nongenti
ἐὰν οὖν τὰ μαλακὰ σκληρῶς καὶ τὰ σκληρὰ μαλακῶς λέγηται, πιθανὸν γίγνεται → but if, as a result, gentle things are said harshly and harsh things gently, the result is unpersuasive
Latin > English
nongenti-ae -a, nongentesimus -a -um, nongeni -ae -a, noningentie(n)s NUM :: nine hundred
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
nongenti: (nōningenti, Col. 5, 2, 7), ae, a,
I adj. card., nine hundred: ab uno ad nongenta ... a mille ad nongenta milia, Varr. R. R. 3, 49: Falcidius emerat HS. nongentis milibus, Cic. Fl. 37, 91.—
II In sing.: nongentus, i, m., one of nine hundred inspectors of the ballot-boxes: praeter hos etiamnum nongenti vocabantur ex omnibus electi ad custodiendas suffragiorum cistas ... cum alius se nongentum, alius selectum appellaret, Plin. 33, 1, 7, § 31.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
nōngentī,¹² æ, a, neuf cents : Cic. Fl. 91 ; Col. Rust. 5, 2, 7 ; Varro L. 9, 86 || sing., un des neuf cents : Plin. 33, 31.
Latin > German (Georges)
nōngentī, ae, a, neunhundert, Varro, Cic. u.a.
