Definition of Calends. Meaning of Calends. Synonyms of Calends

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Definition of Calends

Calends
Calends Cal"ends, n. pl. [OE. kalendes month, calends, AS. calend month, fr. L. calendae; akin to calare to call, proclaim, Gr. ??????. CF. Claim.] The first day of each month in the ancient Roman calendar. [Written also kalends.] The Greek calends, a time that will never come, as the Greeks had no calends.

Meaning of Calends from wikipedia

- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- In the Gregorian calendar, New Year's Day is the first day of the calendar year, 1 January. Most solar calendars (like the Gregorian and Julian) begin...
- the school w****). The expression aux calendes grecques ("to the Gr**** Calends") was also used for indefinite postponement, derived from the ancient Latin...
- ceremoniarum, quas in ea pervigiles agebant. ... began the year on the 8th calends of January [25 December], when we celebrate the birth of the Lord. That...
- Pontus (modern Amasya, Turkey) preached a sermon against the Feast of Calends ("this foolish and harmful delight") that describes the role of the mock...
- horses' Easter". The Latin expression ad kalendas graecas "to the Gr**** calends" The German "Wenn Schweine fliegen können!" is identical with the English...
- 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...
- at least the 1st century AD. Roman months had three important days: the calends (first day of each month, always in plural), the ides (13th or 15th of...