The corpus record — Latin

Călendae

first day of the month

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What it meant

1. calendae — de Vaan

calendae 'first day of the month' [f.pl. a] (P1.+; kalendae, usually abbreviated as Και, Κ. or Kalend.) Pit *kala-dno-. PIE *kelh r /*klh r 'to call'. IE cognates: see calo. A substantivized gerundive, meaning '(the days which are) called out'. Initial kaU must reflect *klhrV-- In the pr. 'to call', Latin apparently generalized a paradigm — [de Vaan, s.v. calendae, p. 96]

2. Călendae — Lewis & Short

Călendae, v. Kalendae.

Where it came from

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