kalends

kalends
Calends Cal"ends, 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. [Written also {kalends}.] [1913 Webster]

{The Greek calends}, a time that will never come, as the Greeks had no calends. [1913 Webster] ||


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  • kalends — [kal′əndz] pl.n. [sometimes K ] CALENDS …   English World dictionary

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  • kalends, Greek — Greek kalends or calends A metaphorical expression for a time never likely to arrive, inasmuch as the Greeks had no calends …   Black's law dictionary

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  • kalends — variant of calends …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • kalends — /kal euhndz/, n. (usually used with a pl. v.) calends. * * * …   Universalium

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