Meaning of nerdiludium | Babel Free

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1. backgammon
   New-Latin, declension-2
2. Equivalent to 'Backgammon': A board game for two players in which each has 15 stones which move between 24 triangular points according to the roll of a pair of dice; the object...

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“Hæc autem tanta confundendi Nomina licentia inde forte accidit, quia ex Aleæ ſpeciebus ſunt dicti tres Ludi …. Hic Ludus linguâ Japonicâ dicitur Sugurótu, Indicâ Sanſcreticâ Dûta, Malaicâ جوج Gjûgjy, Georgianâ ſeu Ibericâ ნარდი Nardi, quod à veteribus Perſis mutuò acceptum eſt. Hic enim Ludus per totum fere Orientem notus eſt antiquo ejuſdem Nomine Perſico نرد Nerd: ideóque nos illum Nerdiludium nominavimus. However, there is a great laxity towards confusion as alea can refer to three games. … This game is called sugurótu in Japanese, dûta in Sanskrit, gjûgjy in Malay. Also nardi in Georgian, as they borrowed it from ancient Persians —the reason why the game is known in almost all the Orient by its ancient Persian name Nerd. For this latter reason, I have called it nerdiludium.”

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