nonagenarius
From LSJ
πῶς δ' οὐκ ἀρίστη; τίς δ' ἐναντιώσεται; τί χρὴ γενέσθαι τὴν ὑπερβεβλημένην γυναῖκα; (Euripides' Alcestis 152-54) → How is she not noblest? Who will deny it? What must a woman have become to surpass her?
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
nōnāgēnārĭus: a, um, adj. nonageni,
I that contains or consists of ninety.
I 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.—
II In partic., as subst.: nōnā-gēnārĭus, i, m., a commander of ninety men, Inscr. Orell. 3628; cf. Veg. Mil. 2, 8.—
III Ninety years old, Vulg. Gen. 17, 17.
