kalendae

Latin

Alternative forms

• calendae, Kalendae

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European root *kelh₁- (“to call, summon”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kaˈlen.dae̯/, [käˈɫ̪ɛn̪d̪äe̯]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kaˈlen.de/, [käˈlɛn̪d̪e]

Noun

kalendae f pl (genitive kalendārum); first declension

1. (Ancient Rome) the calends, the first day of the month

Declension

First-declension noun, plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	kalendae
Genitive	kalendārum
Dative	kalendīs
Accusative	kalendās
Ablative	kalendīs
Vocative	kalendae

Related terms

• kalendālis
• kalendārium

Descendants

• French: calende
• Galician: quenda, calendas
• Italian: calende
• Portuguese: calendas
• Proto-Slavic: *kolęda
• Spanish: calendas

See also

• idus
• nonae

References

• kalendae in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)