nerdiludium

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Latin

Backgammon players, circa 1305-1315.

Etymology

Compound noun from Classical Persian نَرْد (nard, dice) and lūdus (game).

Noun

nerdilūdium n (genitive nerdilūdiī); second declension

  1. (New Latin) backgammon
    • 1694, Thomas Hyde, Historia Nerdiludii :[1]
      Hæc autem tanta confundendi Nomina licentia inde forte accidit, quia ex Aleæ ſpeciebus ſunt dicti tres Ludi . Hic Ludus linguâ Japonicâ dicitur Sugurótu, Indicâ Sanſcreticâ Dûta, Malaicâ جوج Gjûgjy, Georgianâ ſeu Ibericâ ნარდი Nardi, quod à veteribus Perſis mutuò acceptum eſt. Hic enim Ludus per totum fere Orientem notus eſt antiquo ejuſdem Nomine Perſico نرد Nerd: ideóque nos illum Nerdiludium nominavimus.
      However, there is a great laxity towards confusion as alea can refer to three games. This game is called sugurótu in Japanese, dûta in Sanskrit, gjûgjy in Malay. Also nardi in Georgian, as they borrowed it from ancient Persians —the reason why the game is known in almost all the Orient by its ancient Persian name Nerd. For this latter reason, I have called it nerdiludium.

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative nerdilūdium nerdilūdia
Genitive nerdilūdiī nerdilūdiōrum
Dative nerdilūdiō nerdilūdiīs
Accusative nerdilūdium nerdilūdia
Ablative nerdilūdiō nerdilūdiīs
Vocative nerdilūdium nerdilūdia

See also

References

  1. ^ Thomas Hyde (1694) Historia Nerdiludii, hoc est dicere, Trunculorum: cum quibusdam aliis Arabum, Persarum, Indorum, Chinensium, & aliarum gentium ludis tam politicis quam bellicis, plerumque Europae inauditis, multo minus visis: additis omnium nominibus in dictarum gentium linguis. Ubi etiam classicorum Graecorum & Latinorum loca quaedam melius quam hactenus factum est explicantur., Theatrum Sheldonianum, retrieved 2021-01-05, page 3