Nundina

The goddess who presided over the purification and naming of infants, which took place in the case of boys on the ninth and in that of girls on the eighth day after birth.

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References

Source

  • Macrobius. Saturnalia i, 16, 36.

This article incorporates text from A Latin Dictionary (1879) by Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short, which is in the public domain.