novensides
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Latin[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From either novus "new" and īnsideō "I sit in" or from novem "nine" and sedeō "I sit". The variant novēnsilēs shows a d-l alternation otherwise known from e.g. solium and lacrima.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /noˈu̯en.si.deːs/, [noˈu̯ẽːs̠ɪd̪eːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /noˈven.si.des/, [noˈvɛnsid̪es]
Adjective[edit]
novēnsidēs (genitive novēnsidum or novēnsidium); third-declension two-termination adjective, plural only
- of a certain group of deities called dī novensidēs or dī novensilēs whose identity is unknown
Inflection[edit]
Third-declension two-termination adjective, plural only.
| Number | Plural |
|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. |
| Nominative | novēnsidēs |
| Genitive | novēnsidum novēnsidium |
| Dative | novēnsidibus |
| Accusative | novēnsidēs novēnsidīs |
| Ablative | novēnsidibus |
| Vocative | novēnsidēs |
References[edit]
- “novensides”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- novensiles in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.