nundine

English

Alternative forms

nundines

Etymology

From Latin nundinae (“ninth-days”), a clipped form of nundinae feriae (“ninth-day festivals”), from its observance every eighth day (9 counting inclusively)^[1] and from the Latin practice of treating most recurring calendrical days as plurals.^[2]^[3]

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈnʌndʌɪn/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈnənˌdaɪn/

Noun

nundine (plural nundines)

A market or fair held every eight days, particularly (historical) in Roman contexts.
(obsolete) Any recurring eight-day period; an eight-day 'week'.

Derived terms

nundinal

References

^ "nundine, n.", in the Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
^ Kennedy, Benjamin Hall, The Public School Latin Grammar (1879), p. 126.
^ Michels, Agnes Kirsopp, Calendar of the Roman Republic (2015), p. 19.

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin nūndinae.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈnun.di.ne/
Rhymes: -undine
Hyphenation: nùn‧di‧ne

Noun

nundine f (plural nundini)

(historical, Ancient Rome) nundine

Derived terms

nundinale

Latin

Adjective

nūndine

vocative masculine singular of nūndinus

[1] "nundine, n.", in the Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

[2] Kennedy, Benjamin Hall, The Public School Latin Grammar (1879), p. 126.

[3] Michels, Agnes Kirsopp, Calendar of the Roman Republic (2015), p. 19.

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