noun · femininefirst declension
nūndinae
nūndinae f pl (genitive nūndinārum)
Classical[ˈnuːn.dɪ.nae̯]Ecclesiastical[ˈnun.di.ne]
Meaning
- historicalA Roman market day, occurring every ninth day.
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | — | nūndinae |
| genitive | — | nūndinārum |
| dative | — | nūndinīs |
| accusative | — | nūndinās |
| ablative | — | nūndinīs |
| vocative | — | nūndinae |
nundĭnae, ārum, f., v. nundinus, II.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
nūndinae ārum, f
novem+dies, the ninth day, market-day, fair-day, weekly market : nundinarum πανήγυρις.—In the phrase trinūm nundinūm (sc. spatium), a period of three market-days, till the third market-day (17 to 24 days): ubi promulgatio trinūm nundinūm?—Since nundinum came to be regarded later as an acc sing. n. : comitia in trinum nundinum indicta, on the third market-day , L.— A market-place, market-town : Capuam nundinas rusticorum esse voluerunt.— Fig., trade, traffic, sale : totius rei p. nundinae: vectigalium flagitiosissimae.
Origins
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.
Descendants
- Englishnundine
- Englishnundines
In English words that came into English from nūndinae
- nundinenūndinae
- nundinationnundinatio