Nundinal

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Nundinal \Nun"di*nal\, n.
     A nundinal letter.
     [1913 Webster] Nundinal

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Nundinal \Nun"di*nal\, Nundinary \Nun"di*na*ry\, a. [L.
     nundinalis, nundinarius, fr. nundinae the market day, the
     weekly market, prop., the ninth day, fr. nundinus belonging
     to nine days; novem nine + dies day: cf. F. nundinal.]
     Of or pertaining to a fair, or to a market day.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     {Nundinal letter}, among the Romans, one of the first eight
        letters of the alphabet, which were repeated successively
        from the first to the last day of the year. One of these
        always expressed the market day, which returned every nine
        days (every eight days by our reckoning).
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