Kalendae

Kălendae ( Cal-; v. the letter K), ārum, f. [root kal-, cal-; Gr. kaleô; Lat. calāre, clamo; cf. Varr. L. L. 6, § 27 Müll.; prop., the day when the order of days was proclaimed; hence], the Calends, the first day of the month: primi dies nominati Kalendae, ab eo quod his diebus calantur ejus mensis nonae a pontificibus, quintanae an septimanae sint futurae, Varr. L. L. l. l.; Macr. S. 1, 15:

sed heus tu, ecquid vides Kalendas venire, Antonium non venire?

Cic. Att. 2, 2, 3:

litteras accepi datas pridie Kalendas Maias,

on the last day of April, id. ib. 13, 20, 1.—Interest was due on the first day of each month;

hence: tristes Kalendae,

Hor. S. 1, 3, 87:

celeres,

Ov. R. Am. 561.—This reckoning of time was Roman only;

hence: Kalendae Ausoniae,

Ov. F. 1, 55.—Prov.: ad Kalendas Graecas solvere, i. e. never, August. ap. Suet. Aug. 87.—

The Kalends were sacred to Juno,

Ov. F. 1, 55; Macr. S. 1, 15;

hence the first day of the year, Kalendae Martiae, was celebrated as a festival of married women, the Matronalia: dabat, sicut Saturnalibus viris apophoreta, ita per Kalendas Martias feminis,

Suet. Vesp. 19:

Martiis caelebs quid agam Kalendis,

Hor. C. 3, 8, 1:

scis certe, puto, vestra jam venire Saturnalia, Martias Kalendas,

Mart. 5, 84, 10; Dig. 24, 1, 31, § 8;

hence: femineae Kalendae = Kal. Mart.,

Juv. 9, 53:

Kalendae Sextae,

the Calends of June, Ov. F. 6, 181:

Kalendae Germanicae,

the Calends of September, Inscr. Orell. 4949 (cf.:

in memoriam patris Septembrem mensem Germanicum appellavit,

Suet. Calig. 15 ):

Kalendae Januariae primae,

of next January, Cato, R. R. 147 sq.; Inscr. Orell. 3121.—

II.

Transf., a month:

nec totidem veteres, quot nunc, habuere Kalendas,

Ov. F. 3, 99:

intra septimas Kalendas,

Mart. 1, 100, 6; 10, 75, 7; Dig. 45, 1, 46.