Calends

Noun Plural

cal=ends

CIDE DICTIONARY

Calends, n. pl. [OE. kalendes month, calends, AS. calend month, fr. L. calendae; akin to calare to call, proclaim, Gr. . CF. Claim.].

The first day of each month in the ancient Roman calendar. [1913 Webster]

The Greek calends, a time that will never come, as the Greeks had no calends.

Calends, n.pl. (also kalends) the first of the month in the ancient Roman calendar.

Etymology

ME f. OF calendes f. L kalendae