nundinae

Japanese: nundinae
nundinae

...the first day of the month, the origin of the word calendar), Nonae (the 7th of March, May, July, and October, and the 5th of other months), and Idus (the 15th of March, May, July, and October, and the 13th of other months). The equivalent of a week is the 8-day week called nundinae, which comes from the fact that people worked for 7 days and went to the market on the 8th day for trade or recreation. The 7-day week comes from Jews and Christians counting the Sabbath once every 7 days, imitating the 6 days of creation and 1 day of rest in the Old Testament's Book of Genesis, and was introduced to Rome in the 1st century.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "nundinae" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…朔日,カレンダーの語源),ノナエNonae(3月・5月・7月・10月の7日,その他の月の5日),イドゥスIdus(3月・5月・7月・10月の15日,その他の月の13日)の3日である。週に当たるものはヌンディナエnundinaeと呼ばれる8日週で,7日間働き,8日目に市場に出て交易とか気晴らしをすることからきている。7日週は,旧約聖書の《創世記》に現れる創造6日と休息1日をユダヤ教徒とキリスト教徒がまねて,7日に一度の安息日を数えることからきており,ローマには1世紀にもたらされた。…

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