nonnus

Latin

Etymology

Perhaps from children's speech dating back to a late Proto-Indo-European *nana-. See also Ancient Greek νόννος (nónnos, “father”), νέννος (nénnos, “uncle”), νάννας (nánnas, “uncle”), νίννη (nínnē, “aunt”), and Proto-Celtic *nana (“grandmother”).

Pronunciation

Noun

nonnus m (genitive nonnī); second declension (Late Latin)

  1. monk
  2. tutor
  3. old person

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative nonnus nonnī
genitive nonnī nonnōrum
dative nonnō nonnīs
accusative nonnum nonnōs
ablative nonnō nonnīs
vocative nonne nonnī

Descendants

References

  • nonnus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • nonnus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • nonnus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • nonnus in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • nonnus in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
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