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Latin
Etymology
From ellipsis of nūndinae fēriae (“ninth-day fair”), in reference to Roman market days, from their usual observance every ninth day. In Classical Latin, plural only; at least one instance of singular usage attested in Late Latin.
Pronunciation
Noun
nūndinae f pl (genitive nūndinārum); first declension
- (historical) A Roman market day, occurring every ninth day.
- Synonym: nūndinae fēriae
Declension
First-declension noun, plural only.
Descendants
Adjective
nūndinae
- inflection of nūndinus:
- nominative/vocative feminine plural
- genitive/dative feminine singular
References
- “nundinae”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “nundinae”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- nundinae in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- nundinae in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “nundinae”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “nundinae”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin