nundines

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English

Etymology

As a synonym of nundine for a single market day, a calque of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin nundinae (“ninth-days”), maintaining the Latin practice of treating most recurring calendrical days as plurals.[1][2]

Noun

nundines

  1. plural of nundine
  2. Alternative form of nundine.

References

  1. ^ Kennedy, Benjamin Hall, The Public School Latin Grammar (1879), p. 126.
  2. ^ Michels, Agnes Kirsopp, Calendar of the Roman Republic (2015), p. 19.

Anagrams

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