nundinus
Latin
Etymology
From nonus (“ninth”) + -din-, a primitive root equivalent to dies (“day”). In reference to Roman market days, from their usual observance every eight days (9 counting inclusively) and via nundina.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈnuːn.di.nus/, [ˈnuːn.dɪ.nʊs]
Adjective
nūndinus (feminine nūndina, neuter nūndinum); first/second declension
- eight-day
- (historical) market-day
Inflection
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| nominative | nūndinus | nūndina | nūndinum | nūndinī | nūndinae | nūndina | |
| genitive | nūndinī | nūndinae | nūndinī | nūndinōrum | nūndinārum | nūndinōrum | |
| dative | nūndinō | nūndinō | nūndinīs | ||||
| accusative | nūndinum | nūndinam | nūndinum | nūndinōs | nūndinās | nūndina | |
| ablative | nūndinō | nūndinā | nūndinō | nūndinīs | |||
| vocative | nūndine | nūndina | nūndinum | nūndinī | nūndinae | nūndina | |
Derived terms
- nūndina, nūndinae fēriae
References
- nundinus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- nundinus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- "nundine, n.", in the Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
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