Nonius

== German == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin Nonius, the Latinised form of the name of its inventor, Pedro Nunes (1502-78), a Portuguese mathematician and geographer. === Pronunciation === === Noun === Nonius m (strong, genitive Nonius, plural Noniusse or Nonien) (historical) nonius vernier caliper ==== Usage notes ==== Unlike its English counterpart nonius, the term Nonius also encompasses the more sophisticated vernier caliper, which works on a similar principle. ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Japanese: ノギス (nogisu) → Korean: 노기스 (nogiseu) === Further reading === “Nonius” in Duden online == Latin == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈnoː.ni.ʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈnɔː.ni.us] === Proper noun === Nōnius m sg (genitive Nōniī or Nōnī); second declension a Roman nomen gentile, gens or "family name" famously held by: Nonius Marcellus, a Roman grammarian ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun, singular only. 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age). ==== Derived terms ==== Nōnia === References === “Nonius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Nonius”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.