nonagenarius

== Latin == === Etymology === From nōnāgēnus (“ninety each”) +‎ -ārius (“-ary”), from nōnāginta (“nine tens, 90”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [noː.naː.ɡeːˈnaː.ri.ʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [no.na.d͡ʒeˈnaː.ri.us] === Adjective === nōnāgēnārius (feminine nōnāgēnāria, neuter nōnāgēnārium); first/second-declension adjective (relational) ninety ninety-year-old === Noun === nōnāgēnārius m A nonagenarian, a 90-year-old. (astronomy, astrology) A square or quadrature: a rising at 90 degrees from the position of another heavenly body, particularly the sun. ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== Descendants ==== English: nonagenary, nonagenarian French: nonagénaire === References === “nonagenarius”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “nonagenarius”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.