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(adjective) : nōnāgēnārĭus, a, um, nonageni
* That contains or consists of ninety.
* In gen.: nonagenarius motus stellae Martis,ninety degrees distant from the sun,Plin. 2, 15, 12, § 60: fistula,made of a sheet of lead ninety inches wide,Front. Aquaed. 60.
* In partic., as subst.: nōnā-gēnārĭus, i, m., a commander of ninety men, Inscr. Orell. 3628; cf. Veg. Mil. 2, 8.
* Ninety years old, Vulg. Gen. 17, 17.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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