Definitions
Sorry, no definitions found. You may find more data at kalends.
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word Kalends.
Examples
-
If that is too great an imposition for Palestinian sensibilities, they can have that state on the Greek Kalends.
Stromata Blog: 2009
-
If that is too great an imposition for Palestinian sensibilities, they can have that state on the Greek Kalends.
-
Antioch has been besieged by the army of the Lord since the thirteenth day before the Kalends of November with exceeding valor and courage beyond words.
-
The city of Antioch was captured on the third day before the Nones of June; it had been besieged, however, since about the eleventh day before the Kalends of November.
-
However, moving camp from Nicaea on the fourth day before the Kalends of July, we kept to the march for three days.
-
These were put to flight, and on the twelfth day before the Kalends of November we laid siege to Antioch.
-
Wherefore we do command thee that thou come to this place with thy full quota of men, well armed and equipped, on the fifteenth day before the Kalends of July, which is seven days before the feast of St. John the Baptist.
De Re Militari: The Society for Medieval Military History » Charlemagne’s way of raising troops 2009
-
On the ninth day before the Kalends of February, at about the seventh hour Caligula hesitated whether or not to get up for luncheon, since his stomach was still disordered from excess of food on the day before, but at length he came out at the persuasion of his friends.
Excavation of a Cryptoporticus on the Palatine Hill at eternallycool.net 2008
-
On the ninth day before the Kalends of February, at about the seventh hour Caligula hesitated whether or not to get up for luncheon, since his stomach was still disordered from excess of food on the day before, but at length he came out at the persuasion of his friends.
-
Both Christmas mavens quote Libanius of Antioch on the fourth-century celebration of Kalends, a Christmas precursor during which “the impulse to spend seizes everyone” and “a stream of presents pours itself out on all sides.”
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.