nongenti Latin · revision 34458

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=116–27 BC, Varro}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [noːŋˈɡɛn.tiː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [non̠ʲˈd͡ʒɛn.ti]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''nōngentī''' (feminine nōngentae, neuter nōngenta); first/second-declension numeral, plural only^(Wiktionary)

+ Columella has the form ''nōningentī''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|novem|centum|t1=nine|t2=hundred]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan explains that ⟨-centī⟩ became ⟨-gentī⟩ after a nasal, so that the ⟨g⟩ must have arisen in the words for seven hundred and nine hundred; the lack of a long vowel before the second part shows that the hundreds were formed after the word for hundred had become [[itc-pro|*kntom]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ It is found from Varro and Cicero on,^(Köbler 2010)^(de Vaan 2008) meaning nine hundred:^(OLD 2012) Cicero mentions a purchase for nine hundred thousand sesterces.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Conte 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is the ordinary cardinal for nine hundred.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Columella has the variant ''nōningentī''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(OLD 2012) Pliny the Elder uses the singular ''nōngentus'' for one of the Nine Hundred, men chosen to guard the voting urns.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Curtius has ''nongenti'' as a noun, nine hundred picked men.^(Conte 2010) Medieval writers in Britain use it as before, from Bede on, and also have the spelling ''novingenti''.^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero mentions nine hundred thousand sesterces.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Conte 2010)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny the Elder uses the singular for one of the Nine Hundred.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Numeral===

+ # Nine [[m|en|hundred]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913)

+ # ''(singular, nōngentus)'' One of the Nine Hundred, the guardians of the voting urns.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[nōngentēsimus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[novem]]

+ * [[centum]]

+ * [[octingentī]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}