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|lshtext=<b>nōnāgēnārĭus</b>: a, um, adj. [[nonageni]],<br /><b>I</b> [[that]] contains or consists of [[ninety]].<br /><b>I</b> 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.—<br /><b>II</b> In partic., as subst.: nōnā-gēnārĭus, i, m., a [[commander]] of [[ninety]] men, Inscr. Orell. 3628; cf. Veg. Mil. 2, 8.—<br /><b>III</b> Ninety years old, Vulg. Gen. 17, 17.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=(1) <b>nōnāgēnārĭus</b>,¹⁶ a, um, de quatre-vingt- dix : Plin. 2, 60 &#124;&#124; âgé, âgée de 90 ans, nonagénaire : Hier. Eus. chron. exord., 4 ; Vulg.<br />(2) <b>nōnāgēnārĭus</b>, ĭī, m., officier qui commande à 90&nbsp;soldats de marine : CIL 10, 3456.||âgé, âgée de 90 ans, nonagénaire : Hier. Eus. chron. exord., 4 ; Vulg.<br />(2) <b>nōnāgēnārĭus</b>, ĭī, m., officier qui commande à 90&nbsp;soldats de marine : CIL 10, 3456.
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