nundine

English

Alternative forms

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)

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

Derived terms

References
  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.

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin nūndinae.

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

Noun

nundine f (plural nundini)

  1. (historical, Ancient Rome) nundine

Derived terms

Latin

Adjective

nūndine

  1. vocative masculine singular of nūndinus
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