nonagenarius

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

nōnāgēnārĭus, a, um, adj. [nonageni], 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.