Word Study
calends
CIDE DICTIONARY
calends, 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. [1913 Webster]
The Greek calends, a time that will never come, as the Greeks had no calends.
OXFORD DICTIONARY
calends, n.pl. (also kalends) the first of the month in the ancient Roman calendar.
Etymology
ME f. OF calendes f. L kalendae
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