nundinae

From nūndinus (“ninth-day”, adjective), implying fēriae (“holyday, festival, 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.

nūndinae f pl (genitive nūndinārum); first declension

1. (historical) A Roman market day, occurring every ninth day.

   Synonym: nūndinae fēriae

First-declension noun, plural only.

• nūndinus (adjective)

• → English: nundine, nundines

nūndina

1. nominative plural of nūndina
2. genitive singular of nūndina
3. dative singular of nūndina
4. vocative plural of nūndina

• 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, 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