Nōnācris

is, f.
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, Ov. M. 2, 409: Atalanta, id. A. A. 2, 185.—
B. Nōnācrĭus, a, um, adj., Nonacrian, poet. for Arcadian: heros, 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.
Lewis & Short
A Latin Dictionary, 1879
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