CALENDS Definition & Meaning

calends

or �첹��·��Ի��

[ kal-uhndz ]

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noun

(usually used with a plural verb)

the first day of the month in the ancient Roman calendar, from which the days of the preceding month were counted backward to the ides.

calends

/ ˈ��æ��ɪ�Ի�� /

plural noun

the first day of each month in the ancient Roman calendar

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of calends¹

1325–75; Middle English kalendes, alteration (with native plural suffix) of Latin kalendae, perhaps equivalent to cal- (base of �� to proclaim) + -end- formative suffix (perhaps for *-and- ) + -ae plural ending

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of calends¹

C14: from Latin kalendae; related to Latin �� to proclaim

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The inscription refers to "the sixteenth day prior to the Calends of November," the equivalent date of Oct.

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Archeologists recently discovered that a worker had inscribed the date of “the 16th day before the calends of November”, meaning 17 October, on a house at Pompeii, the head of archeology at the site, Massimo Osanna, told Italian media.

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But it is dated to 16 days before the "calends" of November in the old Roman calendar style - which is 17 October in our modern dating method.

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And the blessed Praxedis collected their bodies by night, and buried them in the cemetery of Priscilla, on the seventh day of the calends of June.

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If Janiveer calends be summerly gay 'Twill be winterly weather till calends of May.

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