I.of or belonging to the nundinae: “nundinalis cocus,” a bad cook, employed only on marketdays, Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 45; cf. id. Ps. 3, 2, 6, sqq. (or perhaps nundinalis stands for nundinarius, v. h. v., and nundinalis cocus is a market-cook, one who sets up a movable kitchen for the people who come to market. Wagner prefers the reading nundialis, and explains the phrase, a cook hired only for the silicernium, fit only to prepare a funeral feast; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 173 Müll.).
nundĭnālis , e, adj. nundinae,
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.
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