Definitions for calends

calends cal·ends

Spelling: [kal-uh ndz]
IPA: /ˈkæl əndz/

Calends is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 270 anagrams from letters in calends (acdelns).

Definitions for calends

noun

  1. the first day of the month in the ancient Roman calendar, from which the days of the preceding month were counted backward to the ides.

Origin of calends

1325-75; Middle English kalendes, alteration (with native plural suffix) of Latin kalendae, perhaps equivalent to cal- (base of calāre to proclaim) + -end- formative suffix (perhaps for *-and

Examples for calends

From the Court of Spain, the third day of the calends of May, 1494.

Cicero landed at Brundusium on the 7th of the calends of December, 704.

This battle is said to have been fought on the calends of March.

The first day of each month was invariably called the calends.

Roman festivals in honor of Ops, held on 14th of the calends of January.

calends, kal′endz, n. among the Romans, the first day of each month.

From Granada, the ninth of the calends of May of the year 1500.

The anchor was hoisted on the sixteenth day of the calends of July.

The calends, the Ides, and the Nones were especially to be avoided.

You speak of the sunshine, and remind me of it almost as if it were the Greek calends.

Word Value for calends
Scrable

10

Words with friends

13

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