nundine
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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]
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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'.
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- ^ "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.
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nundine f (plural nundini)
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nūndine