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Latin: K

Kalendae

name

the Kalends, the first day of a Roman month Drafted; not yet checked.

In the library · 9 uses

How the Romans fixed the year Censorinus, On the Birthday 20–22 (238 CE), in the edition of Friedrich Hultsch (Leipzig, 1867) · 238 CE

  • 21.7… ducentesimus octogensimus tertius, sed ex die Kal. Ianuariarum, unde Iulius Caesar anni a se …of the Kalends
  • 22.3… suo instituto observat, ut nunc Romani a kalendis in kalendas. naturales et antiquiores et omnium …the Kalends
  • 22.3… observat, ut nunc Romani a kalendis in kalendas. naturales et antiquiores et omnium gentium …the Kalends

Where the months got their names Macrobius, Saturnalia 1.12–14 (early fifth century CE), in the edition of Franz Eyssenhardt (Leipzig, 1893) · early fifth century CE; the dialogue is set in the 380s

  • 12.18… argumentoque utitur, quod flamen Vulcanalis Kalendis Maiis huic deae rem diuinam facit. sed Piso …on the Kalends
  • 12.30… Iunius dictus sit. nam et aedes Iunoni Monetae Kalend. Iuniis dedicata est.on the Kalends
  • 12.31… factus est, nominatum, quod hoc mense, id est Kalendis Iuniis, pulso Tarquinio sacrum Carnae deae in …on the Kalends