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nundinal, a. (and n.)|ˈnʌndɪnəl|
[ad. L. nundināl-is, f. nundinæ nundine. So F. nundinal.]
Pertaining to a fair or market; connected with the Roman nundines.
nundinal letter, a letter of the alphabet (A to H) attached to each day of the Roman nundinal period.
1656in Blount Glossogr. 1721in Bailey. 1727–38Chambers Cycl. s.v., The letter D will be the nundinal letter of the year following. 1839J. Taylor Poems & Transl. 183 Nundinal or Market Days. 1862Lewis Astron. of Ancients 56 The nundinal or eight-day period of Rome.
b. n. A nundinal letter.
1727–38Chambers Cycl. s.v., These nundinals bear a very great resemblance to the dominical letters, which return every eight days, as the nundinals did every nine.
So † ˈnundinary a. [L. nundinārius.] Obs.
1656in Blount Glossogr. 1762tr. Busching's Syst. Geogr. I. Pref. p. xviii, The commercial or nundinary measures being, for the most part, less than the mean. |