ΚΑΛΑΝΔΩΝ, καλανδων
KALANDŌN, kalandōn
Sounds Like: kah-lan-DON
Translations: (of) Kalends, (of) the first day of the month
From the root: ΚΑΛΑΝΔΑ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to the Kalends, which was the first day of the month in the Roman calendar. It was a significant day for various administrative and religious activities. The word is a Latin loanword into Greek, specifically referring to the Roman system of dating.
Inflection: Plural, Genitive, Feminine
Instances
Ignatius of Antioch
- Ignatius’ Letter to the Romans — 10:2
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Polycarp of Smyrna
- Martyrdom of Polycarp — 21:1
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΑΛΑΝΔΑ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΚΑΛΑΝΔΑ — calends, the first day of the month
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