nundĭnor, ātus, 1, v. dep. [nundinae].
I Lit., to attend or hold market, to trade, traffic (syn. mercor): in captivorum pretiis, nec victoris animo, nec magni ducis more nundinans, chaffering , Liv. 22, 56: nefandis nundinandi commerciis, Amm. 31, 5; Macr. S. 1, 16.—
B Transf., to come together in large numbers : in Solonio, ubi ad focum angues nundinari solent, Cic. Div. 2, 31, 66.—
II Trop., to get by trafficking; to purchase, buy : nundinari senatorium nomen, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 49, § 122: jus ab aliquo, id. ib. 2, 1, 46, § 119: totum imperium populi Romani, id. Phil. 3, 4, 10.—
B To trade away, to sell : constabat eum in cognitionibus patriis nundinari praemiarique solitum, Suet. Tib. 7: judices sententias suas pretio nundinantur, Ap. Met. 10, 33, 3. — Act. collat. form nundĭno , to sell (postclass.): nundinatum pudorem, Firm. Math. 6, 31 fin. ; Auct. ap. Capitol. Gord. 24 fin. ; so in part. perf. : nundinatus, traded away, sold , Firm. Math. 6, 31 med. ; Prud. στεφ. 10, 969; Tert. Virg. Vel. 13.