Nonacris

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Nōnācris, is, f., = Νώνακρις,

I a mountain in Arcadia, at the foot of which lay a city of the same name, and in which the Styx had its source , Vitr. 8, 3, 16; Plin. 2, 103, 106, § 131; 4, 6, 10, § 21.—

II Hence,

A Nōnācrīnus , a, um, adj., Nonacrian , poet. for Arcadian : virgo Nonacrina, i. e. Callisto , Ov. M. 2, 409: Atalanta, id. A. A. 2, 185.—

B Nōnācrĭus , a, um, adj., Nonacrian , poet. for Arcadian : heros, i. e. Evander , Ov. F. 5, 97.—Subst.: Nōnā-cria , ae, f.

1 Atalanta , Ov. M. 8, 426. —

2 (Sc. urbs.) The city of Nonacris , Sen. Q. N. 3, 25, 1.