[ˈnɔ.wẽː], [ˈnɔː.vem]
OrigoFrom *noven (influenced by decem, original form preserved in nōnus < *h₁newnos), from Proto-Italic *nowən, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁néwn̥. Cognates include Sanskrit नव (náva), Ancient Greek ἐννέα (ennéa), Gothic 𐌽𐌹𐌿𐌽 (niun) and Old English nigon (English nine).
- indeclinablenine; 9
“perque novem luces expers undaeque cibique
rore mero lacrimisque suis ieiunia pavit” — For nine whole days she sat, tasting neither drink nor food,
her hunger fed by naught save pure dew and tears,
and moved not from the ground.
“per idem tempus annorum novem, ab undevicensimo anno aetatis meae usque ad duodetricensimum, seducebamur et seducebamus” — During this period of nine years, from my nineteenth year to my twenty-eighth, I went astray and led others astray.
“et nunc divide terram in possessionem novem tribubus et dimidiae tribui Manasse” — Now therefore divide this land for an inheritance unto the nine tribes, and the half tribe of Manasseh
- active, first-person, form-of, present, singularfirst-person singular present active subjunctive of novō
Fons: Vicitionarium