Definitions For Calend

Noun

{{ang-noun, m}} calends, Calends, the first day of a month, particularly the first day of a month of the roman#adjective, roman calendar a month

Anagrams

Declan, candle, lanced

Old English

Alternative forms

{{alter, ang, kalendus}}

Etymology

{{root, ang, ine-pro, *kelh₁-}} From {{der, ang, la, kalendās}}, {{glossary, accusative}} {{glossary, plural}} of kalendae, , first day of a Roman month,Compare {{R:OED Online, entry=calends, kalends, pos=n, id=26319, date=1888, nodot=yes}}; {{R:Lexico, entry=calends, pos=n}} an archaic variant of calandae, from calandus, , which is to be called or announced solemnly, the {{glossary, future}} {{glossary, passive}} {{glossary, participle}} of calō, , to call, announce solemnly (referring to the Roman practice of proclaiming the first days of the lunar month upon seeing the first signs of a new crescent moon), from {{der, ang, ine-pro, *kelh₁-, , to call, cry, summon}}.