nundinaladj.n.

Brit.

/ˈnʌndᵻn(ə)l/, U.S.

/ˈnəndən(ə)l/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin nundinālis.

Etymology: < classical Latin nundinālis of or belonging to market days < nundinae (see nundine n.) + -ālis -al suffix¹. With Compounds compare French lettres nundinal (plural, 1704) and nundine n. Compare nundinary adj.

Chiefly Roman History.

A. adj.

Of or relating to a fair or market; of or relating to a nundine.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > trading place > market > [adjective]

nundinative1631

macellarious1656

nundinal1656

nundinary1656

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Nundinal, pertaining to Fairs or Markets.

1721 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Nundinal.

1839 J. Taylor Poems & Transl. 183 Nundinal or Market Days.

1862 G. C. Lewis Hist. Surv. Astron. Ancients 56 The nundinal or eight-day period of Rome.

1907 N.E.D. (at cited word) A letter of the alphabet (A to H) attached to each day of the Roman nundinal period.

†B. n.

A nundinal letter. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > writing > written character > [noun] > letter (A-H) attached to Roman nundinal period

nundinal1728

nundinal letter1728

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) These Nundinals bear a good deal of resemblance to the Dominical Letters; which return every eight Days, as the Nundinals did every nine.

Compounds

nundinal letter n. one of the eight letters A to H used to indicate the days of the ancient Roman nundinal period.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > writing > written character > [noun] > letter (A-H) attached to Roman nundinal period

nundinal1728

nundinal letter1728

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) The letter D will be the Nundinal Letter of the Year following.

a1824 Encycl. Metrop. (1845) XVI. 147/2 The..Nundinal letters, a series of eight letters, which is continued from the first to the last day of the year, that there might always be one of them to signify those days of the year, on which were held the meetings, by the Romans termed Nundinae, and which returned every ninth day.

1872–3 Chambers's Encycl. 629/1 The dominical letters were first introduced into the calendar by the early Christians, to displace the nundinal letters in the Roman calendar.

1967 A. K. Michels Calendar Rom. Republic v. 84 The letters A–H, which recur regularly throughout the year in both the pre-Julian and Julian calendars, were..the so-called nundinal letters, by which the nundinae or ninth days could be reckoned.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	nundinal
释义	nundinaladj.n. Brit. /ˈnʌndᵻn(ə)l/, U.S. /ˈnəndən(ə)l/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin nundinālis. Etymology: < classical Latin nundinālis of or belonging to market days < nundinae (see nundine n.) + -ālis -al suffix¹. With Compounds compare French lettres nundinal (plural, 1704) and nundine n. Compare nundinary adj. Chiefly Roman History. A. adj. Of or relating to a fair or market; of or relating to a nundine. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > trading place > market > [adjective] nundinative1631 macellarious1656 nundinal1656 nundinary1656 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Nundinal, pertaining to Fairs or Markets. 1721 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Nundinal. 1839 J. Taylor Poems & Transl. 183 Nundinal or Market Days. 1862 G. C. Lewis Hist. Surv. Astron. Ancients 56 The nundinal or eight-day period of Rome. 1907 N.E.D. (at cited word) A letter of the alphabet (A to H) attached to each day of the Roman nundinal period. †B. n. A nundinal letter. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > written character > [noun] > letter (A-H) attached to Roman nundinal period nundinal1728 nundinal letter1728 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) These Nundinals bear a good deal of resemblance to the Dominical Letters; which return every eight Days, as the Nundinals did every nine. Compounds nundinal letter n. one of the eight letters A to H used to indicate the days of the ancient Roman nundinal period. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > written character > [noun] > letter (A-H) attached to Roman nundinal period nundinal1728 nundinal letter1728 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) The letter D will be the Nundinal Letter of the Year following. a1824 Encycl. Metrop. (1845) XVI. 147/2 The..Nundinal letters, a series of eight letters, which is continued from the first to the last day of the year, that there might always be one of them to signify those days of the year, on which were held the meetings, by the Romans termed Nundinae, and which returned every ninth day. 1872–3 Chambers's Encycl. 629/1 The dominical letters were first introduced into the calendar by the early Christians, to displace the nundinal letters in the Roman calendar. 1967 A. K. Michels Calendar Rom. Republic v. 84 The letters A–H, which recur regularly throughout the year in both the pre-Julian and Julian calendars, were..the so-called nundinal letters, by which the nundinae or ninth days could be reckoned. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1656
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