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nŏvem

nŏvem

nine

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What it meant

1. novem — de Vaan

novem 'nine' [num. indecl.]«(Naev.+) Derivatives: november, -bris\[adj.] 'the ninth month' (Cato+), novenarius 'ninefold' (Varro+), novem [pl.adj.] 'nine each, nine at a time* (Varro+), novie(n)s [adv.] 'nine times' (Varro+); norms 'ninth' (Cato+), Nonae [f.pL] 'the ninth day before the Ides' (Enn.+), nonalis 'of the Nones' (Varro), nonaginta 'ninety' (Varro+), ndnagesimus 'ninetieth' (Varro+), nonussis 'the sum of … — [de Vaan, s.v. novem, p. 429]

2. nŏvem — Lewis & Short

nŏvem,

I num. adj. card. [kindred to Sanscr. navan; Gr. e)nne/a; Germ. neun; Engl. nine], nine: novem orbibus, Cic. Rep. 6, 17, 17: sermo in novem et libros et dies distributus, id. Q. Fr. 3, 5, 1: milia passuum decem novem, nineteen, Caes. B. G. 1, 8.

Where it came from

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