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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Twelve Tables|origins=ine-pro *h₁néwn̥, ine-pro *dyew-}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈnuːn.dɪ.nae̯]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈnun.di.ne]^(Wiktionary)
+ 
+ ==Forms==
+ '''nūndinae''' ''f pl'' (genitive nūndinārum); first declension^(Wiktionary)
+ 
+ ==Etymology==
+ It is the feminine plural of ⟨*nūndinus⟩ “of the ninth day”, with ⟨fēriae⟩ “holidays” understood; ⟨*nūndinus⟩ is from ⟨*noweno-dino-⟩, from [[novem]] “nine” and ⟨*din-⟩ “day”, as in [[diēs]].^(OLD 2012)^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary)^(Gaffiot 2016) The market came every ninth day by Roman inclusive reckoning, every eighth by ours.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's earliest citation is from the Twelve Tables.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates them about 450 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
+ 
+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It was the market day, held every eighth day (the ninth by Roman count), as in the Twelve Tables and Cicero, and the market or fair itself, as in Livy.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) De Vaan explains ''internūndinum'' “the period between market days” as from ''inter nūndinās''.^(de Vaan 2008)
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+ In Medieval Latin it was a fair, and a tournament held at a fair.^(Niermeyer 1976) British Medieval Latin used it for a market day and a weekday, a day for business, as in Bede.^(DMLBS)
+ 
+ ==Timeline==
+ * c. 450 BC – the Twelve Tables use it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy uses it of a fair.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ 
+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Noun===
+ # (plural) A [[m|en|market day]].^(OLD 2012)
+ # A market, [[m|en|fair]].^(OLD 2012)^(Niermeyer 1976)
+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A tournament at a fair; a weekday.^(Niermeyer 1976)^(DMLBS)
+ 
+ ==Word family==
+ * [[nundinālis]]
+ * [[nundinārius]]
+ * [[nundinium]]
+ * [[nundinum]]
+ * [[nūndinus]]
+ * [[trinundinus]]
+ 
+ ==Related words==
+ * [[novem]]
+ * [[diēs]]
+ * [[nōnus]]
+ 
+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}