ninety degrees distant from the sun, Plin. 2, 15, 12, § 60: fistula, made of a sheet of lead ninety inches wide, Front. Aquaed. 60.—

II In partic., as subst.: nōnā-gēnārĭus, i, m., a commander of ninety men, Inscr. Orell. 3628; cf. Veg. Mil. 2, 8.—

III Ninety years old, Vulg. Gen. 17, 17.

In the wild

nonagenarius Suetonius, Domitianus 12.2
nonagenarius Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia 2.15.p1
nonagenarius Historia Augusta, De vita Hadriani 23

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