- The
calends or
kalends (Latin: kalendae) is the
first day of
every month in the
Roman calendar. The
English word "calendar" is
derived from this word...
- In the
Gregorian calendar, New Year's Day is the
first day of the
calendar year, 1 January. Most
solar calendars, such as the
Gregorian and
Julian calendars...
- The
Romans divided their months into
three parts,
which they
called the
calends, the nones, and the ides.
Their system is
somewhat intricate. The ides...
- the
school w****). The
expression aux
calendes grecques ("to the Gr****
Calends") was also used for
indefinite postponement,
derived from the
ancient Latin...
- and Q. K
survived only in a few
fossilized forms, such as Kalendae, "the
calends".
After Gr****
words were
taken into Latin, the
kappa was transliterated...
-
February was ante diem ****tum
Kalendas Martias ["the
sixth day
before the
calends of March"]
often abbreviated a. d. VI Kal. Mart. The
Romans counted days...
-
kalendas graecas at the Gr****
Calends i.e., "when pigs fly".
Attributed by
Suetonius in The
Twelve Caesars to Augustus. The
Calends were
specific days of the...
-
established that
private litanies for the
Calends of
January be
chanted in the churches, and that on the
Calends itself M**** of the Cir****cision be celebrated...
-
pagan festival originated by Adam,
according to
Jewish rabbinic literature Calends, or Kalendae, Kalenda, Kalendas, the
first days of the
month in the ancient...
- horses' Easter". The
Latin expression ad
kalendas graecas "to the Gr****
calends" The
German "Wenn
Schweine fliegen können!" is
identical with the English...
