Latin

Alternative forms

• calendae
• Kalendae

Noun

kalendae f pl ‎(genitive kalendārum); first declension

1. (Ancient Rome) the calends, the first day of the month
   • 1876, "C" in the Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th ed., Vol. IV, p. 616:

     The symbol K, however, was not entirely lost; it is found irregularly in inscriptions of all dates down to the times of the empire, and regularly as an initial abbreviation of Kalendæ, Karthago, Kæso (the proper name).

Declension

First declension.

Related terms

• kalendālis
• kalendārium

Descendants

• Old Church Slavonic:

  • Cyrillic: колѧда ‎(kolęda)

    Glagolitic: ⰽⱁⰾⱔⰴⰰ ‎(kolęda)

See also

• idus
• nonae

References

• KALENDAE in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)