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nonnus

monk, nun

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What it meant

1. nonnus — de Vaan

nonnus 'monk, nun' [m. f. o, a] (Ecclesiastical Lat.) PIE *nVnV. IE cognates: W, nain 'grandmother', Skt. nana, MoP nana 'mother', Gr. νάννας [m./f.] 'uncle, aunt1, νέννος 'uncle', Alb. nene 'mother', Ru. njanja 'child maid' (dial, also 'older sister'), Bulg. neni 'the elder'. Nursery word meaning 'daddy, nanny*, reduplication of dental nasal plus (mostly) /a/. Bibl.: WHII: 175, EM 444, IEW 754. -► onus, mamma nos … — [de Vaan, s.v. nonnus, p. 427]

2. nonnus — Lewis & Short

nonnus, i, m., and nonna, ae, f.

I A monk; a nun, Hier. Ep. 117, n. 6; id. ib. 22, n. 16.—

II A tutor, Inscr. Orell. 4670.

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